W ORK P ACKAGE 2 C ONCEPTUAL MODEL Richard Walker 13 January, 2011

WP2: Basic Data Start date – January 1, 2011 End date – December 31, 2011 Coordinator – Frontiers Other Partners – UMA – CICE – UDE – RICY

WP2: Objectives Identify key actors, communities and social networks involved in “social appropriation of knowledge” Develop hypotheses on impact – of -  impact Operationalize hypotheses in terms of – Data sources – Network indicators – Measurements of impacts Identify data sources/indices/representations/tools to verify hypotheses

WP2: methods Review literature (D2.1: Month 3) – Review based on template from Frontiers – Theoretical literature on social networks – Empirical Social Network Analysis outside science – Social Network Analysis applied to science – Social Network Analysis applied to specific SISOB themes Conceptual model (D2.2 Month 6) – Model based on template from Frontiers – Identify actors, communities and social networks Science in general SISOB cases (take account of data availability) – Identify impact measures Science in general SISOB cases (take account of data availability) – Formalize hypotheses on relationship between social networks and impact Science in general SISOB cases (take account of data availability) Detailed specification of data sources, indices, representations and tools (D2.3 Month 12)

Literature survey: methods Selection of sources (Google Scholar etc.) Definition of search terms for each theme Systematic search Selection of top ranking review papers Selection of other top ranking papers Summary of content

Literature Review – preliminary TOC Objectives and structure of this document (Frontiers) Methodology (Frontiers) Social Networks and Social Network Analysis – What is a social network – What is social network analysis – Social network indicators – Tools and technologies Empirical applications of Social Network Analysis – Social Network Analysis and Science – General – Social Network Analysis and Researcher Mobility – Social Network Analysis and Knowledge Sharing – Social Network Analysis and Author/Reviewer Networks Conclusions

Action Points ItemPartner ResponsibleDeadline Proposals for changes to TOCAll20/01/2011 Proposals for data sources and search termsAll20/01/2011 Finalization of TOCFrontiers23/01/2011 Finalization of data sources and search termsFrontiers27/01/2011 Social networks and Social Network Analysis??28/02/2011 Empirical applications of Social Network Analysis??28/02/2011 Social Network Analysis and Science (general)Frontiers28/02/2011 Social Network Analysis and MobilityFR28/02/2011 Social Network Analysis and Knowledge SharingUDE28/02/2011 Social Network Analysis and Author/Reviewer NetworksFrontiers28/02/2011 Release of draft 1 deliverableFrontiers15/03/2011 Collaborative revision and editingAll22/03/2011 Release of deliverableFrontiers31/03/2011