Complex networked social systems

在许多社会科学学科中反复出现的当代主题是社会网络在塑造人际互动过程及其连锁社会后果中的重要作用。该计划的目标是建立一个跨越社会科学和数学科学的多学科研究网络，以发展一门新的网络和基于网络的社会过程的跨学科科学。网络的目标将是双重的：第一，在网络过程的理论、方法和模型方面具有相互作用和可获得的最先进的研究能力；第二，将新形式的网络理解应用于系统级社区变化的创新干预策略的设计和评估的能力。

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.