Complex networked social systems

社交网络在塑造人际互动过程及其级联社会后果中的重要作用是许多社会科学学科中反复出现的当代主题。 该倡议的目的是建立一个跨越社会科学和数学科学的多学科研究网络，以发展一个新的跨学科网络科学和基于网络的社会进程。 该网络的目标有两个：第一，在网络进程的理论、方法和模式方面具有互动和可利用的最新研究能力;第二，有能力将新形式的网络理解应用于设计和评价系统一级社区变革的创新干预战略。

A recurring contemporary theme across many social science disciplines is the significant role of social networks in shaping the course of interpersonal interactions and their cascading social consequences. The aim of this Initiative is to build a multi- disciplinary Research Network spanning the social and mathematical sciences that can develop a new interdisciplinary science of networks and network-based social processes. The Network's aims will be twofold: first, an interactive and accessible state-of-the-art research capacity in theory, methods and models for network processes; and, second, the capacity to apply new forms of network understanding to the design and evaluation of innovative intervention strategies for system-level community change.