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For 2008 6 Digit Code
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Seo 2008 6 Digit Code
PROF Garry ROBINS
Positions
- Social network methodology
- Social and organisational networks
- Statistical methods for social network analysis
- Network epidemiology, disease transmission, information diffusion
- Organisational structures
- Behaviour and social structure
- Individual motivations and psychology within social networks
- Small world networks
- Criminal and terrorist networks
- Animal networks
Overview
Publications
Selected publications
2012
Research Book Chapters
- Social Network Research: The Foundation of Network Science. APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology Vol 3. American Psychological Association. 451-469. 2012
Journal Articles Refereed
- "Trust Me": Differences in expressed and perceived trust relations in an organization. Social Networks. 34:410-424. 2012
- Hepatitis C Virus Phylogenetic Clustering Is Associated with the Social-Injecting Network in a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs. PLoS One. 7. 2012
- Influence of Contact Definitions in Assessment of the Relative Importance of Social Settings in Disease Transmission Risk. PLoS One. 7. 2012
- Modelling hepatitis C transmission over a social network of injecting drug users. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 297:73-87. 2012
- Statistical Network Analysis for Analyzing Policy Networks. Policy Studies Journal. 40:375-401. 2012
- Testing Policy Theory with Statistical Models of Networks. Policy Studies Journal. 40:351-374. 2012
2011
Journal Articles Refereed
- Homophily and Contagion as Explanations for Weight Similarities Among Adolescent Friends. Journal of Adolescent Health. 49:421-427. 2011
- How physical activity shapes, and is shaped by, adolescent friendships. Social Science & Medicine. 73:719-728. 2011
Conference Papers Refereed
2010
Journal Articles Refereed
- A social network analysis of hegemonic and other masculinities. Journal of Men's Studies: a scholarly journal about men and masculinities. 1:22-44. 2010
- Analysing exponential random graph (p-star) models with missing data using Bayesian data augmentation. Statistical Science. 7:366-384. 2010
- Changes in temporal and spatial associations between pairs of cattle during the process of familiarisation. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 128:10-17. 2010
- Communication and essentialism: Grounding the shared reality of a social category. Social Cognition. 28:306-328. 2010
- Comparison of three methods for ascertainment of contact information relevant to respiratory pathogen transmission in encounter networks. BMC Infectious Diseases. 10. 2010
- Obesity-related behaviors in adolescent friendship networks.. Social Networks. 32:161-167. 2010
- Social companionship versus food: The effect of the presence of familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics on the distance steers travel. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 122:13-20. 2010
- Structural logics of intraorganizational networks. Organization Science. 21:745-764. 2010
- The Application of Social Network Analysis to Team Sports. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. 14:211-224. 2010
2009
Journal Articles Refereed
- Closure, connectivity and degree distributions: exponential random graph (p*) models for directed social networks. Social Networks. 31:105-117. 2009
- Exponential random graph (p*) models for affiliation networks. Social Networks. 31:12-25. 2009
- Hegemonic and Other Masculinities in Local Social Contexts. Men and Masculinities. 11:387-423. 2009
- Personality for free: psychometric properties of a public domain Australian measureof the five-factor model. Australian Journal of Psychology. 61:167-174. 2009
- Relational discrepancies and emotion: The moderating roles of relationship type and relational discrepancy valence. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 12:259-273. 2009
2008
Research Book Chapters
- Probabilistic network analysis. Handbook of probability: Theory and applications. Sage Publications. 291-312. 2008
Book Chapters Other
- Probabilistic network theory. Handbook of probability. Sage Publications. 291-312. 2008
Journal Articles Refereed
- Big boys don't cry: an investigation of stoicism and its mental health outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences. 44:1369-1381. 2008
- Social psychology and social networks. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 11:1-12. 2008
2007
Research Book Chapters
- Statistical models for networks: a brief review of some recent research. Social network analysis: Models, issues and new directions. Springer. 45-56. 2007
Journal Articles Refereed
- Advances in exponential random graph (p*) models. Social Networks. 29:169-172. 2007
- An introduction to exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks. Social Networks. 29:173-191. 2007
- Ceremonies of the whole: does social participation moderate the mood consequences of neuroticism?. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 42:173-180. 2007
- Mental health problems in rural contexts: what are the barriers to seeking help from professional providers?. Australian Psychologist. 42:147-160. 2007
- Recent developments in exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks. Social Networks. 29:192-215. 2007
2006
Journal Articles Refereed
- A spatial model for social networks. Physica A - Statistical and Theoretical Physics. 360:99-120. 2006
- Comparing the validity of multiple social effectiveness constructs in the prediction of managerial job performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 27:443-461. 2006
- New specifications for exponential random graph models. Sociological Methodology. 36:99-153. 2006
- Psychological predispositions and network structure: The relationship between individual predispositions, structural holes and network closure. Social Networks. 28:56-84. 2006
- Understanding suicide in Australian farmers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 41:1-10. 2006
2005
Research Book Chapters
- An introduction to random graphs, dependence graphs, and p*. Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis. Cambridge University Press. 148-161. 2005
- Interdependencies and social processes: Dependence graphs and generalized dependence structures. Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis. Cambridge University Press. 192-214. 2005
Journal Articles Refereed
- Changing places: the impact of rural restructuring on mental health in Australia. Health and Place. 11:157-171. 2005
- Small and other worlds: global network structures from local processes. American Journal of Sociology. 110:894-936. 2005
- The Five Factor Model and Accessibility/Remoteness: Novel evidence for person-environment interaction. Personality and Individual Differences. 39:715-725. 2005
2004
Journal Articles Refereed
- Building models for social space: Neighbourhood-based models for social networks and affiliation structures. Mathematiques et Sciences Humaines. 168:11-30. 2004
- Missing data in networks: exponential random graph (p*) models for networks with non-respondents. Social Networks. 26:257-283. 2004
- Rurality and mental health: the role of accessibility. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 38:629-634. 2004
- Small worlds among interlocking directors: network structure and distance in bipartite graphs. Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory. 10:69-94. 2004
2003
Journal Articles Refereed
- Relational Discrepancy Theory: The Implications of Self-Discrepancy Theory for Dyadic Relationships and for the Emergence of Social Structure. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 7:56-74. 2003
2002
Journal Articles Refereed
- Neighbourhood-based models for social networks. Sociological Methodology. 32:301-337. 2002
2001
Journal Articles Refereed
- Network models for social influence processes. Psychometrika. 66:161-190. 2001
- Network models for social selection processes. Social Networks. 23:1-30. 2001
- Random graph models for temporal processes in social networks. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 25:5-41. 2001
Research
Investigator on
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Contract
- ADVANCED SOCIAL NETWORKS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES awarded by DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION 2011 - 2013
- SOCIAL NETWORK MODELS awarded by DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION 2011 - 2013
- SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS METHODS awarded by DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION 2011 - 2012
- ASSESSING THE AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE'S AFL RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS VILIFICATION LAWS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HARMONY, MULTICULTURALISM AND RECONCILIATION (Linkage Projects) awarded by CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2010 - 2013
- RESEARCH AGREEMENT - SIMULATION MODELLING OF URBAN PANDEMIC INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA awarded by AUST BIOSECURITY CRC 2007 - 2009
- POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AGREEMENT - ADVANCED SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES awarded by DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION 2007 - 2008
- SOCIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL NETWORK ANALYSIS awarded by DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION 2005 - 2010
- INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF DIETARY BEHAVIOUR (Linkage Projects) awarded by FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
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Grant
- Co-Evolutionary Dynamics of Culture and Social Structure (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2013 - 2015
- Network structure and social processes in empirical social systems (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2013 - 2015
- THE AUSTRALIAN URBAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK FOR THE EDUCATION INVESTMENT FUND (EDUCATION INVESTMENT FUND (EIF)) awarded by DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY SCIENCE & RESEARCH (DO NOT USE 244170) 2010 - 2013
- The structure and dynamics of social contact for human disease transmission models (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2009 - 2012
- DETAILED DESIGN FOR A STUDY OF THE MAJOR SOCIAL PROCESSES THAT DRIVE BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATION (Climate Adaptation Flagship) awarded by CSIRO FLAGSHIP COLLABORATIVE FUND 2009 - 2010
- MODELLING CROSS-LEVEL INTERACTIONS IN COMPLEX NETWORKED SOCIAL SYSTEMS (Linkage International Awards) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2007 - 2010
- Validation of Contact Information in Studies of Respiratory Virus Transmission (Melbourne Research Grants Scheme) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2007 -
- "Statistical models for social networks, network-based social processes and complex social systems" (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2006 - 2011
- Maculine behaviour and social networks in team structures - Populated from Themis conversion (Research & Development Program) awarded by AFL RESEARCH BOARD 2005
- Modelling dynamic interactive social processes (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2003 - 2005
- The Formation and Maintenance of Stereotypes through Communication (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2002 - 2004
- VISITING SCHOLAR AWARDS - PROFESSOR PAT DOREIAN (Visiting Scholar Awards) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Awards
Education and training
- PhD, University of Melbourne 1998
Awards and honors
- Freeman Research Award for significant contributions to the scientific study of social structure, International network for social network analysis, 2006
- Distinguished Dissertation Award, Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement & Statistics),, American Psychological Association, 2000
- Dissertation Prize, Psychometric Society, 1999
Supervision
Available for supervision
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- Contact Details
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garrylr@unimelb.edu.au
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8344 4454
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Location
- Level: 06 Room: 622, Redmond Barry Building, Parkville
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