Centre for Methodology and Informatics

The annual event INFOSEK EXPO was held on October 3, 2019 at Gospodarsko razstavišče (Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre). Member of CMI, young researcher Špela Orehek participated in the event.

From 10-19 September Centre for Methodology and Informatics (CMI) hosts researcher Dr Ira Virtanen from Tampere University, Finland. Dr Ira Virtanen research focuses on supportive communication and theories of social support that she applies on various contexts.

In the broadcast Voices of the World with the journalist of the public Radio-Television Slovenia Urška Henigman first comprehensive results of the study »Sexuality in Secondary-School Students in Slovenia: Behaviour, Health and Attitudes” were presented. The study was a collaboration of the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences (Tina Kogovšek, PhD (leader), Ivan Bernik, PhD , Alenka Švab, PhD, Valentina Hlebec, PhD, Maja Mrzel), Peace Institute (Roman Kuhar, PhD), and National Institute of Public Health (Irena Klavs, PhD , Sonja Tomšič, Tanja Kustec).

Dr Bojana Lobe, member of CMI, made a contribution in Sobotni dnevnikov izbor on August 31, 2019, special Saturday’s news section on first national radio and television program.

Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek: Revised and Expanded Edition for Updated Software by Wouter de Nooy (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Andrej Mrvar (University of Ljubljana) and Vladimir Batagelj (University of Ljubljana) is one of the most prominent works dealing with the understanding of social network analysis.

Understanding Large Temporal Networks and Spatial Networks: Exploration, Pattern Searching, Visualization and Network Evolution was published in a series of books on Computational and Quantitative Social Science with Wiley.

Developed in 1996 by Vladimir Batagelj and Andrej Mrvar, Pajek has become an internationally renowned and awarded software enabling analysis and visualisation of large networks.