Sara Nunziatini

We are glad to share that our group’s researchers have recently published three new preprints on arXiv, showcasing advances in network analysis and population-scale social systems. Figures from the three papers Link Fraction Mixed Membership Reveals Community Diversity in Aggregated Social Networks Community detection is a critical tool for understanding the mesoscopic structure of large-scale networks. However, when applied to aggregated or coarse-grained social networks, disjoint community...

We are glad to announce that PLANET-NL is organizing a session at the 8th European Conference on Social Networks in Linköping University, Sweden, on 11–15 August 2026. Hence, we are opening applications for presentations that consider social networks at the level of an entire population, broadly construed, and that advance theory, methods, or empirical understanding of large-scale social systems using population-wide data. We welcome contributions from all disciplines. Submissions may focus...

We’re glad to highlight the recent publication of the article “Too much for the Dutch? How the Dutch baby boom affected kinship size in 2018” on the N-IUSSP platform. Authored by Vera de Bel, the piece investigates how historical demographic trends continue to shape contemporary family networks in the Netherlands. Drawing on Dutch kinship network data and comparative insights from Swedish research, the article explores how the post-World War II baby boom reverberates across generations,...