11th BELGIAN NETWORK RESEARCH MEETING

The 11th edition of the Belgian Network Research Meeting (BENet) will be organised by the Complex Systems Institute from Ghent University on December 17, 2025. The purpose of this annual gathering is to foster communication among Belgian researchers employing network science on their work, regardless of their discipline: sociology, economics, communication, history, biology, physics, medicine, informatics, etc.

Important Dates

November 17, 2025: Submission of abstracts
November 27, 2025: Notification of acceptance
December 1, 2025: Registration deadline
December 17, 2025: Conference

Invited Speakers

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Previous Editions

UNamur 2021 - Namur
UGent 2020 - Ghent
UHasselt 2019 - Hasselt
UGent 2017 - Ghent
UCLouvain 2016 - Louvain-la-Neuve
UNamur 2015 - Namur
ULB 2014 - Brussels
IIS/KUL 2013 - Leuven
UAntwerpen 2012 - Antwerpen
VUB 2011 - Brussels

Contact Prof Luis Rocha for more information.

Organisers

Luis Rocha, Complex Systems Institute, Ghent University, Belgium
Daniele Marinazzo, Department of Data Analysis, Ghent University, Belgium
Jan Baetens, BionamiX, Ghent University, Belgium

The satellite is sponsored by the Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium, via the Belgium Research Network for Network Science (BENet).

WebMaster: Luis Rocha. Updated: 09.10.2025

Preliminary Programme

Preliminary programme schedule
09:00 – 09:10	Opening
09:10 – 10:30	SESSION I	Chair:
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:20	SESSION II	Chair:
12:20 – 13:20	Lunch break + Posters
13:20 – 15:00	SESSION III	Chair:
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00	SESSION IV	Chair:
16:50 – 17:00	Closing
17:00 – 19:00	Drinks	*TBC

Call for Abstracts

We welcome the submission of short research abstracts. Authors of selected contributions will be invited to present and discuss their work during the meeting. Please take into account the interdisciplinary nature of this event: tutorial presentations will be favored over detailed reports. If you prefer a shorter (5 min) or longer (15 min) talk, specify your choice during the submission. We will try to accommodate all wishes.

Submit here your title and abstract (text only, 180-200 words) by November 17, 2025.

The scope of the meeting includes but is not restricted to:
Social & organisational theory
Economics & Finance
Social media & online activities
Human communication & mobility
Information diffusion & opinion dynamics
Political networks & collective action
Ecology, ethology, food webs
Biology & bioinformatics
Epidemiology
Physics, Mathematics & Statistics
Modelling & Data Analysis
Statistical networks & Bayesian networks
Social network analysis
Network visualisation
Network criminology
Networks and machine learning

The book of abstracts with list of participants is available here.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Registration

Registration is free and mandatory here. Register by December 1, 2025.

Location

The annual meeting will take place at Zebrastraat 32, Gent. Open in Google Maps