Scholars of transnationalism have argued that migrants create transnational social fields or
spaces that connect their place of origin to destination areas. Despite the centrality that …

This article reviews recent methodological research that bears on the collection of
egocentric network data. It begins with background on setting egocentric network …

Developing on Granovetter's classic work on embeddedness in systems of social relations,
this paper proposes the concept of 'differentiated embedding'to explore how migrants …

Focusing on migrant social networks, this paper draws upon the sociology of time to
incorporate complex notions of temporality into the research process. In so doing, we …

Snowball sampling is frequently advocated and employed by qualitative social researchers.
Under certain circumstances, however, it is prone to faltering and even failure. Drawing on …

To analyze how actors are embedded in social structures, network research is increasingly
using qualitative methods, sometimes in combination with standardized approaches. So far …

The paper investigates the place of visual tools in mixed-methods research on social
networks, arguing that they can not only improve the communicability of results, but also …

In this paper we make a methodological case for mixed method social network analysis
(MMSNA). We begin by both challenging the idea, prevalent in some quarters, that mixing …

In this introductory article, we as guest editors set out the key ambitions and arguments of
the Special Issue and highlight our contribution to social network research within migration …

Migrant Capital covers a broad range of case studies and, by bringing together leading and
emerging researchers, presents state-of-the-art empirical, theoretical and methodological …