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🧵1/ Paper out
How does COVID-19 spread through school and family networks?
We analyzed Dutch population registry data (containing info on everybody in the Netherlands) to understand which social ties mattered most in student infections from 2020–2021.
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-8…
But take the results with a grain of salt: schools were closed for ~1/3 of the time, and we only studied PCR test results (i.e., no asymptomatic or mild cases).
We also found that most variation stemmed from individual and school-level factors, not geographic location.
💡 Takeaway: Family ties, especially shared households, are key drivers of infection.
But schools can still amplify small increases in risk.
✅ Rich registry data helps us pinpoint how SARS-CoV-2 really spreads.
Paper + code:
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-8…
🧪 github.com/jgarciab/covid_sc…
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Apply to the @ODISSEI_SoDa fellowship by Nov 15✨
As a fellow, you will join the @ODISSEI_SoDa team at @UniUtrecht for a period of 3-5 months and work on a #data-related project in the #socialsciences.
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The city of Maastricht is excited to host us for the 20th NetSci conference!
2-6 June 2025
Don't forget to submit your abstracts by December 9th
netsci2025.github.io/calls/
The city of Maastricht is excited to announce that @NetSciConf 2025, the flagship international conference of the Network Science Society, will be held at MECC Maastricht from June 2nd to June 6th, 2025. This five-day conference is coming to Maastricht thanks to a successful bidding effort led by Leto Peel and Adriana Iamnitchi from Maastricht University.
Read the full press release here:
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@MaastrichtU @umsbe @um_fse @uitMaastricht @NLNetherlands #EventProfs #NetworkScience
Job opportunity! We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher at @UniUtrecht to investigate how social networks may impact people’s vaccination decisions: uu.nl/en/organisation/workin… Come work with us! Deadline: October 4th
Javier Garcia-Bernardo (@javiergbe.bsky.social) retweeted
NetSci 2025 is happening in Maastricht, 2-6 June 2025.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is:
**9 December 2024**
The dates are early this time so plan accordingly!
More details on the website: netsci2025.github.io #NetSci2025
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New to Network Science? Want to learn more?
Then come to our network science summer school 15-19 July 2024 at Utrecht University
net-science.github.io
Registration ends 1st July.
(But you might want to be quick, there are only a few spots left!)
Are you interested in network science? Join our summer school at @UniUtrecht, July 15-19th utrechtsummerschool.nl/cours… Lecturers: @PiratePeel MahdiShafieeKamalabad @jiamin_ou @VBuskens
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🛎️ 2 x 4-year doctoral researcher positions @ucddublin @ucdpolitics
⏰ Deadline March 28th.
😎 Background training in econ/political economy
ℹ️ Detailed job specification 👇
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🛎️ 4-year senior ERC postdoc position @ucddublin @ucdpolitics
⏰ Deadline March 28th.
👓 Expertise in corporate tax.
ℹ️Detailed job specification 👇
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🧵Together with @petr_janksy, we recently published "Profit shifting of multinational corporations worldwide" in World Development (free pdf at: arxiv.org/abs/2201.08444), where we look at the distributional consequences of profit shifting of multinationals. (1/9)
What are some of the modeling alternatives:
- Data-driven modeling, such as our paper
- Comparing profitability with local firms: e.g. missingprofits.world/
- New theory on profit shifting (the reason of this thread). 8/9
