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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Call for Submissions “Changes in Ego-Centered Personal Networks: Causes, Differences, and Consequences” at Sunbelt 2018 Personal relationships and the composition and structure of personal networks are very dynamic. Many studies based on ego-centered network data have confirmed this notion, both for the short run and over the course of people’s lives. Comparatively little is known about: (a) causes of these network changes, which may be found on multiple levels, including the individual level (e.g., life course transitions; strategic choices), the network level (e.g., structural network embeddedness), and the contextual level (meeting opportunities; institutional conditions; cross-national variations); (b) differences between social groups (e.g., related to age, ethnicity or subcultures); (c) consequences of network changes (e.g., changes in social capital that affect individual life chances; social cleavages that affect social cohesion and solidarity, etc.). I invite original contributions on these issues related to ego-centered personal networks for this organized session at Sunbelt 2018. Contributors may address theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, innovative methodological approaches/issues, and/or methodological concerns that affect research findings and conclusions. Key words: personal networks; changes; causes; consequences; social resources; social cohesion Sunbelt 2018 will take place June 26 – July 1 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Abstracts for 20-minute paper presentations for this organized session can be submitted at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sunbelt.sites.uu.nl_abstract-2Dsubmission_&d=DwIF-g&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=uXI5O6HThk1ULkPyaT6h2Ws3RKNKSY__GQ4DuS9UHhs&m=eBoVeoGTYwIq70lvMqLOaivkk6flXnDWZHpqbojC6TQ&s=-hWDWHbp_-ZbBbYwrtS7mLiRhSrV37yrbBCbi6C2Jtg&e= . Please limit your abstract to 250-500 words and select the appropriate organized session name during online submission. Submissions are due 1 February 2018 Authors of accepted papers will be notified by March 2018. If you have any further questions about this session, please contact me at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> I look forward to your submissions! Gerald Mollenhorst ------------ Dr. G.W. Mollenhorst Dept of Human Geography and Spatial Planning Utrecht University, The Netherlands _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.