21.02.2025Congratulations on a successful thesis defense, Niccolò Armandola!

Niccolò Giorgio Armandola utilized a clan detector algorithm to identify clans within the kinship networks of elite family dynasties (published in Social Networks) and explored the role of kinship for conflicts among rival family members (published in Rationality and Society).

Niccolò is a member of Prof. Dr. Katja Rosts research team, which has previously researched the use of lotteries in recruitment for leadership positions. Basel introduced an aleatoric governance system in the late 17th century as a response to increasing consolidation of power . Niccolò's research draws on extensive historical data spanning over three centuries and explores how the centralization of power by an inner circle of elite families, even when disrupted by the introduction of lotteries, was influenced by genealogical and marital ties. Additionally, he looked at family structures and mobilization in revolts.

An excerpt of Niccolò's work:

• Armandola, Niccolò Giorgio, Malte Doehne, and Katja Rost. ‘Explaining Mobilization for Revolts by Private Interests and Kinship Relations’. Rationality and Society 36, no. 2 (May 2024): 254–85. https://doi.org/10.1177/10434631231219954.
• Armandola, Niccolò Giorgio. ‘A Clan Detector Algorithm to Identify Independent Clans in the Kinship Networks of Elite Family Dynasties’. Social Networks 79 (October 2024): 168–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2024.07.003.
• Armandola, Niccolò Giorgio, Alexander Ehlert, and Heiko Rauhut. ‘Rebel without a Cause: The Effects of Social Origins and Disposable Income on Rule Violations’. European Sociological Review 39, no. 1 (25 February 2023): 14–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcac016.
• Geweke, Jonas, Niccolò Giorgio Armandola, Malte Doehne, and Katja Rost. ‘Zwischen Einzelfall und generalisierbarem Befund: Die quantitative Auswertung historischer Quellen am Beispiel der Stadt Basel im 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert’. In Frühe Neuzeit, 27–52. Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Band 122 (2022). Basel: Schwabe Verlag, 2022.

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