This book is principally intended for social scientists wanting to undertake social network
research. It assumes the reader already knows a thing or two (perhaps even a lot) about …

The food industry is often described as having more power and influence in nutrition
policymaking than nutrition professionals, scientists and other practitioners working for the …

How do social networks differ between highly collaborative and less collaborative forms of
governance? Drawing on a prior study that characterized the level of collaboration for three …

Highlights•Knowledge-action networks link a diversity of political actors and forms of
knowledge.•Social network analysis is a promising tool to examine and overcome …

Sustainable and coordinated development plays a crucial role in urban planning. However,
previous studies have not fully explored the complex interplay between different factors that …

Policy brokers and policy entrepreneurs are assumed to have a decisive impact on policy
outcomes. Their access to social and political resources is contingent on their influence on …

Research question: This study investigated the Twitter networks of the Champions League
hashtag (# UCL) across the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final. Through an examination …

The concept of the policy subsystem is an essential building block for several of the basic
frameworks of policy process studies. Over time issues have become more complex …

Cooperation among organizations is crucial in many fields of sport management. However,
little is known about how and why interorganizational cooperation occurs. In this study …

We introduce a Bayesian approach to conduct inferential analyses on dyadic data while
accounting for interdependencies between observations through a set of additive and …