'''Larissa Adler Lomnitz''' (1932 - April 13, 2019) was a French-born Chilean-Mexican [[social anthropology|social anthropologist]], researcher, professor, and academic. ofAfter living in France, Colombia, and Israel, she received Chilean nationality by marriage and Mexican nationality by residence.<ref name="1UNAM">{{cite book|author=UNAM|title=Nuestros maestros - Premio Universidad Nacional 1985-1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-8x7eLCO_4C&pg=PA246|volume=4|year=1992|publisher=National Autonomous University of Mexico|language=es|isbn=978-968-36-5725-1|pages=246–248}}</ref> She conducted research and studies regarding the way in which marginalized classes survive in [[Latin America]]. She pioneered the study of [[social network]]s and the study of the importance of trust for the [[economy]] and [[politics]]. Her first study in this regard focused on the exchange of favors in the Chilean [[middle class]]. She completed her doctoral thesis about the importance of exchanging favors and confidence in the informal economy in Mexico City. She then explored the importance of social networks in very diverse fields: scientific communities, the Mexican upper class, and the teaching profession in Chile, among others. She wrote more than 70 chapters in books, nine books,<ref name="nasonline" /> and various popular articles for magazines.
