Welcome
Our lab integrates biological and social approaches to human nature, in what we call biosocial science. In addition, we bring the power of our species’ newest adaptation to life on this planet – the Internet – into our sphere of inquiry. We do this by exploiting the availability of data regarding the behaviors of millions of people online and also by deploying experiments online in order to study behaviors ranging from cooperation to health-seeking.
Our current work is focused on the structure and function of human social networks. We conduct both basic research directed at understanding networks and applied work aimed at improving public health and public policy – including very large-scale field experiments both online and in developing world settings.
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