SNSF Eccellenza Professor at University of Zurich (LCDS Research Lecturer 2020-2022)

Per Block is SNF Professor in Sociology and his research area is the Sociology of Networks. This entails the analysis of interpersonal networks (excluding online networks) with a focus on structural patterns that represent the interdependence of different observations, as well as the development of new methodology and furthering our understanding of the current statistical network toolbox.

His current research combines the modelling of social networks and research on social  mobility.  The  aim  of  the project is to uncover  how  macro-level  mobility patterns are brought about through social relations, applying the novel statistical methodology. Aside these primary interest, Per actively collaborates across disciplinary boundaries to broadly further the understanding of network processes in science.

His work is published in leading journals in Sociology and Psychology, in specialised Methodology and Social Network journals, and in leading General Science journals.

Per Block joined the Leverhulme Centre and the Department of Sociology in 2020 and is an Associate Member since 2022, following his departure to the University of Zurich. Previously, he was a researcher, lecturer, and ETH fellow at the ETH Zurich (2014-2019). He holds a DPhil (2014) and MSc (2010) in Sociology from Oxford, and a Diploma (pre-Bologna combined BSc + MSc degree) in Chemistry (2008) from Marburg, with a specialisation in Nuclear Medicine.

 

Publications

Thursday, 10 March 2022
Block, P. et al. (2022) “Circular specifications and ‘predicting’ with information from the future: Errors in the empirical SAOM–TERGM comparison of Leifeld & Cranmer”, Network Science, 10(1), pp. 3–14.
Saturday, 01 January 2022
Block, P., Stadtfeld, C. and Robins, G. (2022) “A statistical model for the analysis of mobility tables as weighted networks with an application to faculty hiring networks”, Social Networks, 68, pp. 264–278.
Monday, 28 December 2020
Block, P. and Burnett Heyes, S. (2020) “Sharing the load: contagion and tolerance of mood in social networks”, Emotion, 22(6), pp. 1193–1207.
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Dowd, J. et al. (2020) “Dangerous to claim ‘no clear association’ between intergenerational relationships and COVID-19”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(42), pp. 25975–25976.
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
Hoffman, M. et al. (2020) “A model for the dynamics of face-to-face interactions in social groups”, Network Science, 8(S1), pp. s4 - s25.
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Dowd, J. et al. (2020) “Reply to Nepomuceno et al.: a renewed call for detailed social and demographic COVID-19 data from all countries”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(25), pp. 13884–13885.
Thursday, 04 June 2020
Block, P. et al. (2020) “Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world”, Nature Human Behaviour, 4, pp. 588–596.
Thursday, 16 April 2020
Dowd, J. et al. (2020) “Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(18), pp. 9696–9698.
Wednesday, 01 January 2020
Dowd, J. et al. (2020) “Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19.”
Friday, 01 February 2019
Block, P., Stadtfeld, C. and Snijders, T. (2019) “Forms of Dependence: Comparing SAOMs and ERGMs From Basic Principles”, Sociological Methods & Research, 48(1), pp. 202–239.
Thursday, 09 November 2017
Block, P., Heathcote, L. and Burnett Heyes, S. (2017) “Social interaction and pain: an arctic expedition”, Social Science and Medicine, 196, pp. 47–55.
Tuesday, 01 September 2015
Burnett Heyes, S. et al. (2015) “Relationship Reciprocation Modulates Resource Allocation in Adolescent Social Networks: Developmental Effects”, Child Development, 86(5), pp. 1489–1506.
Thursday, 01 January 2015
Block, P. (2015) “Reciprocity, transitivity, and the mysterious three-cycle”, Social Networks, 40, pp. 163–173.
Friday, 01 August 2014
Block, P. and Grund, T. (2014) “Multidimensional Homophily in Friendship Networks.”, Network science (Cambridge University Press), 2(2), pp. 189–212.
Tuesday, 01 January 2013
Heyes, S. et al. (2013) “COOPERATIVE INVESTMENT IN ADOLESCENT SOCIAL NETWORKS”, in JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, pp. 35–35.
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SNSF Eccellenza Professor at University of Zurich (LCDS Research Lecturer 2020-2022)
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Per Block is SNF Professor in Sociology and his research area is the Sociology of Networks. This entails the analysis of interpersonal networks (excluding online networks) with a focus on structural patterns that represent the interdependence of different observations, as well as the development of new methodology and furthering our understanding of the current statistical network toolbox.

His current research combines the modelling of social networks and research on social  mobility.  The  aim  of  the project is to uncover  how  macro-level  mobility patterns are brought about through social relations, applying the novel statistical methodology. Aside these primary interest, Per actively collaborates across disciplinary boundaries to broadly further the understanding of network processes in science.

His work is published in leading journals in Sociology and Psychology, in specialised Methodology and Social Network journals, and in leading General Science journals.

Per Block joined the Leverhulme Centre and the Department of Sociology in 2020 and is an Associate Member since 2022, following his departure to the University of Zurich. Previously, he was a researcher, lecturer, and ETH fellow at the ETH Zurich (2014-2019). He holds a DPhil (2014) and MSc (2010) in Sociology from Oxford, and a Diploma (pre-Bologna combined BSc + MSc degree) in Chemistry (2008) from Marburg, with a specialisation in Nuclear Medicine.

 

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Publications

Thursday, 10 March 2022
Block, P. et al. (2022) “Circular specifications and ‘predicting’ with information from the future: Errors in the empirical SAOM–TERGM comparison of Leifeld & Cranmer”, Network Science, 10(1), pp. 3–14.
Saturday, 01 January 2022
Block, P., Stadtfeld, C. and Robins, G. (2022) “A statistical model for the analysis of mobility tables as weighted networks with an application to faculty hiring networks”, Social Networks, 68, pp. 264–278.
Monday, 28 December 2020
Block, P. and Burnett Heyes, S. (2020) “Sharing the load: contagion and tolerance of mood in social networks”, Emotion, 22(6), pp. 1193–1207.
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Dowd, J. et al. (2020) “Dangerous to claim ‘no clear association’ between intergenerational relationships and COVID-19”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(42), pp. 25975–25976.
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
Hoffman, M. et al. (2020) “A model for the dynamics of face-to-face interactions in social groups”, Network Science, 8(S1), pp. s4 - s25.
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Dowd, J. et al. (2020) “Reply to Nepomuceno et al.: a renewed call for detailed social and demographic COVID-19 data from all countries”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(25), pp. 13884–13885.
Thursday, 04 June 2020
Block, P. et al. (2020) “Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world”, Nature Human Behaviour, 4, pp. 588–596.
Thursday, 16 April 2020
Dowd, J. et al. (2020) “Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(18), pp. 9696–9698.
Wednesday, 01 January 2020
Dowd, J. et al. (2020) “Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19.”
Friday, 01 February 2019
Block, P., Stadtfeld, C. and Snijders, T. (2019) “Forms of Dependence: Comparing SAOMs and ERGMs From Basic Principles”, Sociological Methods & Research, 48(1), pp. 202–239.
Thursday, 09 November 2017
Block, P., Heathcote, L. and Burnett Heyes, S. (2017) “Social interaction and pain: an arctic expedition”, Social Science and Medicine, 196, pp. 47–55.
Tuesday, 01 September 2015
Burnett Heyes, S. et al. (2015) “Relationship Reciprocation Modulates Resource Allocation in Adolescent Social Networks: Developmental Effects”, Child Development, 86(5), pp. 1489–1506.
Thursday, 01 January 2015
Block, P. (2015) “Reciprocity, transitivity, and the mysterious three-cycle”, Social Networks, 40, pp. 163–173.
Friday, 01 August 2014
Block, P. and Grund, T. (2014) “Multidimensional Homophily in Friendship Networks.”, Network science (Cambridge University Press), 2(2), pp. 189–212.
Tuesday, 01 January 2013
Heyes, S. et al. (2013) “COOPERATIVE INVESTMENT IN ADOLESCENT SOCIAL NETWORKS”, in JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, pp. 35–35.

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