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3 May 2006
Sunbelt, evolving
The first Sunbelt I attended was in 2000 (also in Vancouver). It is striking how the conference has evolved in just the last 6 years—obviously, reflecting the increased interest in the field. It is much larger than it was then (maybe 50% ??). Some of this growth may be ephemeral—about half the attendees, I think, were fist timers, while I am betting that maybe 10% had attended going back to the 1980s. The composition of fields represented has also evolved. While always interdisciplinary, my perception is that there has been a shift from sociology to public health, organizational behavior, and information and computer scientists. There is also significant private sector interest, with folks from, for example, Microsoft and Yahoo, among many others. There was, I understand, also representation from government (rather less visible). There were few anthropologists, prominent in earlier years, and (alas), other than me, few political scientists, which reflects the still low levels of interest in political science about networks. (In my next posting I will discuss why there has been little social network analysis within political science, as well as the stirrings of interest in recent years.) Some other impressions: as noted in the previous post, there has been an increase in use of behavioral data. There were definitely also more simulation models than in previous years. And there has definitely been an increase in the study (and tools for analysis) of longitudinal data. For any readers who attended Sunbelt 2006 and earlier editions, I would be interested in your observations.
Posted by David Lazer at 8:26 AM