Social networks as pathways of political mobility in Portuguese governments

Rafael Borges; Carolina Shaul; Flávio L. Pinheiro; Bruno Damásio

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0355224

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Social networks as pathways of political mobility in Portuguese governments

Rafael Borges ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rs.borges@novaims.unl.pt (RB); cshaul@novaims.unl.pt (CS)

Affiliation NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Carolina Shaul ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rs.borges@novaims.unl.pt (RB); cshaul@novaims.unl.pt (CS)

Affiliation NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6444-956X

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Flávio L. Pinheiro,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0561-9641

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Bruno Damásio

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Social networks as pathways of political mobility in Portuguese governments

Rafael Borges,
Carolina Shaul,
Flávio L. Pinheiro,
Bruno Damásio

Published: August 19, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0355224

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