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Miranda Lubbers
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Professor of Anthropology; UAB Barcelona; Director COALESCE lab (http://coalesce-lab.com/en). ICREA Acadèmia fellow; ERC Advanced Grant holder “A #network #science approach to #social #cohesion in #European #societies”. European Academy of Sociology. .. more

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Miranda J. Lubbers is a Dutch social scientist specializing in the analysis of migration, segregation, and social identity through personal networks. She is Professor in Anthropology at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and director of the COALESCE Lab. .. more

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · Jun 5
New paper in Sociological Methodology with @mbojan.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy, @alexciordia.bsky.social, & @nuriatargarona.bsky.social about the measurement properties of aggregated relational data (responses to "how many people do you know who..?") and NSUM estimates: doi.org/10.1177/0081...
This figure shows the distribution of the estimated acquaintanceship network size for the two measurements, and compares the individual estimates for all participants between the measurements. It shows that the estimates are pretty stable for more common sizes, but those with high network sizes ("hubs") fluctuate heavily This figure shows the colorful response card we used for the data collection as a visual aid for respondents. It says "acquaintances are all the people that you know and who know you by SIGHT and by NAME. For instance, you can think of..." followed by 16 boxes for "partner", "family", "friends", "neighbors"; "at work"; "in clubs or associations", "religious community", "education", "people to whom you provide a service"; "social media"; and "other acquaintances". In each box, there is some more help, like "at work" is followed by coworker, boss, employee, client etc. Each box has 1 or 2 icons for further visual aid.

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 2h
Congratulations! @mrnkzr.bsky.social @janlo.de @mbojan.bsky.social 🍾

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Michał Bojanowski @mbojan.bsky.social · 3h
Employing methods developed in the PATCHWORK project (patchwork-erc.eu) at @coalescelab.bsky.social , we ask, among other things, whether groups such as migrants or unemployed tend to occupy peripheral positions in social networks. 🧵4/4
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Michał Bojanowski @mbojan.bsky.social · 3h
Among the chapters in the book is a study into network-scientific aspects of social cohesion. Together with Alla Loseva, @pschuler.bsky.social , Susanne Böller, and @mirandalubbers.bsky.social investigate the structure societal-level social networks. 🧵3/4

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Michał Bojanowski @mbojan.bsky.social · 3h
Contributions come from research projects that were incubated during the BIGSSS2022 summer school (wedsss.janlo.de/schools-2018...). Inside the book you will find agent-based models, computational text analysis, studies of social media and parliamentary speeches, network analysis, and more! 🧵2/4
Social Cohesion 2022 @ Groningen - Schools in Computational Social Science and Data Science
The BIGSSS-CSS Summer School on social cohesion takes place on July 4 - 15, 2022 at the Department of Sociology of the University of Groningen (Netherlands). (The school was planned for 2020 but has b...
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Michał Bojanowski @mbojan.bsky.social · 3h
Today Springer published an Open Access book edited by @janlo.de , Marijn Keijzer and myself covering a diverse range of Computational Social Science approaches to questions about social cohesion and polarization. Come and get it at link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Computational Social Science of Social Cohesion and Polarization
This open access book explores the decay of social cohesion in democratic societies through the lens of Computational Social Science (CSS)
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19h
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the U.S. & Russia may reach bilateral agreements on Ukraine without Kyiv’s participation; Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure; Ukraine struck an “important” Russian cruise missile fuel plant in Tver Oblast; and more.
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky warns of 'risk' US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv
Key developments on Feb. 7-8: * Zelensky warns of 'risk' US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv * Russia causes 'significant damage' to thermal plants, nuclear facilities i...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 1d
US Government stopped funding USAID and started funding these entities, that are not about "spreading American values" or even "MAGA thought" but about sowing division in Europe.

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Nuria Targarona Rifa @nuriatargarona.bsky.social · 3d
I will be presenting at an open online seminar hosted by TripleS (Maastricht University) on March 12th (16:00-17:00 CET). Title: Social Categories and Boundary-Making: Exploring the Potential of Interactive Visual Tools to Study Boundary Work in Relationally-Oriented Semi-Structured Interviewing
Join meeting on Teams
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe ft.trib.al/rg4IDIC
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe
State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 4d
I’m seeing so many posts from white men about how ICE isn’t big enough to target every polling place in the country.

I won’t argue that they’re overstating their capacity. But also… we know they aren’t planning to target *all* polling places, right?

The white ones will have a normal Election Day.

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Gonzalo Franetovic @gonzalofranetovic.bsky.social · 7d
Interested in people's acquaintances, their determinants and consequences for social cohesion, integration or inequality?

Submit to "Networks of Weak Ties and Social Cohesion" session at EUSN2026, co-organized with @mbojan.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy and @pschuler.bsky.social

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The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026)
The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) will take place on 11–15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden, hosted by the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS), Linköping University. The...
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 12d
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 13d
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 13d
Indeed, why only list US citizens who died or were detained by ICE, why not also include migrants who died in their hands or sent to camps that don´t respect human rights whether or not their papers were in order? These are all human rights violations re: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths,...

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BAMB! @bamb-school.bsky.social · 14d
Applications will be opening soon for BAMB! 2026

The summer school will take place from 12 - 23 July 2026

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BAMB! 2026 | Barcelona Summer School for Advanced Modeling of Behavior
Intensive training for experienced researchers in cognitive science, computational neuroscience and neuro-AI. Five interconnected modules, expert faculty, hands-on projects. July 12-23, 2026.
www.bambschool.org

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14d
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 14d
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 15d
🚨 SCHUMER just now: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15d
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15d
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15d
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 15d
The whole thing is now 75 pages and took forever, and it´s used "to contextualize the 5 articles you present for the evaluation". This takes multiple days per applicant, and administrations apparently don´t see what a national loss of research time and thus excellence these things are.

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 15d
I finally have my CV in the format the committee for the accreditation of my past 6 years of research demands, e.g. each article (of whole career!) broken into 9 pieces (author, title, year, type of publ, details of journal/editorial, ISSN or ISBN, DOI, URL, "quality indices"). Why, WHY?

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 16d
In ICE? Effective, durable, responsible?