About
The UF African Networks Lab studies trade and politically violent networks. We use social network analysis to visualize the structure of social networks and model their temporal evolution and spatial patterns.
Projects
Our work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the U.S. Department of State, the OECD, the United Nations World Food Program, the Luxembourg and Denmark research funds, and private foundations. Check out our new Atlas of Mali!
Publications
We publish peer-reviewed articles in geography and social sciences journals such as the Annals of the AAG, Terrorism and Political Violence or World Development, as well as policy reports, and blogs.
Team
We are a small team of geographers and spatial analysts interested in networks, space, borders, territory, and distance. Contact us if you are interested in working with us.
News
We mapped the 9/11 travel network and why conflicts are ruralizing in Africa. We have presented our work on conflict networks, cities, and borders at the AAG, ABS and 2024 Munich Security Conference.
SNA in Africa
Formal approaches that map and model social structures are still rare in Africa. This is a list of publications that have used social network analysis on the continent.
Blog
This is where we publish our shortest and latest pieces.
