CSH Talk by Fariba Karimi: “Structure of Social Networks Influences Ranking and Perception of Minorities”

The lecture by Fariba Karimi from the GESIS the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences will take place at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna.

Location: Salon

If you are interested in participating, please email to office@csh.ac.at

Abstract:

Homophily can put minority groups at a disadvantage by restricting their ability to establish links with a majority group or to access novel information. In this talk, I will show how this phenomenon can influence the visibility and ranking of minorities in examples of real-world social networks. In addition, I will present a simple network model with adjustable minority size and homophily that can reproduce ranking results we observe in real networks. Finally, I will show some application of this model on understanding the emergence of perception biases and diffusion of norms.