Introduction: Applications of Social Network Analysis

AbstractSocial Network Analysis (SNA) has gained importance over the last two decades, both as a research program and toolbox for network analytical applications in various settings. The international conference on Applications of Social Network Analysis (ASNA) brings together network scholars from different interdisciplinary backgrounds and provides a forum to discuss latest research results and new applications. The contributions included in these proceedings are a selection of the papers from the 6 ASNA conference, which took place in Zurich, Switzerland, from 26–28 August 2009, and reflect the wide array of SNA applications presented and discussed every year at ASNA