International Network for Social Network Analysis

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The International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) is a professional academic association of researchers and practitioners of social network analysis. [1] [2]

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History

INSNA was founded in 1977 by Barry Wellman, a sociologist. A key function of the organization was to provide a sense of identity for a set of researchers who were widely dispersed geographically and across scientific disciplines. [3]

Shortly after INSNA was founded, Linton C. Freeman founded the association's flagship journal, Social Networks , in 1978. [4]

Early meetings were invitation-only, but in 1980 H. Russell Bernard and Alvin Wolfe inaugurated the series of annual "Sunbelt" meetings open to all. [5]

A full chronology of INSNA leadership is as follows:[ citation needed ]

YearsLeader
1977–1988Barry Wellman
1988–1993Al Wolfe
1993–1999 Steve Borgatti
2000–2005Martin Everett
2005–2007Bill Richards
2007–2010George Barnett
2011–2017John Skvoretz
2017–2019 Steve Borgatti
2020–PresentLaura M. Koehly

As of 2018, INSNA has approximately 1,000 active members, while the SOCNET [6] listserv has about 3700 subscribers. [7]

As well as publishing a triannual journal Connections on the subject, INSNA also:

See also

References

  1. ↑ The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design. Sage Publications. 2022. The International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) is a professional, nonprofit, international association of scientists, practitioners, and students dedicated to social network analysis (SNA). Founded in 1977 by Barry Wellman, the association as of 2020 brings together more than 800 members from 65 countries.
  2. ↑ Intute: Social Sciences, Intute website.
  3. ↑ Barry Wellman Archived 2010-05-02 at the Wayback Machine biography: Netlab at the University of Toronto website.
  4. ↑ Worldwide Social Media Network for Businesses
  5. ↑ Linton C. Freeman (2004). The Development of Social Network Analysis. Empirical Press. ISBN   1-59457-714-5. In 1980 H. Russell Bernard and Alvin W. Wolfe came up with the idea of having regular annual meetings open to all interested parties...their proposed Annual Sunbelt Social Network Conference.
  6. ↑ "INSNA: SOCNET" . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "UFL LISTSERV Archives" . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Annual International Sunbelt Social Network Conference Archived 2007-05-22 at the Wayback Machine : INSNA website.
  9. ↑ Social Networks, quarterly journal.
  10. ↑ Journal of Social Structure, online journal, irregular periodicity.
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