University of Groningen
Criminal networks: actors, mechanisms, and structures
Diviak, Tomas
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10.33612/diss.117225427
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About the author
Tomáš Diviák was born on 29th March 1991 in Litoměřice, the Czech Republic (then
Czechoslovakia), where he also attended primary school followed by a grammar school, which he graduated in 2010 with honours. He studied sociology during both bachelor master’s studies at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague, graduating cum laude at both levels and receiving J. Palach prize for his bachelor thesis (2014) and E. Beneš prize for his master’s thesis (2015). During his studies, he underwent several research visits – to Mitchell Centre for SNA at the University of Manchester (2015), to department of sociology at the University of Groningen (2016), and to MelNet group at Swinburne University in Melbourne (2017). The visit in Groningen resulted in combining doctoral studies in Prague and in Groningen into a double-degree regime.
His current research focuses mainly on social network analysis, most prominently statistical models for networks, and analytical sociology. He is interested in the application of SNA, mainly to criminal networks, but also to political, organizational, or historical networks. He is one of the founders of informal association of network researchers in the Czech Republic called Czech Network for Social Network Analysis.
Besides sociology and network analysis (and science in general), he enjoys reading science fiction & fantasy books, lifting heavy weights, listening to heavy metal music, taking long walks, and playing various card games.
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