Social Networks and Language Learning in Forced Immersion: Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
Journal: Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale
Year: 2025

Abstract Several studies in the sociology of immigration have focussed on informal networks as the primary source of migrants’ social capital. However, the literature has largely eschewed the potential afforded by the computational analytical tools of network science that permit the reconstruction and mapping of community sociograms and the calculation of the impact of centrality metrics. In addition, studies are still scarce that would combine network-analytic approaches with rigorous investiga