Platform for Large-scale Analysis of Networks

PLANET-NL is an academic research platform centered around infrastructure for the analysis of large-scale (social) networks. It brings together researchers, engineers and practitioners by providing software, expertise, tools, and opportunities for research and collaboration.

Infrastructure

Tools, software, novel methodological approaches and dedicated computational infrastructure for analyzing large-scale social networks at the population level.

Research

Collaborative research that utilizes the PLANET-NL infrastructure for a population-level understanding human behaviour, leveraging novel network science methods.

Policy

Expertise on translating insights from large-scale social network analysis into actionable strategies to strengthen our social fabric and support inclusive urban development.

Community

PLANET-NL serves as a central hub for the interdisciplinary research community involved in population-scale social network analysis in both the Netherlands and across Europe.

Research Platform for Large-scale Analysis of NETworks Netherlands

Today’s highly connected society is held together by social, economic, technological and infrastructural networks. PLANET-NL is an academic community of expertise centered around large-scale network data analysis.

News & Events

Vacancy: Community and Lab Manager

Upcoming International Workshop on Population-Scale Social Network research

Sharing Research at Sunbelt Conference

Partners

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The University of Amsterdam is a leading research university located in the heart of the Netherlands’ capital, known for its innovative programs and international outlook.

UvA

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Science and Better Society

ODISSEI (Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations) is the national research infrastructure for the Dutch social sciences.

ODISSEI

Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands, is renowned for its strong academic traditions and excellence in research across the humanities and sciences.

Macroscope is the world’s first population-level research infrastructure designed to observe and understand how societies change over time.

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Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud Netherlands develops state of the art digital infrastructure for social science and humanities research.

Latest Publications

Connectivity and community structure of online and register-based social networks

The dominance of online social media data as a source for large-scale social network studies has recently been challenged by networks constructed from state-curated register data. In this paper focused on the cross-comparison of the network structures, we investigate the similarities and differences of the Dutch online social network (OSN) Hyves and a register-based social network (RSN) of the Netherlands.