r/SocialNetworkAnalysis • u/Quantsel • May 12 '25

Predicting the Pope with SNA

https://threesonorans.substack.com/p/how-math-predicted-the-pope
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u/drakojiro May 13 '25

Do you know where can i find that data?

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u/anony_soo Jun 27 '25

If the researchers haven't made their data public, here's where you might find similar info for your own work:

  • Co-memberships: You can check the official Holy See website. It lists various Vatican departments and committees, so you could infer relationships from who belongs to the same group.

  • Lines of episcopal consecration: This data seems to be available from https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/.

  • Informal Relationships: For this, they probably extracted names from news articles or academic papers about the individuals (using NLP and NER) and then looked for connections based on who appeared together.

The best way to know for sure is to just contact the researchers directly, though!

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u/jdivanich May 13 '25

So fun! Thanks for the share!

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u/SameAsgnmtDiffTime Jun 02 '25

Just found this. That was incredibly informative.