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IMISCOE conference
From the 29th of June to the 2nd of July, Nuria Targarona Rifa and Miranda Lubbers will participate in the IMISCOE conference. They will present two papers from the PATCHWORK project, and together with Basak Bilecen, Miranda will host a roundtable on the Handbook on International Migration and...
Visit Professor jimi adams
In the last week of May, we had the pleasure of jimi adams visiting, Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina. His research addresses how networks constrain or promote the diffusion of information and/or diseases through populations, and he is also active in the area of network...
Pre-public release access to Patchwork data and final conference
Over on our project website, we have published the call for proposals for pre-public release access to the cross-national PATCHWORK data. Selected participants will obtain early access to the survey data, and their travel and accommodation for presenting their analysis at our final conference will...
New handbook out!
The Handbook on International Migration and Social Networks, edited by Basak Bilecen and Miranda Lubbers, has been published. This book explores the impact of social networks on migration, encompassing relationships between families, friends, communities, and institutions. It shows how these...
PhD defense Dr. Alexi Quintana
Our dear colleague Alexi Quintana Mathé has successfully defended his PhD Thesis at Northeastern University, "From Followers to Close Ties: Homophily in Population-Level Social Networks" on April 3rd, 2026. Congratulations Alexi!
