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SUMMARY:Mitchell Centre Seminar Series
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DESCRIPTION:Robert Hellpap\, Nuffield College\, University of Oxford\nEni
 s Bicer\, University of Bremen\n\n“Triadic homophily” - The role of (int
 er-)connected actors for inter-ethnic friendship formation in classrooms
 .\nSeveral research findings indicate strong tendencies for ethnic segre
 gation and ethnic boundaries\, which can be examined by methods of socia
 l network analysis. In accordance with the theory of ethnic homophily\, 
 people prefer social bonds to other members of the same ethnic group. Ad
 ditionally\, segregated friendship networks often seem to cluster in hig
 her order network structures such as ethnically homogenous triads. Our e
 xamination extends the notion of ethnic boundaries in social networks be
 yond dyadic inter-ethnic relations. Balance theory suggests\, positive r
 elations between two actors to be more likely to emerge when both have p
 ositive relations to a common third actor. We therefore differentiate te
 ndencies for ethnic homophily in dyads and in the closure of triads. Fur
 ther\, we investigate the relevance of previously existing ethnic out-gr
 oup contacts to form  new inter-ethnic friendships. We then test whether
  these mechanisms hold when out-group contact is established via an inte
 rmediate actor\, leading to ethnically heterogeneous triadic closure. La
 st\, it is analyzed whether the ethnicity an intermediate actor plays a 
 role for establishing out-group contacts. We analyze data from the new l
 ongitudinal study “Integration through friendship” (2010) conducted in B
 remen\, Germany. The study provides information about friendship network
 s of about 30 classrooms which participated three consecutive years\, st
 arting in the 5th grade. Stochastic actor-based models for longitudinal 
 network data (RSIENA) are applied for the second and third wave data. 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G6\, Humanities Bridgeford Street\, Manchester
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