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SUMMARY:Mitchell Centre Seminar series
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DESCRIPTION:Elisa Bellotti & Tomas Diviak\nUniversity of Manchester\n\nGe
 nder inequalities: the role of social networks in gendered interactions 
 and social structures.\n\nGender inequalities are a worldwide issue with
  considerable social and economic costs. Current policy interventions la
 ck effectiveness\, resulting in women still being underrepresented in so
 me occupational roles\, bearing most of family responsibilities\, and be
 ing disproportionately victims of abuse and violence. Gender inequalitie
 s affect mostly women and LGBT communities and intersect with other fact
 ors like class\, ethnicity and age\, but they also impact men who perfor
 m stereotypically feminine practices. These inequalities are systematica
 lly reproduced in everyday interactions\, endorsing gendered expectation
 s in social structures (i.e. at home\, in schools\, public and private o
 rganizations).\nGender studies have recognised the importance of social 
 networks in forming\, reproducing and challenging gender stereotypes\, a
 lthough they have not specified the exact social network mechanisms that
  may endorse or contest them. Social network scholars instead largely us
 e gender as an exogenous category\, but they rarely make it the focus of
  social network theory. The goal of this presentation is to illustrate t
 he aims of a recently founded ESRC project\, which focuses on identifyin
 g the social network mechanisms linking gendered micro-interactions to t
 he macro-inequalities that systematically frame opportunities and constr
 aints of men and women. In doing so\, the project aims to address the ga
 ps in gender studies and in social network research by - introducing gen
 dered generative mechanisms for the formation\, reproduction and modific
 ation of social networks and outcomes and - providing evidence for the r
 ole of social networks in producing and reproducing gender inequalities.
 \nThe project investigates 1) if gender impacts how people form\, mainta
 in and dissolve social networks\, and what outcomes they obtain from the
 se networks\, where outcomes can be status or economic returns\, but als
 o social isolation and stigmatization\; 2) if gendered social network fo
 rmations and outcomes vary depending on the type of relationship: not on
 ly positive relationships providing support\, but also negative and ambi
 valent relationships\; 3) if gendered network mechanisms and outcomes va
 ry depending on the context in which they operate\, i.e.\, national doma
 ins\, schools\, organizations\, where gender cultures and policies may d
 iffer. \nThe project will capitalise on the large amount of data publicl
 y accessible for which the information on social networks and the charac
 teristics of individuals (i.e. gender) is available. Specifically\, we w
 ant to focus on personal networks over the lifetime\; school networks\; 
 organizational networks\; and covert and Illicit networks.\nResults will
  advance our understanding of gendered social network mechanisms\, origi
 nally contributing to the academic debate addressing gender inequalities
  and their intersectionality with other factors. 
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LOCATION:G6\, Humanities Bridgeford Street\, Manchester
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