ELFT HÍRADÓ

[Janos Asboth <asboth.janos AT ttk.bme.hu>]

Kedves Mind,

Időpontütközések miatt a holnapi, nov 14-i BME Elméleti Fizika Szeminárium
ELMARAD.

Sajnálom a felesleges leveleket :-(

Üdv,
 Asbóth János

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM Janos Asboth <asboth.janos AT ttk.bme.hu>
wrote:

> Meghívó
>
> BME Elméleti Fizika Szeminárium,
>
> nov. 14. péntek 10h15,
>
> 1111 Budapest, Budafoki út 8., BME F III. magasföldszint 01.,
> Elméleti Fizika Tanszék szemináriumi szoba
>
> Bencsné Bokányi Eszter (Közgazdaság- és Regionális Tudományi Kutatóközpont
> - ELTE):
> Barriers or bridges? - Exploring segregation and inequality using
> large-scale spatial social networks
>
> Social segregation and inequality remain pressing challenges in today’s
> societies. Many explanations have been proposed for their persistence, with
> the structure and composition of social networks playing a crucial role in
> either reinforcing or mitigating disadvantage. Since where we live, work,
> and interact shapes our social connections, spatial context fundamentally
> influences the emergence of advantageous or disadvantageous network
> structures. While past research primarily relied on survey and census data,
> it often examined spatial influences on social ties separately from the
> study of segregation and inequality. However, the increasing availability
> of large-scale digital datasets - both in the form of online social
> networks and register-based social networks - now enables a more integrated
> analysis of fine-grained social networks, social outcomes and their spatial
> context. In the first part of my talk, I will demonstrate that urban
> highways are associated with decreased social connectivity. This barrier
> effect is especially strong for short distances and consistent with
> historical cases of highways that were built to purposefully disrupt or
> isolate Black neighborhoods. By combining spatial infrastructure with
> social tie data, the method adds a dimension to demographic studies of
> social segregation. Second, I'll show how longer commutes are linked to
> more diverse social networks in US metropolitan areas, highlighting the
> positive role highways can play in accessibility, and as such, social
> mixing. Third, I demonstrate that social network communities have a larger
> role in mitigating urban inequality than administrative units, and that
> growing urban inequality is due to these communities drifting apart in
> terms of income, whereas income convergence happens within them. Therefore,
> a better connected urban social fabric contributes to more fair and
> equitable cities. Such studies can inform urban  planning for an
> evidence-based reduction of spatial inequality, and more generally, support
> a better integration of the social fabric in urban planning.
>
> Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk.
> Asbóth János,
>  szemináriumi koordinátor
>