NetPlace

Happy to announce the panelists on the NetPlace panel at NetSciX 2026 New Zealand:
Akrati Saxena, Roland Molontay and Natalia Albert Llorente

🗓 Feb 17, 2026 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 PM
@netscisociety.bsky.social

All welcomed!

What other forms of isolation have you felt in your research career?
Join us next week with your perspectives, questions, and experiences. let’s connect! 🌍🤝
🔗 Details: netplace.site/event/netsci...

The interdisciplinary nature of many research topics in network science may create barriers for communication with our other peer researchers in the same institution, due to the difference in e.g. research paradigm, as well as to get funding; [3/4]

As researchers, we can feel isolated: sometimes by being geographically remote from most international academic conferences and workshops or having limited funding to attend them; [2/4]

🚀 NetSciX is coming up, and we’re heading to New Zealand!
After a series of successful panels in past years, we’re excited to host another one at ⁠netscix2026, this time with theme:“Beyond Isolation: Getting Connected in Network Science.”
🗓 Feb 17, 2026 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 PM
@netscisociety.bsky.social

Finally, if you’d like to give a talk at our spring seminar series, please apply using this form. We’d love to hear from you!
netplace.site/give-a-talk/

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Find the details and join the seminar here netplace.site/scheduled/05...

Join us this Thursday, Dec 4, for our final seminar of the fall semester! We’re thrilled to host Haily Merritt (@h-merritt.bsky.social), who will share her research on how social connections shape the brain through a complex-systems lens, as well as insights into multidisciplinary scholarship.

And if you’d like to give a talk at our spring seminar series, please apply using this form. We’d love to hear from you!
netplace.site/give-a-talk/

To stay up to date on all of our seminars, you can subscribe to our newsletter here!
netplace.site/newsletter/

Join us this week on Thursday, Nov. 6, for our second seminar series of the fall semester! We are excited for Louis Boucherie to present his work on the effect of geographical constraints on human mobility.

Happening soon, we hope to see you there!

𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is coming to the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University!
We are honored to host a conference that brings together the world’s leading ideas, discoveries, and challenges in network science.

@nunetsi.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social

And if you’d like to give a talk at our spring seminar series, please apply using this form. We’d love to hear from you!
netplace.site/give-a-talk/

To stay up to date on all of our seminars, you can subscribe to our newsletter here!
netplace.site/newsletter/

Our fall seminar series begins this Thursday, Oct. 2 (4pm UTC+1/11am EDT) with a talk by Elena Candellone. She’ll be speaking about “Mapping extreme users through negative ties in online social interactions”, followed by a discussion on “the joy of planning scientific events”.

If you’d like to give a talk at our spring seminar series, please apply using this form. We’d love to hear from you!
netplace.site/give-a-talk/

All the details can be found on our website, and we hope junior researchers in complex systems and network science will join us each month for a talk and discussion. See you there!
netplace.site/scheduled/

The second portion of the seminar is a discussion. Following an introduction from the speaker, we have a candid conversation about some topics related to the practice and experience of science and academia, where we invite dialogue and participation from the audience.

If you’ve never been to a NetPlace seminar before, here’s how it works. The speaker gives a 20-25 minute talk about their work, with time for Q+A. Next, it’s time to switch gears.

At NetPlace, we try to build spaces for junior researchers to come together to learn from each other and develop their craft. Our seminar series does just this, integrating the sharing of scientific knowledge and discussion about the process of science. We hope Ph.D. students from complex systems, network science, and interdisciplinary research in general will join us for a monthly talk and discussion. Elena Candellone (Thursday, Oct. 2) Louis Boucherie (Thursday, Nov. 6) Haily Merritt (Thursday, Dec. 4)

We’re excited to announce the line-up for our fall seminar series! We have three awesome speakers who will share their research and perspectives on the craft of science.

Learning from @maximelca.bsky.social how to be nice to people in science 🤣🤣 @netplace.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social

Flyer of panel on science as a craft at NetSci25

If you are at #NetSci25, join us at 1pm for our @netplace.bsky.social panel on the topic of "Science as a craft: Balancing career and skill progression", with panelists @asteixeira.bsky.social, @maximelca.bsky.social and @captainkirk1041.bsky.social

Game’s live from day one to the final coffee break ☕️. Prizes & new connections await—look at the rules & register #NetPlace #PosterGame #NetworkScience @netsciconf.bsky.social

Step 3️⃣ VOTE 🗳️ Give up to three favourite posters once a day via their graph IDs. Top-voted posters compete for the Best Poster Award.

Step 2️⃣ PLAY! Log each match with its graph ID. More matches = better odds at prizes (and new friends). 🏃‍♂️💬

Registration to the game

Step 1️⃣ REGISTER once (it’s quick!) so we can find the winners later. Sign up here 👉 forms.gle/jtvmVeoTiZBR...

How it works: every badge hides a tiny graph, and every poster has one too. Your mission: spot posters & people whose graphs are isomorphic to yours—same structure, different labels. 🕵️‍♀️✨

🔔 NEW at ⁠netsci2025! Ready to Gotta Match Them All? NetPlace’s Poster Matching Game turns the poster hall into a live graph hunt—perfect for meeting fellow researchers. 👀