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Information sharing in global climate policy networks

As climate change becomes a more pressing issue in the global community, it is important to consider how collaboration occurs – what actors are involved, how they communicate, and how they work together. Networks can help generate insight about these questions. Research from Goritz, Jörgens, and Kolleck shed light on these questions, with a specific… Read more Information sharing in global climate policy networks

Gender and party homophily in the US House of Representatives, 1981-2018

In a paper published in the journal Social Networks in January 2022, Neal, Domagalski, and Yan investigate gender and party homophily in the US House of Representatives. Figure 1 Generally, the researchers find that legislators form relationships along party lines, as demonstrated by the high observed-expected ratios of the red and blue lines in Figure… Read more Gender and party homophily in the US House of Representatives, 1981-2018