Statistical models for social networks, network-based social processes and complex social systems

我们在方法上的进步（灵活的、理论上可辩护的和经验上可检验的各种互动社会过程的定量模型）将大大提高国家模拟复杂社会系统的能力。 现有的合作将在以下方面产生切实可行的科学成果：社会接触和共用针头网络对艾滋病毒传播的影响;心理健康的社会流行病学;卫生政策和地方政府网络;环境管理方面的治理安排;组织内网络;劳动力市场动态;以及国际学生的文化适应过程。一个主要重点将是培养一批新的定量社会科学毕业生。

Our methodological advances (flexible, theoretically defensible and empirically testable quantitative models for a wide range of interactive social processes) will add significantly to national capacity in modelling complex social systems. Existing collaborations will result in practical scientific outcomes relating to: the impact of social contact and needle-sharing networks on HIV transmission; the social epidemiology of mental health; health policy and local government networks; governance arrangements in environmental management; intra-organizational networks; labour market dynamics; and acculturation processes for international students. A major emphasis will be the training of a new group of quantitative social science graduates.