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Effects of Racial Segregation on Economic Productivity in U.S. Cities
Andrew J. Stier, Sina Sajjadi, Luıs M. A. Bettencourt +2
Homophily and heterophobia, the tendency for people with similar characteristics to preferentially interact with (or avoid) each other are pervasive in human social networks. Here,…
On the inadequacy of nominal assortativity for assessing homophily in networks
Fariba Karimi, Marcos Oliveira
Nominal assortativity (or discrete assortativity) is widely used to characterize group mixing patterns and homophily in networks, enabling researchers to analyze how groups interac…
Improving the visibility of minorities through network growth interventions
Leonie Neuhäuser, Fariba Karimi, Jan Bachmann +2
Improving the position of minorities in networks via interventions is a challenge of high theoretical and societal importance. In this work, we examine how different network growth…
Minorities in networks and algorithms
Fariba Karimi, Marcos Oliveira, Markus Strohmaier
In this chapter, we provide an overview of recent advances in data-driven and theory-informed complex models of social networks and their potential in understanding societal inequa…
Link recommendations: Their impact on network structure and minorities
Antonio Ferrara, Lisette Espín-Noboa, Fariba Karimi +1
Network-based people recommendation algorithms are widely employed on the Web to suggest new connections in social media or professional platforms. While such recommendations bring…
Structural inequalities exacerbate infection disparities: A computational approach
Sina Sajjadi, Pourya Toranj Simin, Mehrzad Shadmangohar +4
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we witnessed a disproportionate infection rate among marginalized and low-income groups. Despite empirical evidence suggesting that structural inequal…
The many facets of academic mobility and its impact on scholars' career
Fakhri Momeni, Fariba Karimi, Philipp Mayr +2
International mobility in academia can enhance the human and social capital of researchers and consequently their scientific outcome. However, there is still a very limited underst…