Contagion Spread and Networks

Satellite Workshop at NetSci 2026

2 June 2026
9-12:30

About

The spread of contagions such as infectious diseases or misinformation plays an important role in our modern lives. Networks play an important role in our understanding of the spread. Most often they represent the underlying contact structure along which the disease spreads, but they can also be used to represent relationships between different contagions.

This workshop focuses on recent developments applying network science to our understanding of contagion spread.

Speakers

Colin Carlson
Cross-species contagion: viral macroecology in a shifting biosphere
Abstract

Jacob Liam Curran-Sebastian
Transmission Networks and Intervention Effects from SARS-CoV-2 Genomic and Social Network Data in Denmark
Abstract

Leah Keating
Loops, not groups: Long cycles are responsible for discontinuous phase transitions in higher-order contagions
Abstract

Juliana Taube
Putting network epidemiology theory to the test: Estimating contact structure across epidemic conditions with implications for control
Abstract

More to come

Organizers

Participation

Workshop registration is handled through the main NetSci conference website.

Contact

Email: joel.miller@latrobe.edu.au