Network Analysis

Visualising Paper Co-Author Collaboration Networks

As part of my job as an academic, a large part of what I do involves producing new knowledge by publishing research papers with other fellow researchers,

As I was completing a PhD, I had the...

Analysing the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with Graph Theory

It’s fair to say that I don’t follow many sports. I’m more of a casual observer myself and would much rather watch something like the Tour de France or a rugby match now and then....

How to Stream from the Mastodon API via HTTP in Python

As I’ve mentioned in many of my blog posts before this one, Mastodon has a publicly available API which can be used to scrape statuses, collect hashtags and much more.

One feature that...

Your Social Network Is Bigger Than You Think!

Your social network is bigger than you think!

I remember what got me really interested in social network analysis as a field of academic study was just the scale at which these networks grow...

Analysing Posts About the #Coronation on Mastodon

There is no doubt that the recent coronation of King Charles III was a massive event in the UK. Whether you're in favour of the monarchy or not, there is no doubt that the coronation event is a big...