معرفی
Srebrenka Letina is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow's School of Health & Wellbeing. She holds dual PhDs in Network Science (Central European University) and Psychology (University of Zagreb), with undergraduate studies in psychology. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on computational social science, complexity research, and analytical sociology, emphasizing social networks (both socio-centric/ego-centric and positive/negative ties), psychological networks, and health behaviors. She employs advanced quantitative methods like ERGMs and ALAAMs, analyzing diverse datasets including psychometric and population register data.
- Current Projects:
- Interplay of social networks and health outcomes in adolescents (PI: Mark McCann)
- Development of an analytical framework for ego-network data analysis (collaboration with University of Seville)
- Integration of brokerage theory and signed networks (with University of Edinburgh/Linköping University)
- Teaching:
- Online workshop on 'Networks and Health Improvements' (Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)
- Contributions to Linköping University's Computational Social Science Master’s program
- Awards/Honors:
- Central European University Award for Advanced Doctoral Student (2019)
- Endeavour Research Fellowship (Australian Government, 2015)
- Seal of Excellence for Marie Curie Fellowship proposal (2016/2017)
- Supervision:
- Co-supervised master’s theses on adolescent health behaviors, social media impacts, and signed network analysis
- Professional Activities:
- Member of International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
- Academic editor for PLoS ONE (2023–present)
Her research bridges social, psychological, and health sciences, with a focus on network approaches to understanding complex human interactions and health outcomes. She has collaborated globally, including at the University of Melbourne, University of Amsterdam, and Complexity Science Hub Vienna.
