Scientific presentations at international conferences
2021 “Early spread of COVID-19 in Romania: human to human transmission networks” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean, Cristina-Maria Ghiță, Iulian Oană, Alexandra-Adelina Stoica, Bianca-Elena Mihăilă) at Romanian Sociologists Society (RSS) International Virtual Conference, “Curators and actors of the social fabric: Views through ‘Post-lenses’” (June 17, 2021), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
2021 “The impact of human mobility networks on the global spread of COVID-19” (Marian-Gabriel Hancean, Cristina-Maria Ghita, Bianca-Elena Mihaila, Iulian Oana, Alexandra-Adelina Stoica) at Romanian Sociologists Society (RSS) International Virtual Conference, “Curators and actors of the social fabric: Views through ‘Postlenses’ ” (June 17, 2021), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
2021 “The coauthorship networks of the most productive European researchers” (Marian-Gabriel Hancean, Matjaž Perc, Jürgen Lerner) at Romanian Sociologists Society (RSS) International virtual Conference, “Curators and actors of the social fabric: Views through ‘Post-lenses’ ” (June 17, 2021), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
2021 “Exploring the impact of transnational social fields upon migrants’ job seeking strategies” (Biana-Elena Mihaila, Marian-Gabriel Hancean) at Romanian Sociologists Society (RSS) International virtual Conference, “Curators and actors of the social fabric: Views through ‘Post-lenses’ ” (June 17, 2021), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
2021 “Reverse economic remittances within transnational social fields” (Iulian Oana, Marian-Gabriel Hancean) at Romanian Sociologists Society (RSS) International virtual Conference, “Curators and actors of the social fabric: Views through ‘Post-lenses’ ” (June 17, 2021), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https: //conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
2021 “Communication patterns within transnational social fields” (Alexandra-Adelina Stoica, Marian-Gabriel Hancean) at Romanian Sociologists Society (RSS) International virtual Conference, “Curators and actors of the social fabric: Views through ‘Post-lenses’ ” (June 17, 2021), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
2021 “Measuring Transnational Social Fields Through Binational Link-Tracing Sampling” (Marian-Gabriel Hancean, Miranda Jessica Lubbers, Jose Luis Molina) at Romanian Sociologists Society (RSS) International virtual Conference, “Curators and actors of the social fabric: Views through ‘Post-lenses’ ” (June 17, 2021), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
2021 “Blockchain & COVID-19 societies” (Dr. Victor Solomon). Public event organized by GraphNets and the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest. (October 13, 2021, at 18:00 PM). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2021 “Convergent Cross-Mapping. Overview and applications” (Denis Nichita). Public event organized by GraphNets and the Faculty of Physics (University of Bucharest). (October 29, 2021, at 14:00 PM). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2021 “Public policies in the COVID-19 context” (Dr. Florin Bondar). Public event organized by GraphNets and the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest. (November 12, 2021, at 15:00 PM). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2021 “Network analysis of COVID-19 transmission” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean). Public event organized by GraphNets and the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest. (December 8, 2021, at 18:00 PM). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2021 “Public policies for controlling COVID-19 pandemic” (Bianca-Elena Mihăilă). Public event organized by GraphNets and the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest. (December 15, 2021, at 18:00 PM). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2021 “Social media impact on COVID-19 spreading” (Dr. Iulian Oană). Public event organized by GraphNets and the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest. (December 15, 2021, at 18:00 PM). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2022 “Using network analysis tools for visualizing and modeling human to human covid19 transmission networks”(Marian-Gabriel Hâncean), Autonomous University of Barcelona, at “International Winter Course: Personal Networks: Theory, Methods and Applications” (February 11, 2021), Barcelona, Spain. Click for details: https://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/egolab/node/354
2022 “Predicting opinions about COVID-19 vaccination through personal network analysis” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean, Jürgen Lerner, David-Andrei Bunaciu, Maria-Cristina Ghiță, Cristina Dobre) at “The 11th Edition of the International Colloquium of Social Sciences and Communication (ACUM 2022) and the National Romanian Sociologists Society Conference” (October 27-28, 2022), Brasov, Romania.
Details here: https://acum.unitbv.ro/images/ACUM__SSR_2022_Program_final.pdf
2022 “Is Science there? Evidence-based policies during the COVID-19 pandemic” (Bianca Elena Mihăilă, Adelina-Alexandra Stoica, Iulian Oană) at “The 11th Edition of the International Colloquium of Social Sciences and Communication (ACUM 2022) and the National Romanian Sociologists Society Conference” (October 27-28, 2022), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://acum.unitbv.ro/images/ACUM__SSR_2022_Program_final.pdf
2022 “Social media influence on COVID-19 vaccination” (Iulian Oană, Bianca Elena Mihăilă, Alexandra-Adelina Stoica) at “The 11th Edition of the International Colloquium of Social Sciences and Communication (ACUM 2022) and the National Romanian Sociologists Society Conference” (October 27-28, 2022), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://acum.unitbv.ro/images/ACUM__SSR_2022_Program_final.pdf
2022 “The impact of social networks structures on COVID-19 transmission” (Adelina-Alexandra Stoica, Bianca Elena Mihăilă, Iulian Oană) at “The 11th Edition of the International Colloquium of Social Sciences and Communication (ACUM 2022) and the National Romanian Sociologists Society Conference” (October 27-28, 2022), Brasov, Romania. Details here: https://acum.unitbv.ro/images/ACUM__SSR_2022_Program_final.pdf
2022 “Social network contagion and COVID-19 pandemic” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean). Public event organized by GraphNets, the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest & Center for Innovation in Medicine (October 31, 2022). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2022 “Social media influence on COVID-19 vaccination” (Iulian Oană). Public event organized by GraphNets, the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest (November 02, 2022). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2022 “Using network science to understand opinions about COVID-19 vaccination” (Iulian Oană). Public event organized by GraphNets, the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest (November 02, 2022). Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2023 “GraphNets, an interdisciplinary hub for understanding social phenomena through network analysis (Iulian Oană and Bianca-Elena Mihăilă) at the University of Bucharest, within the Annual Conference for Research Results Communication at the University of Bucharest – First edition, 2023 (February 23, 2023). Details:.https://unibuc.ro/prima-editie-a-conferintei-anuale-de-comunicare-a-rezultatelor-cercetarii-la-universitatea-din-bucuresti/
2023 “Assortative mixing of opinions about COVID-19 vaccination in personal networks” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean) at 7th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2023) (October 27-28, 2023), Ljubljana, Slovenia. Details here: https://eusn2023.org/
2023 “Social network analysis & quantitative sociology in preventive medicine ” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean) at the Annual Conference for Research Results Communication at the University of Bucharest – 2023 Edition. Details here: https://unibuc.ro/apel-la-inscrieri-pentru-a-doua-editie-a-conferintei-anuale-de-comunicare-a-rezultatelor-cercetarii-la-universitatea-din-bucuresti/
2023 “Applications of network analysis to preventive medicine topics: COVID-19” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, GRAFO research group (November 23, 2023), Spain. Details here: https://webs.uab.cat/egolab/
2023 “Causal impact of weather on the COVID-19 spread, mediated by human mobility” (Denis Nichita) at the International Conference closing the COSMOS project: Network analysis and public health, University of Bucharest (December 08, 2023). The conference is organized with the support of the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest, the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of the University of Bucharest, and the Center for Innovation in Medicine. Details: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro
2023 “Assortative mixing of opinions about COVID-19 vaccination in personal networks” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean) at the International Conference closing the COSMOS project: Network analysis and public health, University of Bucharest (December 08, 2023). The conference is organized with the support of the Doctoral School of Sociology at the University of Bucharest, the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of the University of Bucharest, and the Center for Innovation in Medicine. Details: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro
International scientific conferences and events held as part of the project
2021 The international conference series “CoSMoS research presentations” (organized by GraphNets on the project theme, 2021) brought together a succession of online events (due to the pandemic context). The presentations were held on the following dates: October 13, October 29, November 12, December 8, and December 15. Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2022 The international conference “COVID-19 update – COSMOS research presentations” assembled two international scientific events organized by GraphNets in 2022, on the project theme. The presentations took place on October 31 and November 2. Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
2023 The closing international conference of the COSMOS project Network analysis and public health, organized by GraphNets on December 8, 2023. Special guests: Jose Luis Molina (University of Barcelona) and Jürgen Lerne(University of Konstanz). Moderator: Dr. Marius Geantă (INOMED – Center for Innovation in Medicine). Alongside them, project results were presented by Marian-Gabriel Hâncean and Denis Nichita. The event was supported by INOMED, the Doctoral School of Sociology, and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of the University of Bucharest. Details here: https://cosmos.unibuc.ro/events/
Panels at international conferences
2022 Session: “People in emerging social network contexts” – chairs: Marian-Gabriel Hâncean & Bianca-Elena Mihaila at “The 11th Edition of the International Colloquium of Social Sciences and Communication (ACUM 2022) and the National Romanian Sociologists Society Conference” (October, 27-28), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: https://acum.unitbv.ro/
2021 Session: “The social fabric through social network analysis” – chairs: Marian-Gabriel Hâncean & Bianca-Elena Mihaila, at Romanian Sociologists Society (RSS) International Virtual Conference, “Curators and actors of the social fabric: Views through ‘Post-lenses’ ” (June, 17), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: https://conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
Popularization talks
2021 Marian-Gabriel Hâncean is in dialogue with Adrian Hatos, the president of the Commission for Science, Innovation, and Technologies (Romanian Parliament, Senate) (July 29, 2021).
2021 Marian-Gabriel Hâncean talks about the spread of COVID-19 through social networks at the pro-vaccination event organized by the University of Bucharest (November 12, 2021). The title of the presentation is “How SARS-CoV-2 infection is transmitted through chains of human contacts”.
2022 Marian-Gabriel Hâncean talks about the role of social network analysis in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic for the University of Bucharest (March 1, 2022). The title of the presentation is: “Network analysis: what it is and how it benefits us.”
2022 Marian-Gabriel Hâncean talks about the importance of social networks in understanding how COVID-19 is transmitted within the population. The presentation is part of a series of events organized by the Interdisciplinary School of Doctoral Studies within the University of Bucharest (ISDS-UB) (April 14, 2022). Details here: https://unibuc.ro/conferinta-raspandirea-covid-19-prin-retele-sociale-sustinuta-de-prof-marian-gabriel-hancean-in-cadrul-conferintelor-isds/
Media articles
2021 “Modalitățile de răspândire a infecțiilor COVID-19 în București”, subiectul unui studiu publicat în Journal of Complex Networks. (article) October 8, 2021, University of Bucharest. Link: https://unibuc.ro/modalitatile-de-raspandire-a-infectiilor-covid-19-in-bucuresti-subiectul-unui-studiu-publicat-in-journal-of-complex-networks/
2021 “Informat și vaccinat. Specialiștii UB, în dialog cu comunitatea”. (article) November 8, 2021, Faculty of Philosophy (University of Bucharest). Link: https://filosofie.unibuc.ro/informat-si-vaccinat-specialistii-ub-in-dialog-cu-comunitatea/
2021 “Informat și vaccinat. Specialiștii UB, în dialog cu comunitatea #haisitu”. (article) November 8, 2021, Faculty of Letters (University of Bucharest). Link: https://litere.ro/2021/11/08/informat-si-vaccinat-specialistii-ub-in-dialog-cu-comunitatea-haisitu/
2021 “Specialiștii Universității din București și medicul Valeriu Gheorghiță, într-un dialog privind pandemia de COVID-19 și importanța vaccinării”. (article) November 15, 2021, University of Bucharest. Link: https://unibuc.ro/specialistii-universitatii-din-bucuresti-si-medicul-valeriu-gheorghita-intr-un-dialog-privind-pandemia-de-covid-19-si-importanta-vaccinarii/
2022 “Contagiunea în rețelele sociale și pandemia de COVID-19″. November 1, 2022. Radio România Cultural. Link: https://www.radioromaniacultural.ro/stiinta-360-1-noiembrie-2022-contagiunea-in-retelele-sociale-si-pandemia-de-covid-19/
2022 “Știința rețelelor sociale: cum se formează și se transmit opiniile privind vaccinarea anti-COVID-19?” November 6, 2022. raportuldegardă.ro. Link: https://raportuldegarda.ro/stiinta-retele-sociale-formare-opinii-vaccinare-covid-19/
2022 “Rolul ocupațiilor în transmiterea infecțiilor COVID-19 în București, subiectul unei noi cercetări publicate în Scientific Reports – Nature”. August 22, 2022, University of Bucharest. Link: https://unibuc.ro/rolul-ocupatiilor-in-transmiterea-infectiilor-covid-19-in-bucuresti/