10th Biennial ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference in conjunction with the Australian Social Network Analysis Conference (ASNAC)

Version 0.12 Nov. 2, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Identifying Sustainability in Everyday Practice: A Practice-Based Systematic Review of Peer-to-Peer Accommodation” by Yangyang Liu (Nov. 25, 2026, 11:15 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m.)
• “From Cases to Comparison: Cross-Case Analysis of Religious Diversity Governance in Indonesia” by Khoirun Nisa Darma (Nov. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:15 a.m.)

Version 0.11 Nov. 2, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Navigating uncertainty: Trajectories of precarious employment and associations with mental health among young Australians in the HILDA Survey” by Amarina Donohoe-Bales (Nov. 26, 2026, 1:30 p.m., Sutherland Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 11:15 a.m., Cullen Room)
• “Introducing sensitive content into a longitudinal study: Lessons from measuring intimate partner violence in LSAC” by Amanda Vittiglia (Nov. 26, 2026, 2 p.m., Sutherland Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 11:30 a.m., Cullen Room)
• “Estimating the prevalence of smoking and vaping in culturally and linguistically diverse communities using Multilevel Regression and Poststratification” by Dinah Lope (Nov. 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m., Cullen Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 1:45 p.m., Sutherland Room)
• “Who Evaluates Climate News Alike? The Role of Emotions and Climate Change Knowledge across Climate Change Frames” by Gyeongju Hyun, Sujin Choi (Nov. 25, 2026, 4 p.m., Cullen Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m., Sutherland Room)
• “A field-theoretic analysis of how civil society organisations frame data sovereignty issues” by Sidiq Madya (Nov. 25, 2026, 3:30 p.m., Cullen Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 1:30 p.m., Sutherland Room)
• “Integrating an API-based occupational hazard exposure assessment methodology for a national worker exposure data asset: 2026 Australian Worker Exposure Survey” by Alison Eglentals (Nov. 26, 2026, 1:45 p.m., Sutherland Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 11 a.m., Cullen Room)
• “Measuring Social Licence Across Contexts: Integrating Data Science with Social Research Theory” by Djamila Eliby, PhD (Nov. 25, 2026, 4:15 p.m., Cullen Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 2 p.m., Sutherland Room)
• “The ShadowMaster Scholarship Methodology for High Risk Organisational Studies” by Issiah Burckhardt-Bedeau (Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m., Sutherland Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 11:45 a.m., Cullen Room)

Version 0.10 Nov. 2, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

• “Using Social Network Analysis to Map Sustainable Careers in the Australian Art Market” by Michelle Carter
• “Changes in Family Structure and Children's Screen Time: A Longitudinal Study of Australian Children” by Nigusie Shifera Aylie, Rebecca Pagano, Taren Sanders
• “Beyond Fixed Insider-Outsider Positions: Exploring Relational Positionality through Power and Trust in Research with South Sudanese Australian Families” by Dr John Jok

Version 0.9 Oct. 27, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Spatial habits and intergroup contact in multicultural Sydney: a GPS-based approach” by Aaron Lauterbach (Cullen Room → Holme Room)
• “From “moral decay” to “cost of living crisis”: An analysis of 125 years of Australia’s parliamentary discourse on low birth rates” by Anna Reimondos (Nov. 26, 2026, 11 a.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 1:30 p.m.)
• “From networks to negotiations: Integrating semantic network analysis and cartography of controversies through boundary theory” by Xiaolan Cai (Cullen Room → Holme Room)
• “Introducing sensitive content into a longitudinal study: Lessons from measuring intimate partner violence in LSAC” by Amanda Vittiglia (Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 2 p.m.)
• “Doing Mixed Methods in Context: Fieldwork Frictions, Reflexivity and an Ethnography-Inspired Approach in Heat Stress Studies in Ghana” by Joseph Alhassan (Cullen Room → Holme Room)
• “Evidence Synthesis of 30-Day Unplanned Heart Failure Readmission through Case-based Local Process Discovery” by Haeri Min (Nov. 26, 2026, 11:15 a.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 1:45 p.m.)
• “The ShadowMaster Scholarship Methodology for High Risk Organisational Studies” by Issiah Burckhardt-Bedeau (Nov. 26, 2026, 2:30 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m.)
• “The “mental gymnastics” of socialising to protect an aging brain: a mixed-methods study to improve health promotion messaging” by Hannah Fair (Cullen Room → Holme Room)
• “Developing Critical Approaches to Hermeneutic and Interpretative Phenomenological Research” by Robbie Busch (Nov. 26, 2026, 11:30 a.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 2 p.m.)
• “Meaningful Measures: Preliminary Findings from a Scoping Review of Parenting Measures utilised with Indigenous Caregivers” by Alexandra Gregory (Nov. 26, 2026, 2 p.m., Sutherland Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m., Holme Room)

Version 0.8 Oct. 27, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

• “From “moral decay” to “cost of living crisis”: An analysis of 125 years of Australia’s parliamentary discourse on low birth rates” by Anna Reimondos
• “Doing Mixed Methods in Context: Fieldwork Frictions, Reflexivity and an Ethnography-Inspired Approach in Heat Stress Studies in Ghana” by Joseph Alhassan
• “Current options available for triangulating the cross-lagged effects of the RI-CLPM” by William Coventry
• “Social Network Metrics and Environmental Outcomes: An Evidence-Based Review of Agricultural Studies” by Angela Guerrero

Sadly, we had to cancel sessions:

• “Becoming: Learning with the urban assemblage – Lahore.” by Fatima Iftikhar
• “Learning with the city: A pedagogical becoming in Lahore, Pakistan” by Fatima Iftikhar
• “The Impact of the Policy Environment on the Role of Humanitarian Coalition Actors in Sri Lanka’s Refugee Policy Subsystem” by Uswatta Liyanage Himasha Dilsh Perera
• “Using Social Network Analysis to Map Sustainable Careers in the Australian Art Market” by Michelle Carter
• “Changes in Family Structure and Children's Screen Time: A Longitudinal Study of Australian Children” by Nigusie Shifera Aylie, Rebecca Pagano, Taren Sanders

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Measuring the structure and permeability of disciplinary boundaries in scientific collaboration” by Xiaolan Cai, Mathieu O'Neil (Nov. 25, 2026, 11:15 a.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 1:30 p.m.)
• “Power, Culture, and 2-mode networks” by Dan Chamberlain (Nov. 26, 2026, 1:30 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 12:15 p.m.)
• “Who replies to whom? The formation of conversation ties in open-chat rooms” by A-young, Choi, Sujin Choi (Nov. 26, 2026, 2 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m.)
• “Beside, over, and apart: Overlay body mapping as a method for tracing embodied change.” by Aastha Ahuja (Nov. 25, 2026, 12:15 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:45 a.m.)
• “Granting Leadership Across Expertise Boundaries: How Advice Networks Shape Cross-Professional Recognition” by Peng Wang (Nov. 25, 2026, 4:45 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 1:45 p.m.)
• “Multi-layer network analysis of deliberation in an online discussion platform: the case of Reddit” by Ben Ye (Nov. 26, 2026, 11:30 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 4:30 p.m.)
• “Mapping pathways to wellbeing: Social network analysis of system navigation among migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women experiencing mental health concerns in South-West Sydney” by Jinwen Chen (Nov. 25, 2026, 12:15 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 2 p.m.)
• “Comparing US Childfree Adults' and Parents' Networks of Close Relationships: Size and Composition” by Jennifer Watling Neal, Zachary Neal (Nov. 25, 2026, 11:45 a.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, noon)
• “Comparing Interaction Networks on AI-Agent and Human Online Discussion Platforms: A Case Study of Moltbook and Reddit” by Robert Ackland, Lianfei Liu (Nov. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 4 p.m.)
• “Holding Together: A Mixed-Methods Social Network Analysis of Collective Action in a Sustainability Transition” by Catalina Espinosa (Nov. 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:45 a.m.)
• “Structural Embeddedness and Violent Youth Co-offending: Applying a Relational Hyperevent Model (RHEM)” by Shaun McLaws (Nov. 26, 2026, 2:30 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 2:45 p.m.)
• “Egonet structure: Closure, cohesion and diversity in personal networks” by Malcolm Alexander (Nov. 25, 2026, 11 a.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 11:45 a.m.)
• “Social productivity roles across life span and its association with persistent loneliness and social isolation” by Ha Linh Quach (Nov. 25, 2026, 11:45 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m.)
• “Participant-aided sociograms in high-constraint fieldwork: A qualitative-led mixed-methods protocol for egocentric network elicitation” by Gabriella D'Avino (Nov. 26, 2026, noon → Nov. 26, 2026, 11:30 a.m.)
• “Amplifying responses to environmental decline: social-ecological embeddedness and perceptions of causal attribution” by Henry Bartelet (Nov. 25, 2026, 4:30 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m.)
• “Beyond Assist Counts: Interaction Structure and Team Performance in Professional Basketball” by Syahmi (Nov. 25, 2026, noon → Nov. 25, 2026, 4:45 p.m.)
• “Perceptions of school friendship networks: Introducing multilayer ERGMs for cognitive social structures” by Pavel N. Krivitsky (Nov. 26, 2026, 12:15 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 11 a.m.)
• “From theory to practice and back again: using realist review to co-develop and study homelessness-health system change” by Jasmine Singh (Nov. 25, 2026, 5:30 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 5:35 p.m.)
• “Meaningful Measures: Preliminary Findings from a Scoping Review of Parenting Measures utilised with Indigenous Caregivers” by Alexandra Gregory (Nov. 26, 2026, 1:30 p.m., Holme Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 2 p.m., Sutherland Room)
• “Whose influence grows, and whose voice grows quieter? The relational dynamics of call-outs in an online community” by Ho Jun Joo, Sujin Choi (Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 3:30 p.m.)
• “Introducing sensitive content into a longitudinal study: Lessons from measuring intimate partner violence in LSAC” by Amanda Vittiglia (Nov. 26, 2026, 1:45 p.m., Holme Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m., Sutherland Room)
• “Impacting Networks in Interventions: The Common Ground Project” by Dean Lusher (Nov. 25, 2026, 4 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 2:30 p.m.)
• “Who Receives Support, and Who Generates Interaction?: Examining Influencer Types and Post Characteristics Using MRQAP Analysis” by LeeSeongEun, Sujin Choi (Nov. 26, 2026, 1:45 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 4:15 p.m.)
• “Governing Cascading Climate Risks in Infrastructure Systems: Enhancing Cross-Organisational Adaptive Capacity” by John Salazar, Sujuan Zhang, Stuart Khan, Lynn Crawford, Michele L. Barnes (Nov. 26, 2026, 11 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:15 a.m.)
• “Doing Mixed Methods in Context: Fieldwork Frictions, Reflexivity and an Ethnography-Inspired Approach in Heat Stress Studies in Ghana” by Joseph Alhassan (Nov. 26, 2026, 1:30 p.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 11:45 a.m.)
• “Older adults’ experiences of social influences on health behaviours” by Hannah Fair (Nov. 26, 2026, 11:45 a.m. → Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m.)
• “The ShadowMaster Scholarship Methodology for High Risk Organisational Studies” by Issiah Burckhardt-Bedeau (Nov. 26, 2026, 2:15 p.m., Holme Room → Nov. 26, 2026, 2:30 p.m., Sutherland Room)

Version 0.7 Oct. 23, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

• “Who Evaluates Climate News Alike? The Role of Emotions and Climate Change Knowledge across Climate Change Frames” by Gyeongju Hyun, Sujin Choi
• “Governing Cascading Climate Risks in Infrastructure Systems: Enhancing Cross-Organisational Adaptive Capacity” by John Salazar, Sujuan Zhang, Stuart Khan, Lynn Crawford, Michele L. Barnes
• “Qualitative Analysis with Small, Open-Weight Language Models: An Auditable, Local, Self-Hosted Workbench for Computer-Assisted Qualitative Analysis” by John Collins
• “Structural Embeddedness and Violent Youth Co-offending: Applying a Relational Hyperevent Model (RHEM)” by Shaun McLaws
• “Integrating an API-based occupational hazard exposure assessment methodology for a national worker exposure data asset: 2026 Australian Worker Exposure Survey” by Alison Eglentals
• “Egonet structure: Closure, cohesion and diversity in personal networks” by Malcolm Alexander
• “Doing Mixed Methods in Context: Fieldwork Frictions, Reflexivity and an Ethnography-Inspired Approach in Heat Stress Studies in Ghana” by Joseph Alhassan

Version 0.6 Oct. 9, 2026

draft schedule

We have new sessions!

• “Adjusting for partisan bias in a nationally representative survey of Australian citizens” by Markus Hahn
• “Introduction to data analysis with the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA)” by Markus Hahn
• “Evidence Synthesis of 30-Day Unplanned Heart Failure Readmission through Case-based Local Process Discovery” by Haeri Min
• “A field-theoretic analysis of how civil society organisations frame data sovereignty issues” by Sidiq Madya

We have moved a session around: “Granting Leadership Across Expertise Boundaries: How Advice Networks Shape Cross-Professional Recognition” by Peng Wang (Nov. 25, 2026, 3:30 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 4:45 p.m.)

Version 0.5 Oct. 9, 2026

updated to avoid conflict

We have new sessions!

• “Multi-layer network analysis of deliberation in an online discussion platform: the case of Reddit” by Ben Ye
• “Estimating the prevalence of smoking and vaping in culturally and linguistically diverse communities using Multilevel Regression and Poststratification” by Dinah Lope
• “Who Receives Support, and Who Generates Interaction?: Examining Influencer Types and Post Characteristics Using MRQAP Analysis” by LeeSeongEun, Sujin Choi
• “Multi-informant latent difference score models for comparing theories of developmental psychopathology: common cause versus dynamic mutualism” by Burt Hatch

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Recommendation-to-Reform Mapping: A method for tracing the policy influence of coronial recommendations” by Kerryn Butler (Nov. 25, 2026, 11 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 4 p.m.)
• “What service data tells us: Quality assurance, harmonisation and practitioner capability in legal assistance” by Emily Kothe (Nov. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 3:30 p.m.)
• “From Cases to Comparison: Cross-Case Analysis of Religious Diversity Governance in Indonesia” by Khoirun Nisa Darma (Nov. 25, 2026, 3:30 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m.)
• “Mixed methods for measurement and meaning: Using surveys and case studies to understand legal needs” by Kate Davies (Nov. 25, 2026, 11:15 a.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m.)
• “Developing a Context-Specific Capability Framework: A Five-Step Method for Operationalising the Capability Approach in Equity Research” by Dr. Binh Ta, Sam Hoang (Nov. 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11 a.m.)
• “Identifying Sustainability in Everyday Practice: A Practice-Based Systematic Review of Peer-to-Peer Accommodation” by Yangyang Liu (Nov. 25, 2026, 4 p.m. → Nov. 25, 2026, 11:15 a.m.)

Version 0.4 Oct. 8, 2026

DRAFT SCHEDULE

We have new sessions!

• “Power, Culture, and 2-mode networks” by Dan Chamberlain
• “A New Approach for Identifying Frames and Mapping Their Diffusion” by Robert Ackland, Matteo Farina
• “Who replies to whom? The formation of conversation ties in open-chat rooms” by A-young, Choi, Sujin Choi
• “Comparing Interaction Networks on AI-Agent and Human Online Discussion Platforms: A Case Study of Moltbook and Reddit” by Robert Ackland, Lianfei Liu
• “Delving into the eye of the cyclone to quantify the causal impacts of natural disasters on life satisfaction” by Francis Mitrou
• “Australians and the Arts: Examining relationships between arts participation, health and socio-economic factors in Australia using the AuSSA” by Belinda Balhatchet
• “Granting Leadership Across Expertise Boundaries: How Advice Networks Shape Cross-Professional Recognition” by Peng Wang
• “Impacting Networks in Interventions: The Common Ground Project” by Dean Lusher
• “Analysing open text over time from Footprints in Time: the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC)” by Fiona Skelton
• “Recommendation-to-Reform Mapping: A method for tracing the policy influence of coronial recommendations” by Kerryn Butler
• “Whose influence grows, and whose voice grows quieter? The relational dynamics of call-outs in an online community” by Ho Jun Joo, Sujin Choi
• “The ShadowMaster Scholarship Methodology for High Risk Organisational Studies” by Issiah Burckhardt-Bedeau

Version 0.3 Oct. 7, 2026

DRAFT SCHEDULE

We have new sessions!

• “Introducing sensitive content into a longitudinal study: Lessons from measuring intimate partner violence in LSAC” by Amanda Vittiglia
• “Perceptions of school friendship networks: Introducing multilayer ERGMs for cognitive social structures” by Pavel N. Krivitsky
• “The “mental gymnastics” of socialising to protect an aging brain: a mixed-methods study to improve health promotion messaging” by Hannah Fair
• “Developing Critical Approaches to Hermeneutic and Interpretative Phenomenological Research” by Robbie Busch
• “Older adults’ experiences of social influences on health behaviours” by Hannah Fair

We have moved a session around: “Inquiring into Experience: Designing and Conducting Narrative Inquiry” by Dharmanand Joshi, Jongyun Lim (Nov. 25, 2026, 1:30 p.m., Holme Room → Nov. 24, 2026, 1:30 p.m., Cullen Room).

Version 0.2 Oct. 6, 2026

DRAFT SCHEDULE

We have new sessions!

• “Conference welcome and opening”
• “Multilevel Network Analysis using ERGM and MPNet” by Peng Wang
• “Becoming: Learning with the urban assemblage – Lahore.” by Fatima Iftikhar
• “Body mapping the unspeakable: How body mapping can elicit research on taboo topics” by Professor Ann Dadich, Katherine Boydell, Dr Diane Macdonald
• “Using Social Network Analysis to Map Sustainable Careers in the Australian Art Market” by Michelle Carter
• “Find, explore, and access the right longitudinal data faster: A Hands-on Workshop Using the LifeCourse Cohort Explorer” by A/Prof Meredith O'Connor
• “The ShadowMaster Scholarship Methodology for High Risk Organisational Studies (+Student Video Competition)” by Issiah Burckhardt-Bedeau
• “From theory to practice and back again: using realist review to co-develop and study homelessness-health system change” by Jasmine Singh
• “Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) using Statnet” by Pavel N. Krivitsky
• “A densely connected burden: co-occurring health, social and service issues among frail, homebound and bedridden people” by Dr Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza, PhD, CHIA
• “Torn between two paths: uncertainty and ambivalence in childbearing intentions” by Anna Reimondos
• “Stata with AI” by David White
• “Identity work in social science: navigating artificial intelligence” by Tanisha Jowsey
• “The hidden costs of cooperation: social-ecological networks, behaviour, and wellbeing in a changing world” by Michele Barnes
• “Learning with the city: A pedagogical becoming in Lahore, Pakistan” by Fatima Iftikhar

Version 0.1 Oct. 6, 2026

First draft schedule - subject to change.