About ANSNA
The Australian Network for Social Network Analysis (ANSNA) aims to build greater coordination and collaboration among social network researchers and practitioners in Australia and overseas, and raise the profile of Australian social network research nationally and internationally. It is the national focal point for SNA in Australia, providing information about resources, connections, training in SNA, conferences, and more. ANSNA is endorsed by the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).
Please contact the following ANSNA Committee Members for any information regarding the SNA community in Australia:
ANSNA President
Professor Robert Ackland Robert Ackland holds a PhD in economics and is a professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University, specialising in social network analysis, computational social science and the social science of the Internet. Early in his career, Robert worked as an economist in the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and the World Bank. In 2005, he established the Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) Lab under an Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative (e-Research) grant, and he has been chief investigator on six ARC grants. Robert’s recent research includes network analysis of online political communication and deliberation (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation). Robert’s book Web Social Science was published by Sage in 2013, and he is a long-term instructor and Chair for the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. (ACSPRI).
Email: robert.ackland@anu.edu.au
Vice-President
Professor Dean Lusher is a Social Network Researcher and Professor of Managament at Swinburne University of Technology. His applied research focuses on social innovation, organisational culture, learning and wellbeing, and network effectiveness. Dean has conducted network research with the AFL, Boeing, CSIRO, Department of Human Services, Siemens, VicHealth, numerous schools and community groups. Dean is a co-founder of SNA Toolbox, a Swinburne start-up company focusing on social network data collection, analysis, interpretation and rapid reporting. Dean is a proud Wamba Wemba man and the Academic Director Indigenous in Swinburne’s School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship.
Email: dlusher@swin.edu.au