Storytelling with Networks: Realizing the explanatory potential of network diagrams through the integration of qualitative data

T Cowhitt, T Greany, C Downey - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Network visualizations are alluring yet deceptively difficult to interpret. This article
demonstrates several strategies for integrating qualitative data into interactive network …

[HTML][HTML] Insurgency as complex network: Image co-appearance and hierarchy in the PKK

O Ballinger - Social Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite a growing recognition of the importance of insurgent group structure on conflict
outcomes, there is very little empirical research thereon. Though this problem is rooted in the …

Past and present group exclusion and conflict: group marginalization, opportunity, and Islamic state foreign fighter mobilization

JF Edgerton - Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Researchers and policymakers have increasingly recognized foreign fighter mobilization as
a national security threat to foreign states and domestic populations. Yet, scholars remain …

Resilience to stress in bipartite networks: application to the Islamic State recruitment network

S Wang, J Edgerton - Journal of Complex Networks, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Networks are resilient to internal failures or external attacks. The resiliency is often
beneficial, but there are scenarios where the collapse of a network would benefit society …