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Full Abstracts Sunbelt XXXV International Sunbelt Social Network Hilton Metropole, Brighton, UK June 23 – 28, 2015 ABSTRACTS 1136 Cornelia Reyes Acosta - The liquidity of digitally mediated social ties ………………….. 30 Jimi Adams - A Multi-level Life Course Model of Knowledge Production........................ 30 Filip Agneessens - Individual, dyadic and group effects of attributes on trust…………. 30 Aliakbar Akbaritabar - Virtual-Cyber Social Capital; a new method to measure Online 31 Social Capital ……………………………………………………………………………………… Fruzsina ALBERT - What happens to ties during incarceration and what are the 31 consequences for reintegration? Results of a two-wave qualitative survey…………... Meltem Alemdar - An Assessment of the Collaborations for inter-institutional 32 translational research Using Social Network Analysis ……………………………………. Klara Alen - MAPTAP: multi-dimensional data, dynamic networks, creative 32 atmosphere. A new approach to early modern tapestry ………………………………….. Daniel Alexandrov - Network structures and adolescents’ sense of school 33 Belonging…………………………………………………………………………………………... Zack W. Almquist - Heuristics and data-collection strategies for dynamic network 33 sampling ……………………………………………………………………………………………. Gloria Álvarez-Hernández - Knowledge sharing in intra-organizational networks: 34 Network position and innovation ……………………………………………………………… Viviana Amati - Using non-cross-lagged statistics to estimate Stochastic Actor- 34 oriented Models for the co-evolution of networks and behaviour ………………………. Spyros Angelopoulos - Ingredients Network of Medieval Medicines ……………………. 35 Artem Antonyuk - Finding One’s Place in Collective Meaning Structures Sociosemantic 35 Network Analysis of Discoursive Roles ………………………………………………………. Benjamin Armbruster - Forward Reachable Sets: Analytically derived properties of 36 connected components for dynamic networks ……………………………………………… Elena Artyukhova - Regional migration in Europe from a network perspective 36 Martine Azam - What became of them at last? An analysis of trajectories and 37 networks of artists along 25 years ……………………………………………………………. Benjamin E. Bagozzi - Using Extremist Texts to Uncover Network Structure and 37 Network Features …………………………………………………………………………………. SOUNDARARAJ, Balamurugan - A case study of the structure and dynamics of inter- 37 organisational information exchange networks in large, complex infrastructure projects ……………………………………………………………………………………………... Ildikó Barna - Contact diary: representative national sample research design and 38 field work experiences …………………………………………………………………………… Roy Barnes - Political contributions and brokerage roles, a preliminary analysis 39 Michele Barnes-Mauthe - Social networks and coupled outcomes in a marine social- 39 ecological system ………………………………………………………………………………… Oriol Barranco - Inequality in Job Seeking Strategies: Social networks and 39 mobilization of labour contacts among Spanish young adults …………………….…….. 2137 Luisa Barthauer - Gender Differences in the Structural Setup of PhDs’ and Postdocs’ 40 Developmental Networks . ….…………………………………………………………………… Ilia A. Baskakov - Leaders among Leaders: Managing Networks for Educational 41 Objectives ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Nikita Basov - Emergent Meaning Structures: Sociosemantic Network Analysis of 41 Creative Communities ……………………………………………………………………………. Vladimir Batagelj - Temporal analysis of bibliographic networks ……………………….. 41 Dominik Batorski - When to play? The role of opinion leaders and the structures of 42 interactions among players in large online gaming community ………………………….. Amanda M. Beacom - Learning Organizational Knowledge in a Sociomaterial 42 Network: A Multilevel ERGM of Health Care Best-Practice Communication ……….….. David, Beata - Mapping social milieus and cohesion patterns. Exploiting the 43 potential of occupational position generator ……………………………………………….. George (Gevorg) Beknazar-Yuzbashev - “Whatshisface said what?” Direct influence 43 of indirect peers among university students in Russia ……………………………………. Elisa Bellotti - Comparing fields of sciences: multilevel networks of research 44 collaborations in Italian academia ……………………………………………………………… Grace Benefield - Group Closure and Brokerage: Social Capital and Group 44 Effectiveness in Massively Multiplayer Online Games …………………………………….. Jesús Cástulo Benítez - Networks of knowledge as sponsors of scientific and 45 technological research projects ………………………………………………………………... Richard A. Benton - Managerial Entrenchment and Structural Cohesion Among 45 America's Corporate Elite ………………………………………………………………………. Patrick Bergemann - Is Quitting Contagious? ………………………………………………… 46 Giulia Berlusconi - Disrupting criminal networks: The robustness and resilience of 47 drug trafficking networks to law enforcement targeting …………………………………… Stefan Bernhard - The Construction of Identities in Narrative Interviews – A 47 Methodological Suggestion from Relational Network Theory ……………………………. Flavio Bertini - Matching user profiles in multilayer networks through smartphone 47 camera fingerprint ………………………………………………………………………………. Enis Bicer - Triadic homophily and the role of mediating actors in promoting 48 interethnic friendships in networks …………………………………………………………. Olga Binions - Triad-based corruption games under uncertainty: bribes or gifts?........... 48 Robert Birkelbach - Evolution of intergenerational closure ……………………………….. 49 Julie M. Birkholz - Considering context: recasting the SIENA model to consider 49 contextual factors as determinants to social network structures ……………………….. Matthias Bixler - Bullying and Cyberbullying in Adolescent Social Networks – The 50 Relationship between Victimization and Friendship Nominations ………………………. Per Block - ERGM vs. SAOM: Differences and consequences for empirical research…. 50 Zsófia Boda - Inter-ethnic social ties in secondary school ………………………………… 51 3138 Örjan Bodin - Analyzing the (mis)fit between the institutional and ecological networks 51 of the Indo-West Pacific …………………………………………………………………………. Folkert F. Boer - Temporal Network Analysis in Performance Teams to Identify Team 52 Processes ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Michal Bojanowski - Composition and structure of networks in Polish school classes: 52 a multilevel perspective Cathleen M. Stuetzer - Social Map of Scientific Activities and Collaborations. A 52 Network Study about Social Organizational Structures in Online and Offline Scientific Communities ………………………………………………………………………….. Christian Bokhove - Exploring classroom interaction with dynamic social network 53 analysis …………………………………………………………………………………………… Mireia Bolíbar - Social capital over the life course: youth unemployment and 53 cumulative (dis)advantages …………………………………………………………………….. Isabelle Bonneau - The application of social network analysis to understand shared 54 leadership development across time …………………………………………………………. Basmattee Boodram - Personal networks, social geography and injection risk 54 behaviors among young persons who inject drugs from a large metropolitan city……. Tobias Bornakke - Data driven relations ……………………………………………………… 55 Moses Boudourides - Distribution of Groups of Vertices Across Multilayer Networks 55 With an Application to 3–Layer Twitter Networks …………………………………………… Lampros Bouranis - Bayesian Composite Likelihood Inference for Exponential 56 Random Graph Models ………………………………………………………………………….. Julien Brailly - Multilevel networks in trade fair: Multiple dimensions of proximity of 56 temporary clusters in regional markets for TV programs ………………………………….. Josefine Bohr Brask - Social network structure and the evolution of cooperation – 56 integrating empirical data and agent-based modelling …………………………………….. Ronald Breiger - Community Detection for Multiple Directed Networks ………………… 57 Julia Brennecke - Seeking advice in the knowledge space – A multilevel investigation 57 of inventors’ network embeddedness ………………………………………………………… Tymofii Brik - Political mobilization and the obstacles for the emergence of social 58 capital on Facebook: Some evidence from Ukrainian EuroMaidan revolution ……….. Arturo Briseno - Board Interlocks and the Diffusion of Social and Environmental 58 Practices in Mexico ……………………………………………………………………………….. Chiara Broccatelli - How Do People Act Under Secrecy? Network Analysis for Covert Networks ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 59 Maria Brockhaus - Longitudinal analysis of developing policy networks in forest based mitigation of climate change: moving towards transformational change? ……………. 59 Piotr Bródka - Group Extraction in Multi-layered Social Network …………………………. 60 Anthony Brown - The role of emigrant political network acquisition as an extension of social networks in returnee entrepreneurial enterprise’s success. ……………………… 61 4139 Tom Brughmans - Exploring dependence assumptions for visibility networks in 61 archaeology ………………………………………………………………………………………... Hubert Buch-Hansen - Toxic Ties: Transnational Networks and Cartelization in the 62 European Chemical Industry, 1960-2000 …………………………………………………….. William Burk - Peers can promote water drinking. The question is: How do they do it?.. 62 Katarzyna Burzynska - Lending Networks of China’s Listed Companies: The Role of 63 Financial Leverage, Firm Size, and Performance …………………………………………… Vincent Buskens - Learning in Social Networks: Selecting Profitable Choices among 63 Alternatives of Uncertain Profitability in Various Networks ……………………………….. Carter T. Butts - Collapsed ERGM Estimation for Multiple-network Models with 64 Hierarchical Baseline Effects …………………………………………………………………..
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