This is a repository for the Beyond Social Networks: Advanced Uses of Gephi in Humanities Research course provided by Brian Wong for the CDCS. Within the repository there are files with sample datasets and a guide to building datasets. It will be updated before each section.
Before your first session, please download Gephi 0.10.1 to your own device. You can choose to download the Windows or Mac version. It is mandatory that you install Gephi before coming to class. This is because it takes some time to download and, due to the tight schedule, we would not be able to wait for everyone in the class to do so.
After installing Gephi, please also install the Gephi plugins. Go to the Tools menu and install GeoLayout and ExportToEarth:
Tools > Plugins > Available Plugins > GeoLayout
Tools > Plugins > Available Plugins > ExportToEarth
If you have any problems downloading Gephi, please contact Brian at t.h.wong-2@sms.ed.ac.uk.
Please also bring a computer mouse, as you will not be able to navigate Gephi without it.
Room 4.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
Session 1: 16 March 2026
14:00-14:10 Introduction
14:10-14:20 Quick refresher on the basic concepts of Gephi
14:30-15:00 Exercise
15:00-15:10 Break
15:10-15:40 Hands-on experience in building information transmission networks in Gephi
15:40-15:50 Export the information transmission networks to Google Earth
15:50-16:00 Q&A and wrapping up
Session 2: 23 March 2026
14:00-14:30 Introduction to using Gephi to analysis (historical) financial data
14:40-15:10 Hands-on experience in analysing (historical) financial data in Gephi
15:10-15:20 Break
15:20-16:00 Introduction to building excel datasets for analysing (historical) financial data in Gephi (manually and via LLMs)
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