In 2012, Pacific RISA launched a multi-year social network analysis project to examine communication patterns and how climate information spreads across different sectors and countries in the Pacific Islands region. The analysis tracked information flows, key hubs, and isolated groups using network analysis and statistical methods.
Pacific RISA’s Dr. Kati Corlew distributes surveys and fact sheets about the network analysis project to participants of the 2013 Pacific Islands Climate Services Forum in Fiji.
For data collection, a network analysis survey was developed and survey invitations were distributed to over 1,000 climate change professionals in the Pacific Islands between December 2012 and March 2013. The survey collected information in several categories, including professional and personal demographics, network connectedness, climate change risk perception and resiliency, and sense of community. Three hundred thirty one climate change professionals in the Pacific Islands region and their global collaborators completed the survey, listing a total of 967 professionals in our network with whom they discuss weather, climate, and the environment.
Network Analysis Products
Multi-Region Maps:
Full Network Maps. This page includes the network maps created by including all network connections reported during the study. These large (967 person) network maps reveal broad trends of centrality and connectedness in Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, the broader Pacific Islands region, and globally.
Pacific RISA Core Region Network Maps.These network maps explore the Pacific RISA’s focal region, Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. These core region (452 person) network maps reflect the dense international and interdisciplinary communications networks inherent in our region.
Corlew, L.K., Keener, V.W., Finucane, M., Brewington, L., & Nunn-Crichton, R. (2015). Using social network analysis to assess communications and develop networking tools among climate change professionals across the Pacific Islands region. Psychosocial Intervention 24, 133–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psi.2015.07.004
Our Vision
Pacific Island communities that are resilient to climate impacts and using climate information to manage risks.
Social Network Analysis
In 2012, Pacific RISA launched a multi-year social network analysis project to examine communication patterns and how climate information spreads across different sectors and countries in the Pacific Islands region. The analysis tracked information flows, key hubs, and isolated groups using network analysis and statistical methods.
For data collection, a network analysis survey was developed and survey invitations were distributed to over 1,000 climate change professionals in the Pacific Islands between December 2012 and March 2013. The survey collected information in several categories, including professional and personal demographics, network connectedness, climate change risk perception and resiliency, and sense of community. Three hundred thirty one climate change professionals in the Pacific Islands region and their global collaborators completed the survey, listing a total of 967 professionals in our network with whom they discuss weather, climate, and the environment.
Network Analysis Products
Multi-Region Maps:
Full Network Maps. This page includes the network maps created by including all network connections reported during the study. These large (967 person) network maps reveal broad trends of centrality and connectedness in Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, the broader Pacific Islands region, and globally.
Pacific RISA Core Region Network Maps. These network maps explore the Pacific RISA’s focal region, Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. These core region (452 person) network maps reflect the dense international and interdisciplinary communications networks inherent in our region.
Region-Specific Maps:
American Sāmoa Network
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Network
Federated States of Micronesia Network
Guam Network
Hawaiʻi Network
Republic of the Marshall Islands Network
Palau Network
Publication:
Corlew, L.K., Keener, V.W., Finucane, M., Brewington, L., & Nunn-Crichton, R. (2015). Using social network analysis to assess communications and develop networking tools among climate change professionals across the Pacific Islands region. Psychosocial Intervention 24, 133–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psi.2015.07.004
Our Vision
Pacific Island communities that are resilient to climate impacts and using climate information to manage risks.
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