This workshop is an introduction to social network analysis. Participants will discuss core concepts (e.g., density and transitivity) as well as descriptive and inferential techniques, such as community detection, that can be used to understand and analyze networks. All coding will be done in R. Familiarity with R is encouraged but not required to participate in the workshop.

Dr. Elizabeth Menninga is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa. Her research develops and applies social network techniques to the study of international conflict. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in research methodology.