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SUMMARY:Understanding and Analysing Covert Networks
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]This is a short course on understanding and analysing covert networks, namely networks where collaborators on a project or members of an organisation are hidden to outsiders. These may be illegal (such as fraud, terrorism, tax evasion, corruption or trade in illegal drugs); or legal (such as corporate espionage, political campaigning or opposition research, or undercover journalism).
Researching and analysing covert networks is an important real-world application of social network analysis (SNA), which highlights how relationships, power and influence flow through connections within a network.
This half-day course, comprising mini-lectures and practical sessions, combines disciplinary approaches from sociology, criminology, political science, and quantitative social science, offering a holistic approach to understanding covert social and political networks.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]On completion of this training event, attendees will be able to:

Demonstrate critical engagement with key concepts in the study of social and political networks;
Define and critically-assess network concepts such as social capital, homophily, centrality, clique, bonding, and bridging;
Compile information on social ties from offline or online social networks;
Use simple methods to create network diagrams and generate network measures;
Assess whether particular network structures foster particular types of economic, social and political behaviour.

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Please note that this training session will be delivered face-to-face only at the University of Sheffield and will not be recorded.
Places are limited. We therefore ask that you only book a ticket if you can guarantee your attendance.
Bookings will close at 9am on Wednesday February 19th.
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URL:https://wrdtp.ac.uk/events/understanding-and-analysing-covert-networks/
LOCATION:Conduit Road, Sheffield, S10 1FL
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