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://sunbelt.sites.uu.nl/abstract-submission/. 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]
I look forward to your submissions!
Gerald Mollenhorst
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Dr. G.W. Mollenhorst
Dept of Human Geography and Spatial Planning
Utrecht University, The Netherlands