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Zsófia Boda
Researcher at ETH Zurich
Publications - 18
Citations - 478
Zsófia Boda is an academic researcher from ETH Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Friendship & Social network. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 18 publications receiving 259 citations. Previous affiliations of Zsófia Boda include University of Oxford & University College London.
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Integration in emerging social networks explains academic failure and success
TL;DR: It is demonstrated how the dynamic social networks that informally evolve between students can affect their academic performance and underline the importance of understanding social network dynamics in educational settings.
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The Social Pipeline: How Friend Influence and Peer Exposure Widen the STEM Gender Gap
TL;DR: The authors found that if girls develop weaker preferences for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), it can predict their educational and occupational careers, even if they attended the same school as boys.
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Inter-ethnic friendship and negative ties in secondary school
TL;DR: Results mostly confirm the role of perceived ethnicity: majority students tend to dislike peers whom they perceive as minorities, regardless of these peers’ self-declared ethnicity; on the other hand, minority students are likely to send friendship nominations towards their perceived minority classmates, but, as predicted, negative nominations if these declare themselves as majorities.
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Short-term and long-term effects of a social network intervention on friendships among university students
TL;DR: The study shows that simple network interventions can have a pronounced short-term effect and indirect long-term effects on the evolution and structure of student communities and suggests that induced friendship ties may serve as early seeds for complex social network processes.
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The co-evolution of emotional well-being with weak and strong friendship ties
TL;DR: The study highlights the two-directional relationship between social ties and well-being, and demonstrates the importance of considering different tie strengths for various social processes.