Scientific presentations at international conferences
2022 “Using network science to understand opinions about COVID-19 vaccination” (Marian-Gabriel Hâncean) for GRAFO members, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, coordinated by Prof. José Luis Molina (November, 23), Barcelona, Spain.
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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: https://acum.unitbv.ro/
2022 “Romania’s contemporary democracy brought to light” (David-Andrei Bunaciu, Marian-Gabriel Hâncean, Maria Cristina Ghiță) 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/
2022 “Social media influence on COVID19 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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: https://acum.unitbv.ro/
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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: https://acum.unitbv.ro/
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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: https://acum.unitbv.ro/
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), Barcelona, Spain. Click for details: https://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/egolab/node/354
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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: 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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: 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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: 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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: 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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: 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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: 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), Brasov, Romania. Click for details: https://conf2020.societateasociologilor.ro/
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
November 2, 2022. Iulian Oană talks about the links between Facebook interactions and COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation is part of a series of events organized by the Doctoral School of Sociology from University of Bucharest. Click for details: http://www.shorturl.at/tDU18
April 14, 2022. Marian-Gabriel Hâncean talks about the importance of social networks in understanding how COVID-19 is transmited within the population. The presentation is part of a series of events organized by the Interdisciplinary School of Doctoral Studies within University of Bucharest (ISDS-UB). Click for details: https://unibuc.ro/conferinta-raspandirea-covid-19-prin-retele-sociale-sustinuta-de-prof-marian-gabriel-hancean-in-cadrul-conferintelor-isds/
March 1, 2022. Marian-Gabriel Hâncean talks about the role of social network analysis in understanding COVID-19 pandemic, for the University of Bucharest
November 12, 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
July, 29, 2021. Marian-Gabriel Hâncean in dialogue with Adrian Hatos, The President of the Commission for Science, Innovation, and Technologies (Romanian Parliament, Senate).
Media articles
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/
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/
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/
O nouă Doză UB de Știință cu profesorul Marian-Gabriel Hâncean, despre ce este și la ce ne folosește analiza de rețea. March 1 2022, University of Bucharest. Link: https://unibuc.ro/o-noua-doza-ub-de-stiinta-cu-profesorul-marian-gabriel-hancean-despre-ce-este-si-la-ce-ne-foloseste-analiza-de-retea/
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/
Informat și vaccinat. Specialiștii UB, în dialog cu comunitatea. (article) November 8, 2021, Faculty of Philosophy (University of Bucharest). Link: https://filosofie.unibuc.ro/category/covid-19/
Informat și vaccinat. Specialiștii UB, în dialog cu comunitatea #haisitu. (article) Novovember 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/
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/