Summer School on Network Science | Utrecht | July 13–17, 2026

[Leto Peel]

Dear all,

I'd like to draw your attention to the Utrecht Summer School on Network Science, taking place July 13–17, 2026.

Many social and economic phenomena are shaped not only by individual attributes, but by relationships: who is connected to whom, who is excluded, which groups cluster together, and how ideas, behaviours, resources, risks, or inequalities spread through a system. From friendship networks and online communities to migration, political polarisation, financial transactions, ownership structures, supply chains, and systemic risk — some of the most important patterns only become visible when we study relations.

Over the course of one week, participants will learn how to:

- Analyse social, economic, and financial systems through their connections
- Identify central actors, hidden communities, brokers, and structural inequalities
- Study how information, influence, behaviour, innovation, contagion, or financial risk spread
- Explore networks in transaction data, firm networks, markets, supply chains, and financial systems
- Apply machine learning techniques to network data
- Work hands-on with real data in Python and R

Participants are encouraged to bring their own data and research questions, and will leave with tools they can put to use immediately in their own work.

Registration and full details are available at:
https://utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/data-science/data-science-network-science

Please feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested.

Best regards,
Leto Peel
Assistant Professor, Data Analytics and Digitalisation
Maastricht University School of Business and Economics