The UB Dose of Science continues with the topic “Network analysis: what is it and what is it used for?”, in a presentation of Professor Marian-Gabriel Hâncean, PhD, professor at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the University of Bucharest.
Starting from his long experience in network science, which he gained at the GraphNets Center of the University of Bucharest, Marian-Gabriel Hâncean compares network science to a baggage in which we have both tools taken from mathematics and statistics, and theoretical ideas and concepts from sociology. Explaining that networks are very varied and include networks of people, animals, neurons, computers and much more, Professor Hâncean demonstrates with strong arguments that the idea of network is articulated around four fundamental concepts, namely those of connection, contagion, position and influence.
Going further, Professor Hâncean shows that the practical applicability of network science is very diverse and extensive: from maximizing performance within organizations and promoting concrete medical initiatives and interventions to the political sphere and the phenomenon of migration. In connection with the phenomenon of migration, Hâncean introduces a new concept, namely the migration corridor, which is similar to a tunnel that connects two different geographical parts, one of origin and one of destination, through which flow both financial and material resources, as well as ideas, attitudes and behaviors.
To further demonstrate the practical applicability, the GraphNets research team, which also includes Marian-Gabriel Hâncean, has launched a new project, called Cosmos, which aims to understand how climatic conditions, wind intensity, quantity precipitation and temperature levels, on the one hand, and human mobility flows, on the other hand, affect the spread of Covid 19 infections.
The fifth episode of the UB Dose of Science can be accessed here.
Marian-Gabriel Hâncean Hâncean is a professor at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the University of Bucharest. His areas of interest include: analysis of social networks (e.g. positive and negative links, organizational social capital, visual scaling of networks, collaborative networks); sociology of organizations (e.g. analysis of formal structures from the perspective of reducing transaction costs, analysis of industrial clusters, analysis of university populations), organizational behavior (e.g. analysis of the impact of individual attributes on structural configurations, analysis of the impact of structural factors on individual performance). More information on the professional activity of Professor Marian-Gabriel Hâncean is available here.
Launched in October 2021, the UB Dose of Science is a project that proposes a focused and dynamic way to communicate scientific information in an attractive, intense, and expressive format, establishing a platform for dialogue with the public interested in science.
Initiated within the Science Communication Program, launched by the University of Bucharest during 2018, the UB Dose of Science addresses the public and encourages the connection between the academic and non-academic environment, based on current and interesting topics.
The guests of this series, meant to represent a synthetic and captivating way of communicating the various fields of science, are mainly professors and researchers from the academic community of the University of Bucharest.
The materials from the UB Dose of Science include short and dynamic presentations of topics relevant to contemporary society: pollution, climate change, pandemic, education, digitalization and others. Thus, in addition to the fundamental dimension of communicating scientifically validated information, the UB Dose of Science also proposes an important component of social responsibility, reconfirming the role and mission of the University of Bucharest in society and its contribution to awareness of severe issues of today’s world and popularization of possible solutions to these problems.
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