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Nikita Basov

Nikita Basov

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3630-6119

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

By method:
Social Network Analysis
Semantic Network Analysis
Socio-Semantic Network Analysis
Structural Analysis of Culture
Statistical Network Modelling of Ethnographic Data
Computational and Mixed Analyses of Texts
Multilayer and Multilevel Network Analysis
Network Modelling

By subject:
Creation of ideas and meanings in social interaction in arts / science / education / business / local communities
Evolution of knowledge / cultural systems; interplay of professional/expert and local systems of knowledge / culture
Social and symbolic relations in material spaces
European intellectual history

Personal profile

Overview

 

Career path outline:

PhD in Sociology from St. Petersburg University, 2009

2022 - Senior Lecturer in Network Analysis, Social Statistics, University of Manchester

2023 - 2024: Fellow of Paris Institute for Advanced Studies

2013 - 2022: Head of Science/Scientific Manager, Centre for German and European Studies, St. Petersburg University – Bielefeld University

2005 – 2022: Lead Researcher (latest post), Faculty of Sociology, St Petersburg University

 

Main substantial interests:

  • Creation of culture/meaning/ideas/worldviews in society.
  • Statistical modelling of ethnographic data.
  • New theoretically plausible statistical accounts of societal levels.
  • Mutual dynamics of social core and periphery.
  • Co-dependencies of cognitive/mental/psychic mechanisms and social network mechanisms.
  • Material embeddedness of social and symbolic structures.

 

Methods:

  • statistical network modelling
  • computational text analysis
  • mixed methods
  • multilayer socio-semantic and socio-material network analysis
  • structural analysis of culture.

 

Key research projects:

  • Socio-Semantic Patterning of European Intellectual Landscape, 2022 –
  • Creation of knowledge on ecological hazards in Russian and European local communities, 2019 –
  • Dynamic of Sociocultural Network Structures in European Creative Collectives, 2014 –
  • Communication Practices of Knowledge Creation in the Contemporary Urban Social Space, 2011 – 2012

Key awards:

  • 2023 French Institutes for Advanced Study (FIAS) Fellowship. European Union Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie program, National funding, France
  • 2022 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award for outstanding scientific achievements by international researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
  • 2022 Best 5-year International Publication Record, St Petersburg University, Russia
  • 2010 Erasmus Mundus Action II, European Community

Main outlets:

  • Social Networks
  • Poetics
  • American Journal of Cultural Sociology
  • Applied Network Science

Organized over a hundred of academic events, including:

Current courses:

  • SOST71032 Statistical Models for Social Networks, MSc. in Social Network Analysis, MSc. in Data Science, and MSc. Social Research Methods and Statistics
  • SOST30022 Network Analysis, BASS Sociology and Data Analytics, University of Manchester

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, St Petersburg State University

Award Date: 14 Apr 2009

Postgraduate Diploma, Applied Information Science in Sociology, St Petersburg State University

Award Date: 21 Jun 2005

Areas of expertise

  • H Social Sciences (General)
  • HA Statistics
  • Applications of Exponential Random Graph Models
  • HM Sociology
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Semantic Network Analysis
  • Cultural Sociology
  • Mixed Methods
  • Computational Social Science
  • Natural Language Processing

Research Highlights, Institutes and Platforms

  • Cathie Marsh Institute

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

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  • Socio-Semantic Networks

    Basov, N. & Roth, C., 25 Jan 2025, Handbook of Social Network and Culture. Crossley, N. & Widdop, P. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 251–270 20 p. (Research Handbooks on Social Networks series).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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  • The Space of Coordination: Accounting for Multiple Expert Knowledges in Environmental Communication

    Antonyuk, A., Minina, V. N., Pivovarov, A., Puzyreva, K. & Basov, N., 2025, In: Environmental Communication. p. 1-18

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Professional Patios, Emotional Studios: Locating Social Ties in European Art Residences

    Basov, N., Muntanyola-Saura, D., Méndez, S. & Nenko, O., 8 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Poetics. 102, p. 101869

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Analysing Networks of Networks

    Koskinen, J., Jones, P., Medeuov, D., Antonyuk, A., Puzyreva, K. & Basov, N., 1 Jul 2023, In: Social Networks. 74, p. 102-117 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Mixed Semantic Network Analysis to Explore Discoursive and Cultural Landscapes

    Moser, C. & Basov, N., 6 Oct 2023, The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors. Routledge, p. 299-302

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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