ANETILAB - Agglomeration and Social Networks Research Lab

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Inequality, segregation and society

Social networks provide opportunities but can also preserve and even foster inequalities. Advantages that individuals can get in fragmented networks or in core-periphery structures are unequal. We investigate how urban and network structures, social interactions, and network diffusion are related to dynamics of inequalities.

Related Publications

  • B Lengyel, E Bokányi, S Juhász
  • EE Bookchapter
  • 2025
B Lengyel, E Bokányi, S Juhász (2025) The geography of segregated online social networks in the largest US cities. In D Broitman, K Kopczewska, D Czamanski (eds.) Handbook on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Cities (pp. 92-109). Edward Elgar.
  • J Koltai, L Lőrincz, J Wachs, K Takács
  • Applied Network Science
  • 2025
J Koltai, L Lőrincz, J Wachs, K Takács (2025) Do diversity and context collapse kill an online social network? Applied Network Science, 10: 26.
  • B Lengyel, G Tóth, N A Christakis, A Bíró
  • Science Advances
  • 2024
B Lengyel, G Tóth, N A Christakis, A Bíró (2024) Antidepressant use in spatial social networks. Science Advances, 10(49): eadr0302.
  • T Gessler, G Tóth, J Wachs
  • Political Behavior
  • 2022
T Gessler, G Tóth, J Wachs (2022) No country for asylum seekers? How short-term exposure to refugees influences attitudes and voting behavior in hungary. Political Behavior, 44(4): 1813-1841.
  • L Czaller, G Tóth, B Lengyel
  • Scientific Reports
  • 2022
L Czaller, G Tóth, B Lengyel (2022) Allocating vaccines to remote and on-site workers in the tradable sector. Scientific Reports, 12: 4098.
  • J Koltai, O Vasarhelyi, G Röst, M Karsai
  • Scientific Reports
  • 2022
J Koltai, O Vásárhelyi, G Röst, M Karsai (2022) Reconstructing social mixing patterns via weighted contact matrices from online and representative surveys. Scientific Reports, 12: 4690.
  • K Kutasi, J Koltai, Á Szabó-Morvai, G Röst, M Karsai, P Biró, B Lengyel
  • Scientific Reports
  • 2022
K Kutasi, J Koltai, Á Szabó-Morvai, G Röst, M Karsai, P Biró, B Lengyel (2022) Understanding hesitancy with revealed preferences across COVID-19 vaccine types. Scientific Reports, 12: 13293.
  • Á Kovács, S Juhász, E Bokányi, B Lengyel
  • Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
  • 2022
Á Kovács, S Juhász, E Bokányi, B Lengyel (2022) Income-related spatial concentration of individual social capital in cities. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(4): 1072-1086.
  • G Tóth, J Wachs, R Di Clemente, Á Jakobi, B Ságvári, J Kertész, B Lengyel
  • Nature Communications
  • 2021
G Tóth, J Wachs, R Di Clemente, Á Jakobi, B Ságvári, J Kertész, B Lengyel (2021) Inequality is rising where social network segregation interacts with urban topology. Nature Communications, 12: 1143.
  • O Vasarhelyi, I Zakhlebin, S Milojević, E-Á Horvát
  • PNAS
  • 2021
O Vásárhelyi, I Zakhlebin, S Milojević, E-Á Horvát (2021) Gender inequities in the online dissemination of scholars’ work. PNAS, 118(39): e2102945118.
  • F Samu, K Takács
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
  • 2021
F Samu, K Takács (2021) Evaluating mechanisms that could support credible reputations and cooperation: cross-checking and social bonding. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 367(1838): 20200302.
  • E Bokányi, A Hannák
  • Scientific Reports
  • 2020
E Bokányi, A Hannák (2020) Understanding Inequalities in Ride-Hailing Services Through Simulations. Scientific Reports, 10: 6500.
  • J Wachs, T Yasseri, B Lengyel, J Kertész
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • 2019
J Wachs, T Yasseri, B Lengyel, J Kertész (2019) Social capital predicts corruption risk in towns. Royal Society Open Science, 6(4): 182103.
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