Layered map of East Asia centered on the Korean peninsula, connecting individual actors, institutions, and political systems.

Organization of Power

Unveiling power in politics with organization theory and data science.

Two Analytic Approaches

Our lab studies how power is organized and expressed through two Analytic Approaches.

Networks & Organizations

Research based primarily on networks, organizations, positions, actors, and relational structures.

Text as Data

Research based primarily on text, media, documents, discourse, and extracted textual evidence.

What brings you here?

Find publications, data and training for each approach.

Networks & Organizations

Research

Explore research on elites, political organizations, and the relationships connecting them.

Databases

Browse data on political organizations, institutions, elites, and ties.

Training

Learn to collect, structure, visualize, and analyze relational data.

Text as Data

Research

Explore research using language, media, documents, and discourse.

Databases

Browse text and media collections across topics and places.

Training

Learn to collect text, build corpora, and analyze documents.

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Oct. 2, 2026

Join Our Two Invited Sessions at the 2027 ISA World Congress in Gwangju

The Organization of Power Lab is hosting two invited RC18 Political Sociology sessions at the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology (Gwangju, July 4–10, 2027): one on elite management in North Korea, one on political families in South Korea and Taiwan. We are inviting presenters and discussants.