Changing times: Migrants’ social network analysis and the challenges of longitudinal research

Social Networks

Volumn 53, Issue , 2018, Pages 148-158

  Ryan, Louise ^a   D'Angelo, Alessio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Migration research; Mixed methods; Spatiality; Temporality; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044033606     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2017.03.003     Document Type: Article

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