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Miranda Lubbers

@mirandalubbers.bsky.social

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Professor of Anthropology; UAB Barcelona; Director COALESCE lab (http://coalesce-lab.com/en). ICREA Acadèmia fellow; ERC Advanced Grant holder “A #network #science approach to #social #cohesion in #European #societies”. European Academy of Sociology. .. more

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Miranda J. Lubbers is a Dutch social scientist specializing in the analysis of migration, segregation, and social identity through personal networks. She is Professor in Anthropology at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and director of the COALESCE Lab. .. more

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · May 9

My new paper doi.org/10.1093/esr/... explains that personal networks expose us to different degrees to economic distress, which shapes public opinion (here, institutional trust). Yet institutional trust research has largely overlooked networks. #sociology #netsky

The role of social networks in institutional trust during economic downturns

Abstract. Citizens’ trust in institutions is crucial for the proper functioning of societies. While national economic performance is a key predictor of ins

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 1d

congrats @sergioloiacono.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @rensec.bsky.social Wojtek, Marcel &Vincent!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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COALESCE Lab @coalescelab.bsky.social · 4d

📢Just published! Yunsub Lee (COALESCE Lab) & Xinwei Xu (@socialnetworkslab.bsky.social) show how incorporating more realistic network features dramatically alters Axelrod’s cultural dynamics model, in their new article in Social Networks: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #NetSci #SocialNetworks

Use of aggregated relational data in agent-based modeling

Aggregated relational data (ARD) provides valuable information for inferring structural features of personal social networks at scale. Following recen…

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 4d

Wie is die man en waarom is hij op tv.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 7d

54% claim to have some sort of relationship with AI.
- With which AI platforms do you relate?
- I use Grammarly
28% have an intimate or romantic relationship with an AI system.
- Do you use it intimately?
- Yeah, every day
51% do not consider it cheating
- No, it´s just a spelling corrector

Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 8d

Fantastic! Congratulations!!

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COALESCE Lab @coalescelab.bsky.social · 8d

We are delighted to welcome not one, not two, but three fantastic new members to the COALESCE Lab: @gonzalofranetovic.bsky.social (r), @pschuler.bsky.social (l) and Chen Wang (m)! 🥂 coalesce-lab.com/en/news/40/w...

Welcome new lab members!

We are excited to welcome three new members to the lab: Paul Schuler, Gonzalo Franetovic, and Chen Wang. We look forward to working together!

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Zachary Neal @zpneal.bsky.social · 9d

Want to promote transparency and clarity in network research by helping develop 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 (𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃)?

Sign up to get involved here: tinyurl.com/help-with-GR...

▪️ All career stages welcome
▪️ All fields welcome
▪️ Be compensated for your time

GRAND Recruitment

Complete this short questionnaire to help develop Guidelines for Reporting About Network Data (GRAND).

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 9d

😂 true. how could I forget.

Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 9d

This meeting could have been an (unhinged) email?

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 12d

This is such an incredibly important study countering claims that cutting research funds is no big deal.

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 12d

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

"We analyze 27 years of NIH extramural awards & their review scores to identify the bottom 40% of grants that would have been eliminated from 1980 to 2007... We then identify new molecular entity drugs, approved in the 21st century, that are linked to these grants"

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 12d

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 13d

Language though - he wasn’t fired for his comment, but because Sauron had set his eye on him (“Kimmel is next”)

Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 13d

“met respect voor mensenrechten” mensen afvoeren naar een land die de mensenrechten niet respecteert, even kritisch doorvragen?

Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 14d

Just learned that a stepfather in Swedish is "bonuspappa" and I love it.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 14d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 15d

Ahh thanks! Wonderful!

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It is gorgeous!! Congrats!

Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 15d

I guess... that´s a no!

Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 16d

Does anyone know whether the European Social Network Conference (EUSN) will be organized in 2026, and when and where...? #NetSci

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 17d

I say we stage scenes like this everywhere tomorrow.

#Rapture

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 17d

I love this thread and all the suggestions. I think we need to reduce our reliance on home-written papers a lot and use many creative alternatives. Even the old-fashioned on-site open question/ essay-style exam works well though, especially with sufficient time and creating a calm work atmosphere.

Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 18d

“While many of them have been willing to support the president out of patriotic duty..” - oh, so patriotic duty huh? Whatever makes you sleep at night….

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18d

“Behind closed doors” being the most important words.

fortune.com/2025/09/21/b...

Behind closed doors, our top CEOs say Trump is bad for business and it's time to Make America into America Again | Fortune

At our Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute forum, over 100 business leaders said what they really think. They're worried Trump is eroding America’s future.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18d

“Behind closed doors” being the most important words.

fortune.com/2025/09/21/b...

Behind closed doors, our top CEOs say Trump is bad for business and it's time to Make America into America Again | Fortune

At our Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute forum, over 100 business leaders said what they really think. They're worried Trump is eroding America’s future.

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CNN @cnn.com · 20d

US Attorney Erik Siebert told his staff he will be resigning, a source says, after intense pressure from President Donald Trump to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud.

Read more: https://cnn.it/3K4pw78

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21d

So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’

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