Alexandre Bovet
@abovet.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Network Science at the University of Zurich
- Networks, Computational Social Science, Complex Systems, Data Science
He/Him
- Networks, Computational Social Science, Complex Systems, Data Science
He/Him
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🎉 So excited to host the next CompleNet conference 🎉
Don’t miss it 👇 See you next May in Zaragoza!!!
Don’t miss it 👇 See you next May in Zaragoza!!!
📢 Excited to announce CompleNet 2026! Join us to share your network science research in a highly interdisciplinary conference!
🗓️ 4–8 May 2026 | 📍 Zaragoza, Spain 🇪🇸
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com
🗓️ 4–8 May 2026 | 📍 Zaragoza, Spain 🇪🇸
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🎉 So excited to host the next CompleNet conference 🎉
Don’t miss it 👇 See you next May in Zaragoza!!!
Don’t miss it 👇 See you next May in Zaragoza!!!
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New publication with @abovet.bsky.social @esserfrank.bsky.social @laiacastro.bsky.social
With today’s political environment becoming increasingly complex, how can political selective exposure be measured beyond the traditional ‘left vs. right’ lens?
Read more:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
With today’s political environment becoming increasingly complex, how can political selective exposure be measured beyond the traditional ‘left vs. right’ lens?
Read more:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
A multilevel network approach to revealing patterns of online political selective exposure
Selective exposure, individuals’ inclination to seek out information that supports their beliefs while avoiding information that contradicts them, plays an important role in the emergence of polarizat...
journals.plos.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New publication with @abovet.bsky.social @esserfrank.bsky.social @laiacastro.bsky.social
With today’s political environment becoming increasingly complex, how can political selective exposure be measured beyond the traditional ‘left vs. right’ lens?
Read more:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
With today’s political environment becoming increasingly complex, how can political selective exposure be measured beyond the traditional ‘left vs. right’ lens?
Read more:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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This paper is now published on Network Science! 🎊
Open-access published version: doi.org/10.1017/nws....
(and the dataset is freely available!)
Menéame.net user interaction dataset: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@javiergbe.bsky.social
@abovet.bsky.social
Open-access published version: doi.org/10.1017/nws....
(and the dataset is freely available!)
Menéame.net user interaction dataset: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@javiergbe.bsky.social
@abovet.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This paper is now published on Network Science! 🎊
Open-access published version: doi.org/10.1017/nws....
(and the dataset is freely available!)
Menéame.net user interaction dataset: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@javiergbe.bsky.social
@abovet.bsky.social
Open-access published version: doi.org/10.1017/nws....
(and the dataset is freely available!)
Menéame.net user interaction dataset: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@javiergbe.bsky.social
@abovet.bsky.social
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Day 2 Keynotes kicked off with Laura Nelson's inspiring presentation, “Why Qualitative Research Needs Computational Social Science”. What is the state of this maturing field called qualitative computational methods? What are the ongoing debates and futures? #ic2s2
July 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Day 2 Keynotes kicked off with Laura Nelson's inspiring presentation, “Why Qualitative Research Needs Computational Social Science”. What is the state of this maturing field called qualitative computational methods? What are the ongoing debates and futures? #ic2s2
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1. Kevin Gross and I just posted a new science-of-science preprint.
This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.
This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.
Will anyone review this paper? Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review
Scholarly publishing relies on peer review to identify the best science. Yet finding willing and qualified reviewers to evaluate manuscripts has become an increasingly challenging task, possibly even ...
arxiv.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
1. Kevin Gross and I just posted a new science-of-science preprint.
This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.
This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.
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Excited to share this new paper in JPhys Complexity from @abovet.bsky.social @lambiotte.bsky.social @nicopedre.bsky.social 'Community detection on directed networks with missing edges'
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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July 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Excited to share this new paper in JPhys Complexity from @abovet.bsky.social @lambiotte.bsky.social @nicopedre.bsky.social 'Community detection on directed networks with missing edges'
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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New preprint! 🚨
We study the interaction between misinformation and science on Twitter during COVID-19 based on ~407M tweets. Both science and misinformation featured prominently during the pandemic, but the interaction between the two has not been studied on this scale before.
🧵 (1/10)
We study the interaction between misinformation and science on Twitter during COVID-19 based on ~407M tweets. Both science and misinformation featured prominently during the pandemic, but the interaction between the two has not been studied on this scale before.
🧵 (1/10)
July 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New preprint! 🚨
We study the interaction between misinformation and science on Twitter during COVID-19 based on ~407M tweets. Both science and misinformation featured prominently during the pandemic, but the interaction between the two has not been studied on this scale before.
🧵 (1/10)
We study the interaction between misinformation and science on Twitter during COVID-19 based on ~407M tweets. Both science and misinformation featured prominently during the pandemic, but the interaction between the two has not been studied on this scale before.
🧵 (1/10)
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Most people don’t find excessive wealth immoral when considered separately from economic inequality; however, people in countries with high GDP and high levels of inequality find being too rich more morally wrong than being of average wealth. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
June 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Most people don’t find excessive wealth immoral when considered separately from economic inequality; however, people in countries with high GDP and high levels of inequality find being too rich more morally wrong than being of average wealth. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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Adamic-Glance Awardee Keynote: @gvrkiran.bsky.social on misinformation on whatsapp through the lens of a large data donation program #icwsm
June 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Adamic-Glance Awardee Keynote: @gvrkiran.bsky.social on misinformation on whatsapp through the lens of a large data donation program #icwsm
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Our work on Bluesky: doi.org/10.1609/icws...
Joint work with
@bibo7086.bsky.social
@harnen.bsky.social
@garethtyson.bsky.social
@asonur.bsky.social
@ignactro.bsky.social
@baronca.bsky.social
Joint work with
@bibo7086.bsky.social
@harnen.bsky.social
@garethtyson.bsky.social
@asonur.bsky.social
@ignactro.bsky.social
@baronca.bsky.social
Bootstrapping Social Networks: Lessons from Bluesky Starter Packs
| Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
doi.org
June 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Our work on Bluesky: doi.org/10.1609/icws...
Joint work with
@bibo7086.bsky.social
@harnen.bsky.social
@garethtyson.bsky.social
@asonur.bsky.social
@ignactro.bsky.social
@baronca.bsky.social
Joint work with
@bibo7086.bsky.social
@harnen.bsky.social
@garethtyson.bsky.social
@asonur.bsky.social
@ignactro.bsky.social
@baronca.bsky.social
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The Detox Workshop at @icwsm.bsky.social has wrapped up. Thanks to our keynote @maxfalken.bsky.social , all our speakers, my co-organisers, and everyone who joined the event! 🫖
We don’t have all the solutions yet, but it’s clear that tackling platform harms requires new methods and data sources!
We don’t have all the solutions yet, but it’s clear that tackling platform harms requires new methods and data sources!
June 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Detox Workshop at @icwsm.bsky.social has wrapped up. Thanks to our keynote @maxfalken.bsky.social , all our speakers, my co-organisers, and everyone who joined the event! 🫖
We don’t have all the solutions yet, but it’s clear that tackling platform harms requires new methods and data sources!
We don’t have all the solutions yet, but it’s clear that tackling platform harms requires new methods and data sources!
Excited for my first #ICWSM!
I'll be showing our work on the Twitter to Bluesky academic migration this afternoon at the nextgensocial-workshop.github.io (paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801)
@yuan1227.bsky.social will show our paper on incivility on Thursday: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
I'll be showing our work on the Twitter to Bluesky academic migration this afternoon at the nextgensocial-workshop.github.io (paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801)
@yuan1227.bsky.social will show our paper on incivility on Thursday: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
June 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Excited for my first #ICWSM!
I'll be showing our work on the Twitter to Bluesky academic migration this afternoon at the nextgensocial-workshop.github.io (paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801)
@yuan1227.bsky.social will show our paper on incivility on Thursday: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
I'll be showing our work on the Twitter to Bluesky academic migration this afternoon at the nextgensocial-workshop.github.io (paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801)
@yuan1227.bsky.social will show our paper on incivility on Thursday: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
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I'll be at #ICWSM 2025 next week to present our paper about Bluesky Starter Packs.
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
June 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'll be at #ICWSM 2025 next week to present our paper about Bluesky Starter Packs.
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
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📢 The NetSci-X 2026 Call for Abstracts is now open!
Submit your work and join us in #Auckland to explore diversity in network science.
📅 Deadline: 5 September 2025, 23:59 AoE
🌐 More info: netscix2026.github.io
@mluczak.bsky.social Michael Small @droneale.bsky.social Daniela Paolotti
Submit your work and join us in #Auckland to explore diversity in network science.
📅 Deadline: 5 September 2025, 23:59 AoE
🌐 More info: netscix2026.github.io
@mluczak.bsky.social Michael Small @droneale.bsky.social Daniela Paolotti
June 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
📢 The NetSci-X 2026 Call for Abstracts is now open!
Submit your work and join us in #Auckland to explore diversity in network science.
📅 Deadline: 5 September 2025, 23:59 AoE
🌐 More info: netscix2026.github.io
@mluczak.bsky.social Michael Small @droneale.bsky.social Daniela Paolotti
Submit your work and join us in #Auckland to explore diversity in network science.
📅 Deadline: 5 September 2025, 23:59 AoE
🌐 More info: netscix2026.github.io
@mluczak.bsky.social Michael Small @droneale.bsky.social Daniela Paolotti
10 years ago, I went to my first #NetSci. I had just finished my PhD, had nothing to present, knew nobody, but I knew I was finally where I wanted to be. Fascinating science and people. I feel very lucky to have helped organize @netsciconf.bsky.social this year and to have brought my great students!
June 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
10 years ago, I went to my first #NetSci. I had just finished my PhD, had nothing to present, knew nobody, but I knew I was finally where I wanted to be. Fascinating science and people. I feel very lucky to have helped organize @netsciconf.bsky.social this year and to have brought my great students!
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It has been a pleasure hosting the #NetSci2025 conference in Maastricht! Our thanks to all participants for their energy, ideas, talks, posters, discussions, and laughter!
And that is it!! Thank you so much the #NetSci2025 organizers for such a great experience this week!!
June 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It has been a pleasure hosting the #NetSci2025 conference in Maastricht! Our thanks to all participants for their energy, ideas, talks, posters, discussions, and laughter!
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This turned out great, thanks to three amazing speakers and an engaged audience. Great job everyone!
Let's maybe turn this into a regular NetSci satellite?
@netsciconf.bsky.social
Let's maybe turn this into a regular NetSci satellite?
@netsciconf.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This turned out great, thanks to three amazing speakers and an engaged audience. Great job everyone!
Let's maybe turn this into a regular NetSci satellite?
@netsciconf.bsky.social
Let's maybe turn this into a regular NetSci satellite?
@netsciconf.bsky.social
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🥰
June 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🥰
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Now that #NetSci25 is over and the adrenaline has settled, all I can say is: thank you! It's always a blast - and winning an unexpected prize makes it even more special.
I hope e-values found a place in (some of) your hearts. Stay tuned, the paper is coming soon!
I hope e-values found a place in (some of) your hearts. Stay tuned, the paper is coming soon!
June 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Now that #NetSci25 is over and the adrenaline has settled, all I can say is: thank you! It's always a blast - and winning an unexpected prize makes it even more special.
I hope e-values found a place in (some of) your hearts. Stay tuned, the paper is coming soon!
I hope e-values found a place in (some of) your hearts. Stay tuned, the paper is coming soon!
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Thanks to everyone who helped us put this whole event together. Thanks to everyone who joined us this week. Seeing so many happy network scientists was truly wonderful!
And that is it!! Thank you so much the #NetSci2025 organizers for such a great experience this week!!
June 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thanks to everyone who helped us put this whole event together. Thanks to everyone who joined us this week. Seeing so many happy network scientists was truly wonderful!
#netsci2025 awards! Congrats to all winners!
June 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#netsci2025 awards! Congrats to all winners!
Interested in building new digital tools to understand how the media frames different topics? ➡️ Open postdoc position in my group at the University of Zurich on Machine Learning/NLP for Media Monitoring and Discourse Analysis: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
UZH: Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning/NLP for Media Monitoring
The Quantitative Network Science group at the Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning (DM3L) of the University of Zurich (UZH) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher posit...
jobs.uzh.ch
June 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Interested in building new digital tools to understand how the media frames different topics? ➡️ Open postdoc position in my group at the University of Zurich on Machine Learning/NLP for Media Monitoring and Discourse Analysis: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
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Always happy to chat!
I believe my excellent collaborators @skojaku.bsky.social, @hirokisayama.bsky.social, and Renaud are all happy to discuss more!!
I believe my excellent collaborators @skojaku.bsky.social, @hirokisayama.bsky.social, and Renaud are all happy to discuss more!!
#NetSci2025 main conference Day 2
Make sure to come to my great collaborator Yu Tian's talk at 16:30 this afternoon! You will witness the moment when a brand-new network model framework is being born.
arxiv.org/abs/2410.05188
(This work will appear in PRL soon)
Make sure to come to my great collaborator Yu Tian's talk at 16:30 this afternoon! You will witness the moment when a brand-new network model framework is being born.
arxiv.org/abs/2410.05188
(This work will appear in PRL soon)
Matrix-weighted networks for modeling multidimensional dynamics
Networks are powerful tools for modeling interactions in complex systems. While traditional networks use scalar edge weights, many real-world systems involve multidimensional interactions. For example...
arxiv.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Always happy to chat!
I believe my excellent collaborators @skojaku.bsky.social, @hirokisayama.bsky.social, and Renaud are all happy to discuss more!!
I believe my excellent collaborators @skojaku.bsky.social, @hirokisayama.bsky.social, and Renaud are all happy to discuss more!!
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What if edge weights are MATRICES? 🤯 We showed matrix-weights are a natural represention of multidimensional interactions (eg your climate views influencing my economic beliefs), generalizing the notion of communities & structural balance. Find us to discuss more. #NetSci2025
Always happy to chat!
I believe my excellent collaborators @skojaku.bsky.social, @hirokisayama.bsky.social, and Renaud are all happy to discuss more!!
I believe my excellent collaborators @skojaku.bsky.social, @hirokisayama.bsky.social, and Renaud are all happy to discuss more!!
#NetSci2025 main conference Day 2
Make sure to come to my great collaborator Yu Tian's talk at 16:30 this afternoon! You will witness the moment when a brand-new network model framework is being born.
arxiv.org/abs/2410.05188
(This work will appear in PRL soon)
Make sure to come to my great collaborator Yu Tian's talk at 16:30 this afternoon! You will witness the moment when a brand-new network model framework is being born.
arxiv.org/abs/2410.05188
(This work will appear in PRL soon)
June 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
What if edge weights are MATRICES? 🤯 We showed matrix-weights are a natural represention of multidimensional interactions (eg your climate views influencing my economic beliefs), generalizing the notion of communities & structural balance. Find us to discuss more. #NetSci2025