The Autonomous University of Barcelona organizes the 4th Edition of the Summer Course “Theory, methods and applications of social networks” (June 21-25, 2010; 2 ECTS). The course is intended for...
The Observatory of Personal Networks (OPeN) is a virtual archive for social science data concerning personal networks. The collection contains thousands of personal networks stemming from a variety of research projects. The studies vary in, among others, thematic area, geographical and cultural area, sample size, and other design issues. Many data sets contain both quantitative and qualitative data, providing a wealth of information on individuals’ social relationships.
The Observatory makes these data available to the scientific community and aims to stimulate and facilitate new research based on the secondary analysis of the catalogued projects. Such new research can be both substantive and methodological, and it can either aim at a single study or at multiple studies (comparative studies or meta-analyses).
You can view the collection by browsing or searching the catalogue. If you are interested in using any of the datasets for research, please read about our access policy and contact us. We will be happy to help you with any questions you may have regarding the Observatory. If you are interested in depositing your own personal network data in the Observatory, please contact us as well.
In a second phase, the Observatory also aims to develop parallel activities of training in personal network analysis. Information about training activities can be found at this website later this year.