[WATCH]: Nicholas Christakis: Connected

Humans are embedded in social networks that affect every aspect of our lives. The Christakis lab applies network science and statistical and mathematical models to a variety of observational and experimental datasets to understand the structure and function of human networks. What social, biological, and mathematical principles help determine how and why human social networks form and how they operate? One stream of work focuses on the spreading dynamics of health-related phenomena (obesity, smoking, emotions, altruism) in longitudinally evolving networks ("contagion"). Another stream of work examines the genetic, social, and psychological processes that determine social network structure ("connection"). These investigations have

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