News
We regularly post news in connection to the University Research Priority Program on "Social Networks", our team, our research projects and courses, seminars or workshops devoted to this field.
For Events and Highlights from the past years, please have a look here.
News list
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Publication Alert: Dr. Manuel Mariani’s review article in Nature Communications
“Collective dynamics behind success” published in Nature Communications, is a collaboration with Federico Battiston (Central European University, Vienna), Emőke-Ágnes Horvát (Northwestern University), Giacomo Livan (Università degli Studi di Pavia), Federico Musciotto (University of Palermo), and Dashun Wang (Northwestern University).
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Katherine Rother wins the Impact Award for her research on carbon offsets
Katherine Rother was awarded the Impact Award for her outstanding contributions in her work “Voluntary Carbon Offsets in Online Retailing.”
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Empowering Students and Instructors with Responsible AI Tools
Open Innovation Teaching Fund: “Evidence-Based Framework for Responsible Generative AI Usage in Higher Education.”
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AI Meets Empathy: Introducing The AI Empathy Research Initiative
A new research initiative hosted by the Chair of Marketing for Social Impact investigates the adoption and effect of empathic AI.
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2024 ACR Annual Conference
URPP Social Networks attended the 2024 ACR Annual Conference in Paris.
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Publication Alert: Dr. Manuel Mariani in PNAS and Scientific Reports
A letter and a new article co-authored by Dr. Mariani were recently published in PNAS and Scientific Reports.
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UZH News: Interview with Prof. Dr. René Algesheimer
What prompts people in social networks to change their values and behavior in a sustainable way?
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2024 AMA CBSIG Vienna Conference
URPP Social Networks contributed to the American Marketing Association's Consumer Behavior Special Interest Group conference.
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URPP Social Networks at Sunbelt 2024
A delegation from the URPP Social Networks actively contributed to the Sunbelt Conference 2024 on network science.
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URPP Closing Event: Speech from the Director
Prof. Dr. René Algesheimer, Director of the URPP Social Networks, presented at the celebration for the completion of the second series of the URPPs.
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Publication Alert: Research on AI Empathy in Journal of Business Research
Prof. Dr. René Algesheimer, URPP Social Networks Director, and Alex Mari, Research Associate, were featured in the Journal of Business Research.
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Publication Alert: Prof. Dr. Jan Cieciuch in American Psychologist
URPP Social Networks Project leader Prof. Dr. Jan Cieciuch was featured in the American Psychologist.
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Publication Alert: Dr. Manuel Mariani in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
A new article, co-authored by Dr. Mariani, was recently published in the journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
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A Journey Through Academia and Technology: Anne Scherer's Contributions
Dr. Anne Scherer reflects on her academic milestones and their connection to current AI projects.
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REndo R Package reaches 50,000 downloads
R Package REndo, developed by the URPP Social Networks team, has passed 50,000 downloads on CRAN since its first release.
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Personal Branding and Digital Marketing: Course Guest Speakers
The bachelor course's 2023 edition features industry experts and young entrepreneurs, providing insights into the challenges and opportunities of modern marketing.
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REndo on Journal of Statistical Software
New publication alert! The article "REndo: Internal Instrumental Variables to Address Endogeneity" is now available for download.
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Maria Poiaganova: Welcome to the Team!
The URPP Social Networks team welcomes the new Research Associate, Maria Poiaganova.
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URPP Social Networks at Scientifica 2023
The URPP Social Networks team hosts a workshop during the Scientifica 2023 event.
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Alex Mari Attends Medici Summer School
PhD Candidate Alex Mari was invited to the Medici Summer School at MIT Sloan.
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Visiting Professor Luxi Shen
We are delighted to welcome Professor Dr. Luxi Shen from CUHK as our summer guest.
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URPP Social Networks at EMAC 2023
Our team from URPP Social Networks had the opportunity to participate in the European Marketing Association Conference.
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Dr. Silvia Blas Riesgo: Welcome to the Team!
The URPP Social Networks team welcomes the new Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Silvia Blas Riesgo.
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PhD Seminar: Experimental Methods in Consumer Research
Dr. Andrea Bublitz, Postdoc at the University of Zurich and Visiting Researcher at Columbia Business School, offers a seminar on Experimental Methods in Consumer Research (3 ECTS).
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Dr. Andrea Bublitz's Research Visit at Columbia Business School
Postdoc Andrea Bublitz is currently at Columbia Business School, New York, for a one-year research visit.
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Fei Wang: Welcome to the Team!
The URPP Social Networks team welcomes the new Research Associate, Fei Wang.
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PhD Seminar: Seeding and Dissemination in User-Generated Content Networks
Prof. Andreas Lanz, Assistant Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris, offers a seminar on Seeding and Dissemination in User-Generated Content Networks (3 ECTS).
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Mingwei Wang: Visiting PhD Program Completion
PhD student Mingwei Wang (UESTC) successfully completed his visiting program at the URPP Social Networks.
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Personal Branding and Digital Marketing Course: Guest List
Thanks to the help of experts, the course provided insights into the challenges and opportunities modern marketers and entrepreneurs face when developing a brand.
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Prof. Anne Scherer was Guest Speaker at the Retail Summit
"Alexa or Alexis?" The question Prof. Scherer addressed during her speech at the 72nd International Retail Summit
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Claudia Wenzel defended her doctoral thesis
Claudia Wenzel successfully earned a PhD in Business Administration (Marketing track) at the Chair for Marketing and Market Research, URPP Social Networks.
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Prof. Martin Natter wins EURAM Best Paper Award
The European Academy of Management (EURAM) awarded Prof. Martin Natter and Prof. Agnes Bäker for Best Paper Award.
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Prof. Andrea Giuffredi-Kähr featured in the Oec. Magazine
Learn more about Andrea Giuffredi-Kähr, Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Digital Economy and member of the URPP Social Networks, in the portrait published by the Oec. Magazine.
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Claudia Wenzel successfully completed the DSI Excellence Program
Congratulations to Claudia Wenzel and the other PhD candidates for obtaining the complementary excellence program.
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Dr. Andrea Bublitz Nominated for the SDG Impact Awards
We congratulate Dr. Andrea Bublitz on her well-deserved nomination and the impact on society, the environment and the economy.
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URPP Members: Conference, Training, Talk and Grant (Spring 2022)
List of international events with contributions from Ph.D. students and Post Doctoral researchers members of the URPP Social Networks (Spring Semester 2022).
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Winners of the Rigor and Relevance Research Award
We congratulate our team members Dr. Bachmann Patrick, Prof. Dr. Markus Meierer and Jeffrey Näf for winning the prestigious “Rigor and Relevance Research Award” from the Swiss Academy of Marketing Science (SAMS) association.
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Visiting Professor URPP Social Networks
We are happy to announce that Prof. Barak Libai is the Visiting Professor for the Summer of 2022 at URPP Social Networks, University of Zurich.
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Best Retailing Paper Award by the Academy of Marketing Science
Alex Mari, Andreina Mandelli and René Algesheimer are the recipients of the Stanley C. Hollander Award for Best Retailing Paper by the Academy of Marketing Science.
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Conference Dr. Andrea Bublitz
Title of Andrea's presentation at the EMAC conference: The Overconfidence Bias on Social Media: How Non-diagnostic Cues for Knowledge Trigger a Miscalibration of News Knowledge
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Markus Meierer is Assistant Professor at GSEM!
The Geneva School of Economics and Management has appointed Markus Meierer as Assistant Professor - Congratulations!!
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2 publications by Jan Cieciuch
Congratulations Jan with the publication of your 2 new papers!
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New Publication
"The local structure of citation networks uncovers expert-selected milestone papers"
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Nobel Prize in Physics
Today, three scientists received the Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems” and work that “laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate and how humanity influences it.”
One of the scientists is Giorgio Parisi, from the Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Manuel Mariani, who has been working in our team since four years now, wrote his master thesis under his supervision and together they published Manuel's very first paper: Calorimetric glass transition in a mean-field theory approach!
Congratulations to both with your work and this brilliant achievement!
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Guest Lecture Series 2021 Data Science and Marketing
Leveraging data to create business value - 11 UZH alumni report how businesses do data-driven decision making
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New Publication
Congratulations Manuel and his team with the publication of their new article!
Title: Algorithmic bias amplification via temporal effects: The case of PageRank in evolving networks
It appears in: "Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation" Journal
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New Seminar in Fall 2021
We are happy to announce our new seminar for master students, Marketing for Sustainable Consumption, which starts in September 2021.
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What conversations with machines can teach us about our conversations with humans
In her TED talk, Anne explains how machines can give us a break from the urge of self presentation but also the fear of social judgment. Actually, machines can teach us a lot about our interactions and conversations with humans. Have a look and get inspired here!
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Job Offer!
Prof. Dr. Anne Scherer is looking for a student assistant to help on one of her projects! Found out more here!
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GSERM 2021 Summer School
Katherine Rother is currently participating at the GSERM Summer school. She joins the course "Experimental Methods for Behavioral Science". It will help her structure some experiments she will be conducting on consumer behavior in sustainable marketing topics.
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EMAC Conference - Talk Manuel Mariani
Manuel will be presenting on the annual EMAC conference, taking place 25 - 28 May.
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Structural Analysis of System Dynamics Models
Congratulations Radu with the publication of your paper!
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New Paper: Value of Aggregators
Search aggregators may not have the market power many have thought. Travel consumers demonstrate higher loyalties to specific airline brands over specific aggregator brands.
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New accepted paper
Congratulations to Manuel with the publication of your paper!
The title of the paper is "The fragility of opinion formation in a complex world". Abstract and more information can be found here.
Also have a look at this news, in German, where the article of Matúš Medo and Manuel is covered
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Data Café
Claudia Wenzel involved at the Data Café project, initiated by the non-profit association Opendata.ch.
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Debate on the future of data usage
As part of SAP Now Switzerland Digital Weeks 2021 NZZ has invited Anne Scherer, Assistant Professor for Quantitative Marketing at University of Zurich, as a guest speaker at this online debate.
"Wem gehören unsere Daten?", Tuesday 13 April 18:30 - 20:00
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GSERM - Winter School
Claudia Wenzel and Debora Costa, both PhD candidates at our chair, recently participated at the course: “Mediation, Moderation and Conditional Process Analysis I”, offered by GSERM: https://www.gserm.ch/stgallen/course/?course_code=10,850
We were interested to know how they experienced this online class! To find our more use this link.
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New Publication
Congratulations Patrick Bachmann, Markus Meierer and Jeffrey Näf!
Their paper "The Role of Time-Varying Contextual Factors in Latent Attrition Models for Customer Base Analysis" is online and available here.
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New Publication
Congratulations Raluca Gui, Marcus Meierer and René Algesheimer on getting your article published!
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TEDxZurich
What Interactions With Machines Can Teach Us About Our Interactions With Humans
Join the TEDxZurich Livestream and talk of our colleague Dr. Anne Scherer at 3.12, 19:00
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New publication
Publication of a new article!
"Absence of a resolution limit in in-block nestedness"
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Defence Patrick Bachmann
Congratulations Patrick Bachmann on earning you PhD!
Last week, Patrick explained us 3 research papers and was given the highest grade for his work! Well done and all the very best for your next adventure!
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New publication
Congratulations to Alexander, Martin, René and Heiko for the publication of their article:
"Human social preferences cluster and spread in the field". For more information and details have a look here!
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Value of Aggregators
Congratulations Selin with the publication of “Value of Aggregators” in Marketing Science! Below is the abstract to this paper:
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When algorithms decide for us: the challenges of artificial intelligence
If public institutions or companies use artificial intelligence (AI), they should do so according to clear rules, in a comprehensible and transparent manner. This is the recommendation of the TA-SWISS study on dealing with AI.
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New publication
Congratulations Selin with the publication of "Value of Aggregators" in Marketing Science! Below is the abstract to this paper:
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Trend analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic in China and the rest of the world
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Deep Dive into Blockchain - Summer School
Prof. Dr. Claudio J. Tessone and the UZH Blockchain Center are hosting a Summer School in July 2020: Deep Dive into Blockchain
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New Publication
Congratulations to Manuel and his team with their newly accepted paper in Journal of Informetrics.
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PhD Seminar on Consumer Behavior
Prof. Dr. Wayne Hoyer (University of Texas at Austin) one of the world's leading researchers in the field of consumer behavior will be visiting us in March this year. Prof. Hoyer will also be teaching during the PhD Seminar on Consumer Behavior.(16-18 March 2020)
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Publication new article
Congratulations Manuel and his team for publishing a new article!
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Guest Talk: Giona Casiraghi
Dr. Giona Casiraghi is our next guest in the PhD Seminar on Network Science, 10 December.
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Guest Visit: Puneet Manchanda
Professor Puneet Manchanda, Professor of Marketing at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan will give us a visit and be our guest speaker at our PhD Seminar in Quantitative Marketing Research.
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Guest Talk: Giacomo Vaccario
Giacomo Vaccario from the ETH will be presenting in our PhD Seminar on Network Science, Tuesday 19th November
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Guest talk: Flaviano Morone
Next Guest and Speaker of the PhD Seminar in Research on Network Science is Flaviano Morone
Day and Time: 5th November. 10:15
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New Publication
Congratulations to Hui Liu, Naiding Yang, Zhao Yang, Jianhong Lin, Yanlu Zhang with the publication of a new article in Physica A.
"The impact of firm heterogeneity and awareness in modeling risk propagation on multiplex networks". More Info -
Zurich meets Seoul
Last week, researcher from Switzerland and South Korea met in Seoul to talk about Blockchain and its applications. Claudio Tessone, director of the UZH Blockchain Center also presented and pointed out the similar development of blockchain technologies in both countries. More details about the "Zurich meets Seoul Festival" can be found here.
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Guest Talk: Matus Medo, Fribourg University
We are happy to announce that Matus Medo from Fribourg University will be with us, 8th October to talk about "Universal patterns of impact of online news articles".
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World Economic Forum: Anne Scherer's nomination
Nomination of Anne Scherer to join World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council in the area Consumption
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Guest Talk: Xi Chen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Causal Inference 101: Causal Graph, Potential Outcome and Identification Strategies
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Guest Talk: Edith Shalev, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Title of Edith's talk: The Dual Effect of Perceived Centrality on Conformity to Group Preference
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Published Paper in "Physics Letters A"
Congratulations to Zhao Yang, Hui Liu and Jianhong Lin with the publishing of their paper "Modeling and simulations of the cascading failure of multiple interdependent R&D networks under risk propagation"
Authors: Hui Liu, Naiding Yang, Zhao Yang, Yanlu Zhang, Jianhong Lin
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Guest Talk: Irene Scopelliti, Cass Business School, University of London
Title: Putting the “Self” Back into Self-Control: Superordinate Goal Violation and Anticipated Regret Characterize Self-Control Failures
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Guest Talk: Alexandre Bovet, ICTEAM UCLouvain & naXys UNamur, Belgium
Title: "Influence of fake news in Twitter during the 2016 US presidential election"
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Conference IC2S2 2019 in Amsterdam
Title: "Social Influence in the Presence of Homophily: Method-Comparison Across Multiple Scenarios"
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Social Networks Lab
Social Network Lab: The URPP Social Network has successfully kicked-off their social network lab initiatives. With different forms of lab facilities the URPP plans to use this lab for future network interventions
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Jacobs Center Collaboration
René Algesheimer has been invited to join the esteemed Jacobs Center of Productive Youth Development at the University of Zurich as Research Affiliate. René will be supervising work on network interventions planned during this collaboration.
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Interview in UZH Magazin with Martin Kindschi: "Many people feel anxious and disconcerted"
How do values arise, and how do they change? An interview with social ethics expert Monika Wilhelm and economist Martin Kindschi.
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PhD Course on Probability Models and CLV Analysis
We are happy to welcome Peter Fader (Wharton University of Pennsylvania) and Bruce Hardie (London Business School) in Zurich this spring term FS 2019.
They will be giving a two-day course on probability models and customer lifetime value. The course will take place from 23 to 24 May 2019 (9am – 5pm and 9am – 4pm)Fore more information, please have a look at the UZH Course Catalogue
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Gipfelblick with Marc Walder
It is a great pleasure to announce that we will continue THE PIIK Gipfelblick this fall with the following guest:
Marc Walder, CEO Ringier AG
Please save the date! To stay informed about the upcoming event follow us on Facebook: THE PIIK Gipfelblick on Facebook
More information can be found here.
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Dissertation Martin Kindschi
Last year we celebrated the dissertation of three PhD Students in total! One of them is Martin Kindschi, who hold his defense on 19th December 2018.
The title of his talk: "Social Support and Financial Decision-Making. Dynamics in Friendship and Advice Networks ".
Congratulation to all of you and good luck for your further journey!
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Guest Talks of Dario Mazzilli and Flavio Iannelli
We are happy to announce the visit of two guest speaker at our chair, on Monday 28th January.
Dario Mazzilli: "Modeling and forecasting countries’ growth: new methods and data." 12:30 - 13:30
Flavio Iannelli: "Influencers Identification: From Effective Distance To ViralRank."
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Guest Talk Leif Brandes, University of Luzern
Leif Brandes will be our guest on 26th March in the PhD Seminar in Quantitative Marketing Research. Title of this talk is "Extremity Bias in Online Reviews: A Field Experiment"
More details can be found on Marketing Group Zurich.
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Workshop at IDC Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
Earlier this month some members of our team were invited to present their projects during a workshop at the IDC Herzliya in Tel Aviv.
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SPSP Convention and Pre Conference on the Psychology of Media and Technology,
February 7th, Andrea Bublitz presented the project "News Consumption on Social Media: When do we actually read the news that we like?", in collaboration with Anne Scherer and René Algesheimer at the SPSP Convention in Portland
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Lecture Series on Blockchain Research
Today is the launch of a new Lecture Series of the UZH Blockchain Center. We are happy to welcome Dr Shermin Voshmgir, Director of the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics from WU in Vienna.
https://www.agenda.uzh.ch/record.php?id=41808
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Big Data Workshop
The URPP on "Social Networks" organized a workshop on the topic of "Big Data".
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PhD Seminar with Prof. Skyler J. Cranmer
The URPP on "Social Networks" invites Prof. Skyler J. Cranmer to join our Chair to present the PhD seminar "Introduction to Exponential Random Graph Models" starting Monday, May 5th until Wednesday, May 7th.
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Social Media Management - Research presentation and discussion
The URPP welcomes you to our research presentation and panel discussion on Social Media Management on Thursday, April 3rd, starting at 6pm in the Aula at the University of Zurich.
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Research visit Prof. Jacob Goldenberg
The URPP invites Prof. Jacob Goldenberg to Zurich for his research visit on April 28th 2014.
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Research visit Prof. David Mazursky
The URPP invites Prof. David Mazursky for his research visit on April 28th 2014.
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New Postdoc Positions
The URPP offers two new postdoctoral research positions starting April 1st 2014.
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Research Visit Prof. Sebastiano Alessio Delre
The URPP on "Social Networks" invites Prof. Sebastiano Alessio Delre to join the Chair for Marketing and Market Research for his research visit in February.
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Research Visit Prof. Santo Fortunato
The URPP on „Social Networks“ invites Prof. Santo Fortunato from Aalto University School of Science for a research visit at the Chair for Marketing and Market Research in January and February.
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PhD Seminar Prof. Santo Fortunato
Prof. Santo Fortunato is visiting us from 25.11.2013 until 29.11.2013 to teach the PhD Seminar "Network Dynamics".
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Open Assistant Professor positions in 2014
The Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology offers multiple Assistant Professor positions in 2014.
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René Algesheimer in Social Executive Lounge
René Algesheimer participates on the Social Executive's Lounge.
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PhD Seminar with Prof. Santo Fortunato
We welcome Prof. Santo Fortunato at the University of Zurich.
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New team member Patrick Bachmann
Starting September 2013, Patrick Bachmann joins our team at the Chair for Marketing and Market Research.
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New team member Raluca Gui
Raluca Gui joins our team at the Chair for Marketing and Market Research.
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New team member Abel Camacho Guardian
Abel Camacho Guardian joins our team at the Chair for Marketing and Market Research.
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Informal URPP kick-off
Informal URPP kick-off event with apéro and presentation of our projects
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Additional Information
- Publication Alert: Dr. Manuel Mariani’s review article in Nature Communications
- Katherine Rother wins the Impact Award
- Empowering with Responsible AI Tools
- The AI Empathy Research Initiative
- 2024 ACR Conference
- Publication Alert: Dr. Manuel Mariani in PNAS and Scientific Reports
- Interview with Prof. Dr. René Algesheimer
- 2024 AMA CBSIG
- Sunbelt Conference 2024
- URPP Closing Event: Speech from the Director
- Publication Alert: Research on AI Empathy in Journal of Business Research
- Publication Alert: Prof. Dr. Jan Cieciuch in American Psychologist
- Publication Alert: Dr. Manuel Mariani in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
- A Journey Through Academia and Technology: Anne Scherer's Contributions
- REndo R Package reaches 50000 downloads
- Personal Branding and Digital Marketing: Course Guest Speakers
- REndo on Journal of Statistical Software
- Maria Poiaganova: Welcome to the Team!
- URPP Social Networks at Scientifica 2023
- Alex Mari attends Medici Summer School
- Visiting Professor Luxi Shen
- URPP Social Networks at EMAC 2023