Following the recent call to combine social network analysis (SNA) approaches in the study of migrant networks and their contextualization within transnational economic, social, legal and political frameworks, in this article, I review recent studies that combine mixed-methods SNA with observational methods in the study of transnational social networks. Such studies have enabled the collection of rich and contextualized data across multiple sites, helping to address the conundrum facing transnational migration researchers: how to combine breadth and depth in transnational data collection. Mixed-method SNA combines quantitative and qualitative SNA methods together with in-depth repeated interviews and observations. The article shows how mixed-method SNA helps to address three particular challenges of doing transnational migration research: designing a transnational research project; studying transnational relationships as ‘worked at'; and capturing the dynamic and changing nature of transnational relationships as embedded within multiple environments (social, legal, economic and political) in which they take place.

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多站点跨国移民研究的混合方法社会网络分析

继最近呼吁将社会网络分析 (SNA) 方法结合研究移民网络及其在跨国经济、社会、法律和政治框架内的情境化之后，在本文中，我回顾了最近将混合方法 SNA 与观察方法相结合的研究在跨国社交网络的研究中。此类研究使得能够跨多个站点收集丰富的情境化数据，帮助解决跨国移民研究人员面临的难题：如何在跨国数据收集中结合广度和深度。混合方法 SNA 将定量和定性 SNA 方法与深入的重复访谈和观察相结合。本文展示了混合方法 SNA 如何帮助解决跨国移民研究中的三个特殊挑战：设计跨国研究项目；研究跨国关系作为“工作”；捕捉跨国关系在其发生的多种环境（社会、法律、经济和政治）中的动态和变化性质。