CV (pdf)
Videos
Various video clips of Dr. Christakis discussing the work of his group are available here, either for download or via links to other sites, as follows:
1. A three-minute clip, dated July 2007, of Dr. Christakis discussing the paper "The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years," is available for streaming here.
2. A 10 minute broad-ranging interview with Dr. Christakis discussing the origin and role of social networks ("Social Networks Are Like the Eye") is available at the Edge Third Culture website (along with a transcript of the full one-hour interview on this topic); click here.
3. A 35 minute clip, dated December 7, 2007, of Dr. Christakis presenting a talk on "Computational Social Science and the Rise of Social Science Data Complexity" at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard is available for download or streaming here. (PC users right click link, MAC users click and hold.) To view the full presenatation, click here.
4. A 60 minute clip, dated February 7, 2008, of Dr. Christakis giving a talk at Dartmouth College -- "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks" -- is available here.
5. A 76 minute clip, dated February 21, 2008. of Dr. Christakis discussing social contagion and individual health at Boston College is available here.
6. A 20 minute clip, dated May 26, 2008, of Dr. Christakis discussing social networks at the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas is available for streaming here.
© 2008 Nicholas Christakis
