News | REL-POL - Relational Policy Lab

11 Sep

REL-POL at the ECPR Conference in Krakow

REL-POL researchers presented ongoing work on climate-policy networks, policy change, and climate obstruction at the 2026 ECPR General Conference in Kraków, including new relational event models of Czech climate-policy change.

14 Aug

REL-POL at the European Conference on Social Networks in Norrköping

REL-POL researchers presented three studies on climate policy networks, policy change, and climate obstruction at EUSN 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden.

7 Aug

Harald Waxenecker presents methodological advances in modelling climate policy networks at POLNET

Harald Waxenecker presented research at the POLNET Conference in Manchester combining longitudinal policy-network data, multiple imputation, and stochastic actor-oriented models to study the co-evolution of collaboration and policy beliefs.

3 Aug

REL-POL joins forces with investigative journalists in the Journalism Science Alliance

REL-POL and Samizdat/Czech Radio Data Team launch Ties of Silence, combining network research and investigative journalism to examine climate obstruction and climate-transition funding in Czechia.

2 Jul

Harald Waxenecker receives the 2026 INSNA Best Student Paper Award

Harald Waxenecker received the 2026 INSNA Best Student Paper Award for his research using longitudinal network models to examine corruption dynamics in public procurement in Guatemala.

29 Jun

Petr Ocelík teaches in international SNA workshop

Five days of international training in Social Network Analysis and R under Horizon Europe CENTREPEACE.

27 Feb

REL-POL at the Colloquium on Social Network Analysis in Prague

REL-POL researchers presented work on transnational climate communication, policy change, and belief homophily at the 2026 Colloquium on Social Network Analysis in Prague.

24 Jan

Petr Vadovič presents at the Conference on Policy Process Research in Bern

At the Conference on Policy Process and Research held from 21^st to 23^rd January 2026 in Bern, Petr Vadovič presented ongoing research on the policy antecedents of Czech climate policy.