Loring Thomas is a quantitative social scientist, who studies how human societies adapt and respond to environmental pressure and climate change. He uses social networks and a structuralist perspective to investigate why people migrate and how migration patterns may change as a function of climate, transitions within communities, and the interplay between the existing drivers of migration and climate change. His research interests are currently categorized into several main areas: Social network methods Migration, networks, and climate change Environmental social movements
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social networks, relational analysis, migration, quantitative methodology
