More than half a century has passed since a group of sociologists and anthropologists announced the creation of a new language for describing the social structure, in which “groups”, characterized by certain attributes, superseded communications between individuals and organizations. The development of mathematical theories of networks supplemented this language with a formal method for analyzing empirical information, presenting alternatives to traditional statistics.
Professor Martin Everett, creator of one of the most popular software packages for analyzing social networking data, UCINET, is one of the most important figures in networking movements over the past 25 years. Professor Everett’s lecture will concentrate on fundamental ideas and the evolution of network approaches over its fifty year history and the important changes taking place within its philosophy today.
