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London GNAM Alumni Master Class: "Using Social Networks for Good"
London School of Economics (Old Theatre, Old Building)
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom
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We expect a lively exploration of how interventions of two types into offline and online networks, (1) interventions that rewire the connections between people, and (2) interventions that manipulate social contagion, facilitating the flow of desirable properties within groups, can have a wide-array of positive effects—from fostering cooperation in networked groups online, to nurturing health behavior change in developing world villages, to facilitating the diffusion of innovation and coordination.
Time will be reserved to provide attendees with the opportunity to connect with alumni and other guests. We hope that you’ll join us.
Schedule on October 3, 2016:
6:00pm: Registration and Refreshments
6:15pm: Master Class
7:15pm: Q&A
7:30pm: Reception
8:30pm: Adjourn
About GNAM
Launched in 2012, the Global Network for Advanced Management includes 28 leading business schools from diverse regions, countries, cultures, and economies in different phases of development. A common motivation of member schools to connect is to position their students, faculty, staff, alumni and other constituencies so that they can deepen their understanding of differences and commonalities in their economies and increase their effectiveness. Member schools recognize that leaders in all sectors will be asked to contribute to the solutions of major problems that are typically complex and globa
Where
London School of Economics (Old Theatre, Old Building)
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom
Speakers
Nicholas A. Christakis
Yale University
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, is a sociologist and physician who conducts research in the area of biosocial science, investigating the biological predicates and consequences of social phenomena. He directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale University, where he is appointed as the Sol Goldman Family Professor of Social and Natural Science, and he is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science.
Dr. Christakis’ lab is focused on the relationship between social networks and well-being. This research engages two types of phenomena: the social, mathematical, and biological rules governing how social networks form (“connection”), and the biological and social implications of how they operate to influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (“contagion”). Ongoing investigations in the lab explore the genetic bases for human social behaviors and the application of social network principles to change population-level behavior related to health, cooperation, and economic development.
Along with long-time collaborator, James Fowler, Dr. Christakis has authored a general-audience book on social networks: Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives, which has been translated into nearly twenty foreign languages.