yoann veny

YOANN VENY
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44, Avenue Jeanne, CP 124, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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1. Education
2010 - Present
PhD In Social and Political Sciences
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Thesis : Lier Pratiques Discursives et Structuration des Réseaux Sociaux dans la
Blogosphère Politique Belge Francophone | Supervisor : Pr. D. Jacobs
2010 - 2012
Master of Science in Statistics (Program 60ects :Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Grade : Distinction (>14/20)
Thesis : ’Civil society and interest groups intermediation systems. Exploring the ’gap
thesis’ using Exponential Random Graphs Models’ | Supervisor : Pr. P. Agneessens
2007 - 2009
Master in Sociology
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Grade : La Plus Grande Distinction (>18/20)
Thesis : ’Analyse structurale du réseau des organisations actives dans le domaine de
l’immigration en Belgique’ |Supervisor : Pr. D. Jacobs
2004 - 2009
Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Grade : Grande Distinction (>16/20)
2. Scientific Carrier
2.1. Occupied
Positions :
Oct. 2010 Present
Aspirant FRS-FNRS(ULB)
PhD Student grant. Working on the realisation of a doctoral dissertation on online
social networks and discursives practices
Mar. 2010 - Apr.
2010
Contractual Research CECLR
RAXEN-Thematic Study : "The Asylum-seeker Perspective : Access to Information and
to Effective Remedies", funded by the ’Centre pour l’Egalité des Chances et la Lutte
contre le Racisme’
Oct 2009 - Mar.
2010
Contractual Research (ULB)
Reasearch project : "Study on the Impact of the Conflict in Insrael and Palestine on racism,
anti-semitism and the intercultural dialogue in Berlium", funded by the ’Centre pour
l’Egalité des Chances et la Lutte contre le Racisme’
2.2. Period
Spent Abroad :
19 Sep 2012 - 21
Sep 2012
CASS Course 119 : How to Analyse Survey Data : Methods, Software and Applications
Southampton Statistical Reasearch Institute (S3RI)
3. Publication List
3.1. Articles in
Peer-reviewed
Journals
Jacobs, D. ; Veny, Y. ; Callier, L. ; Herman, B. ; Descamps, A. (2011) : ’The impact of
the conflict in Gaza on antisemtism in Belgium’, Patterns of Prejudice, 45(4), 341-360
3.2. Collective
Book Chapters
Jacobs, D. & Veny, Y. (in press) : "Immigrant Inclusion and Linguistic Struggle in
the Brussels Capital Region", in Good, K. ; Triadifilopoulos, P. & Turgeon, L. (eds),
Segmented Cities ? How Urban Contexts Shape Ethnic and Nationalist Politics", Vancouver,
UBC Press
3.4. Conference
Proceedings
Veny, Y. (2012) : "Intervenir dans le cadre d’une controverse sociale et politique à l’évolution
incertaines : structuration des réseaux sociaux et ajustement mutuel des pratiques discursives", proceedings of the 19th Congrès International des Sociologues de Langue
Francaise, Comité de Recherche ’Sociologie de la Communication’ (3-6 Juillet 2012,
Rabbat, Maroc)
3.5.
Unpublished
Conference
Presentation
Veny, Y. (accepted for presentation - 2013) : "Graph partitioning or supervised web
crawled ? Advantages and disadvantages for online communities sampling", paper to be
presented at the 5th Conference of the European Survey Association Research (1519the july, Ljubjana)
Danhier, J. ; Giladi, M. ; Veny, Y. (accepted for presentation - 2013) : "Bias in multilevel
modeling with small level-two sample size : a simulation study", paper to be presented
at the 5th Conference of the European Survey Association Research (15-19the july,
Ljubjana)
Veny, Y. (accepted for presentation - 2013) : "Quelle Place des Débats liés à l’Immigration
dans la Sphère Politique Virtuelle Belge Francophone ?", paper to bepresented at the
6th Séminaire de l’Ecole Doctorale Thématique en Sciences Sociales. Programme
"Migration et Diversité Culturelle (2-3 mai : Bruxelles)
Veny, Y. (2013) : "Sampling Online Communities : using triplets as basis for a (semi-)
automated hyperlink web crawler", paper presented at the 15th General Online Research
Conference (4-6 mars, Mannheim)
Veny, Y. (2013) : "Referencing trustworthy sources of information : an analysis of the hyperlink structure among bloggers", paper presented at the ECPR Joint Session (11-16 mars,
Mainz)
Veny, Y. (2013) : "Légitimité des différents supports médiatiques auprès des acteurs engagés
dans la blogosphère belge francophone : quelles frontières entre médias ’traditionnels’ et ’alternatifs’ ?", paper presented at Journées doctorale du RT37 de l’Association Francaise
de Sociologie (28-29 mars, Bordeau)
Veny, Y. (2012) : "Exploring the ’gap thesis’ in the Belgian political domain of immigration
using Exponential Random Graphs Models", Paper presented at the 2nd Belgian Social
Network Research Event(Antwerpen)
Veny, Y. (2012) : "Participation politique et nouvelles technologies de la communication : un
nouvel espace de dialogue citoyen ?", Paper presented at the 5th Séminaire de l’Ecole
Doctorale Thématique en Sciences Sociales. Programme "Migration et Diversité
culturelle(3-4 mai 2012 : Liège)
Callier, L., & Veny, Y. (2011) : "The influence of the israeli-palestinian conflict on the
intercultural dialogue in Belgium", paper presented at 2nd International Conference
on Intercultural Studies (25-27 May 2011 : Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e
Administracao do Porto (ISCAP))
Veny, Y. (2010) : "Analyse structurale du réseau des organisations actives dans le domaine de
l’immigration en Belgique", paper presented at 18thCongrès International des Sociologues de Langue Francaise (27-28 April : Brussels)
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Jacobs, D. & Veny, Y. (2009) : "Citizenship and management of ethnic diversity in the
bilingual Brussels Capital Region", paper presented at the Ethnicity and democratic
governance public conference(3 December 2009 : Ottawa (Canada)).
4. Teaching
4.1. Exercices
Supervision :
2012-2013
stat-d-103/104 : Elements de Statistiques pour les Sciences Sociales | Teanured
Professor : Pr. C. Vermandele
stat-d-203 : Méthodes Statistiques Appliquées aux Sciences Sociales | Teanured
Professor : Pr. C. Vermandele
5. Logistic and Administrative Responsabilities
5.1. Permanent
Boards :
2013 - Present
Councillor at the Administrative Board of the ’Institut de Sociologie (ULB)’
2010 - Present
Coucillor at the Administrative Board of the ’Département des Sciences Sociales et
des Sciences du Travail’(ULB)
Councillor at the Administrative Board of the ’Faculté des Sciences Sociales et Politiques’ (ULB)
5.2. Permanent
Commissions :
2011 - Present
Councillor at the ’Conseil de la Recherche’ (ULB)
Councillor at the ’Commission d’éthique de la Faculté de Sciences Sociales et Politiques (ULB)
2011 - 2012
Conucillor at the ’Commission Electorale’ (ULB)
Other Useful Informations
Software
utilisation
General Packages : Microsoft Office, LATEX, Photoshop
Statistical Packages : R, SPSS, Ucinet, PNet, Lisrel, MLWin, LeM
Languages
Fench :Motherthong
Dutch :Fatherthong
English : Fluent (TOEFL Ibt score : 101/120)
Spannish : basic knowledge
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