Time: Monday, 23/June/2025: 9:00am - 12:00pm Session Chair: Elisa Bellotti |
The workshop focuses on the use of mixed methods research designs when studying whole and ego-
centered social networks. The workshop will be conducted in two parts. The first part introduces
social network qualitative research and the principles of mixed methods research designs and its
contributions to the study of social networks, pointing out advantages and challenges of this
approach. Illustrations of the theoretical and methodological aspects are given by bringing examples
from a variety of fields of research. The second part is devoted to the presentation of concrete
procedures to apply mixed methods in network research both at the level of data collection and
analysis. This part includes an introduction of different approaches to the collection of whole and
ego-centered network data, i.e. interviews, ethnographic methods, archival data, together with
visual instruments. It then moves to the analysis of the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of
network relationships and structures in a mixed method perspective.
Mixed methods for Social Network Analysis
The workshop focuses on the use of mixed methods research designs when studying whole and ego-
centered social networks. The workshop will be conducted in two parts. The first part introduces
social network qualitative research and the principles of mixed methods research designs and its
contributions to the study of social networks, pointing out advantages and challenges of this
approach. Illustrations of the theoretical and methodological aspects are given by bringing examples
from a variety of fields of research. The second part is devoted to the presentation of concrete
procedures to apply mixed methods in network research both at the level of data collection and
analysis. This part includes an introduction of different approaches to the collection of whole and
ego-centered network data, i.e. interviews, ethnographic methods, archival data, together with
visual instruments. It then moves to the analysis of the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of
network relationships and structures in a mixed method perspective.