The digital transformation profoundly impacts humans and how they behave online and offline. Interactions in online social networks offer new opportunities (e.g., political movements, global cultural diffusion) and risks (e.g., fake news). In this seminar, we examine recent sociological and psychological research on how the digital transformation affects individuals and their social behaviors.

Social Network Science is a distinct domain of data science that focuses on relational systems. Various models have been proposed to describe structures and dynamics of networks, including statistical and mathematical methods. In this course, the emphasis is placed on the statistical analysis of (social) systems and their connection to social theories and data sources.