Yale Institute for Network Science

HUMAN NATURE LAB

The Director

Nicholas A.
Christakis

Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. His work is in the fields of network science and biosocial science. He directs the Human Nature Lab and the Yale Institute for Network Science.

Nicholas A. Christakis
Our Lab

Overview of research areas in the Human Nature Lab

Research in the Human Nature Lab lies at the intersection of the social, biological, and computational sciences. We develop and apply novel insights about aspects of human nature that relate to our interactions with each other. We are interested in the emergent properties of social systems, and their social and evolutionary origins.

Experiments with Online Networks

Hybrid Systems of Humans and AI Agents

Experiments with Face-to-Face Networks

Biology of Social Interactions

Computational Social Science

Network Methodology

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