4th Social Networks Society (SNS) Conference

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026

8:30–8:55  Registration and light breakfast

8:55–9:00 Welcome

9:00–10:30 Plenary Full Paper Session 1

Perceiving Networks: Cognition, Bias, and Social Evaluation

• Who Comes to Mind? How Network Proximity Drives Recall Bias, Hui Sun, Lisheng He, Adam Kleinbaum
• Inferred Networking Motives: How observers’ inferences affect networkers’ relational outcomes, Theresa Floyd, Meredith Woehler, Kristin Cullen-Lester, Seong Won Yang, Siyu Yu
• Gender Differences in the Forms of Agency Higher-Ranking Contacts Signal and their Impact on Men’s and Women’s Performance Evaluations, Meredith Woehler, Kristin Cullen-Lester, Caitlin Porter, Alexandra Gerbasi

Discussant: Eric Quintane

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break 

11:00 – 12:00 Plenary Short Session A –

Networks, Inequality, and Social Evaluation

• Escaping the Shadow of Giants: How Mentor Retractions Reshape Apprentices’ Scientific Careers, Raquel Pruna, Kaushik Bagchi
• Who Becomes a Target of Dissonant Ties? Creativity and the Career–Social Tradeoff, Ying Li, Shihan Li, Martin Kilduff, Sunny Lee
• When Insiders Talk: Negative Gossip Network and the Socialization of Organizational Newcomers, Yifan Song, Huiwen Lian, Zishuo Ye, Qinglin Zhao, Jingzhou Pan
• Gender Status Beliefs and Network Dynamics in the Solidarity Economy, Natalia Garrido-Skurkowicz

12:00–12:15 Coffee Break

12:15–13:15 Plenary Short Paper Session B

Network Structure, Dynamics, and Innovation

• Inter-professional Brokerage and the Emergence of Innovation Catalysts, Camilla Mola
• Restructuring Workplace Networks: A Randomized Field Experiment, Ozgecan Kocak, Jill Perry-Smith, Adam Kleinbaum, Sameer Srivastava
• Do Better Connected Neighborhoods Have More Startups? A Network Perspective, Neelam Jain, Jorge Guzman, Dan Wang, Mario Small
• Language Multiplexity at Work: How Dual-Language Ties Shape Network Structure and Employee Outcomes, June Shin

1315–14:15 Lunch

14:15–15:00 Keynote Presentation

• Tiziana Casciaro

15:00–15:15 Coffee Break

15:15–16:45 Plenary Full Paper Session 2

Gender, Inequality, and Access to Network Advantage

• Sense of Belonging Predicts Women’s (But Not Men’s) Brokerage in Organizational Networks, Andrew Choi, Shihan Li, Raina Brands, Aneeta Rattan, & Joshua Becker
• Who You Ask Matters: Gendered Returns to Family and Professional Advice in Early-Stage Innovation, Francesca Nannetti, Elisa Operti
• Field Evidence of Gender Differences in Sponsorship Tie Formation and Dissolution, Elizabeth Campbell, Shihan Li, Catherine Shea

Discussant: Paola Zappa

16:45–17:15 Coffee Break

17:15–18:45 Plenary Paper Session 3

Strategic Networking in Context: Behaviour Across Social Enviroments

• Against the Grain: Peers’ Affective and Behavioral Responses to Employees Network-Up, Massimo Maoret, Ruo Mo, Fabio Fonti, Arushi Aggarwal
• Walls Within, Bridges Beyond: Woman-to-Woman Relationships in Men-Dominated Work Contexts, Jamie Strassman, David Harrison
• The Paradox of Digital Environments: Signaling and Socialization among Newcomers in Entrepreneurial Networks, Julian Held, Claudia Jonczyk, Emmanuelle Fauchart

Discussant: Martin Kilduff

19:15–20:00 Cocktail

20:00 – 22:30 Dinner

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026

9:00–10:30 Plenary Paper Session 4

The Psychology of Network Formation and Social Capital

• Converting Pseudo Ties into Social Capital, Jung Won Lee, Shihan Li, Daniel Levin
• Self-Affirmation and Network Behavior: A Field Experiment of Women Entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan, Madina Nurguzhina; Anne ter Wal; HeeJung Jung; Michelle Rogan,
• Reducing Workplace Ostracism Experiences Through Social Network Change, Susan Zhu; Mikhail A. Wolfson; Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca; Nicolina Taylor; Robert Krause; Seong-Won Yang; Dale Watson; Noelle Otto

Discussant: Jessica Methot

10:30–10:45 Break

10:45–11:45 Parallel Short Paper Sessions C & D

Session C – Network Dynamics, Evolution, and Adaptation (Q-101)

• Resilience in Adversity: Adverse Events and the Evolution of Physician Collaborations, Victoria Zhang
• Network Dynamics in Scientific Problem-Solving: Selective Retention Across Phases, David McBee
• From Networks to Serendipity—and Back: Ego-Network Dynamics in Entrepreneurial Journeys, Emin Altun, Anna Moretti
• Brokering Careers: Exploring the Role of Network Brokers in Creative Industries, Chesta Ahuja, Raina Brands

Session D – Networks in Context: Teams, Mobility, Markets (Q-102)

• Network Favoritism: A Meta-Analytic Investigation, Thea Tomova Shakur, Peyton Berry, David Allen

• Seeking Advice to Lead Better? A Coevolutionary Perspective on Advice Networks and Leadership Effectiveness, Steffen Triebel

• Shooting for the Stars: The Role of Informal Leaders’ Status in Team Assembly, Pol Solanelles, Kristin Cullen-Lester

• Managing Transitions in Internal Mobility: How Movers’ Dual Embeddedness Creates Overall Gains, Yezi Kang

• The Structure of Price-Setting Interdependence: A Two-Step Network Framework, Yinji Zhou, Simone Santoni

11:45–12:15 Coffee Break

12:15–13:45 Paper Session 5

Network Structure and Performance: From Teams to Firms

• Role Reversal: Why Structural Diversity, Not Just Demographics, Drives Team Success, Brandy Aven, Shihan Li

• Inventor Network Community Structure and Firm Invention Outcomes, Yi-Jin Sam Chen, Andrew Parker, Stefano Tasselli
• Groove Robbers: The Impact of Copyright Litigation on Artists’ Collaboration Networks in Music, Arushi Aggarwal, Elisa Operti

Discussant: Alessandro Iorio

13:45–14:00  Conference Wrap-Up – Discussant: Stefano Tasselli

14:00–15:30 Cocktail lunch