Nature's Reach: narrow work has broad impact

Abstract

How knowledge informs and alters disciplines is itself an enlightening, and vibrant field. This type of meta research into new findings, insights, conceptual frameworks and techniques is important, among other things, for policymakers who fund research in the hope of tackling society’s most pressing challenges, which inevitably span disciplines. Make sure to visit the interactive 3D network.

Publication
Nature 575 32-34

Awards:

  1. Webby Award
  2. Webby People’s Choice Award
  3. Fast Company’s 2020 Innovation by Design Finalist

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  4. Hungarian Insider ``Hungarian helps Nature magazine celebrate 150th anniversary’’

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Alexander J. Gates
Alexander J. Gates
Assistant Professor

I am a computational social scientist and network scientist with a passion for uncovering how interconnectedness shapes our lives.

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