Complexity
The Ryan Institute on Complexity will comprise a revolutionary research lab designed to change the way business, markets and societal issues are studied, combining multidisciplinary talents and quantitative sciences in new ways to tackle bigger problems faster. Insight is pleased to share relevant insights and research from Institute leaders Benjamin F. Jones, Brian Uzzi, and Dashun Wang, in this collection.
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Economics
2 Factors Will Determine How Much AI Transforms Our Economy
They’ll also dictate how workers stand to fare.
Benjamin F. Jones
May 1, 2023
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Innovation
How AI Can Help Researchers Navigate the “Replication Crisis”
A new tool predicts whether a specific study is likely to replicate, building confidence in the findings among scientists, funding agencies, and the public.
Wu Youyou, Yang Yang and Brian Uzzi
July 1, 2023
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Innovation
How the Metaverse Could Shape Science
Augmented reality has the potential to solve old problems—and introduce new ones. Is it time to establish guardrails?
Diego Gómez-Zará, Peter Schiffer and Dashun Wang
June 21, 2023
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The Science Behind the Growing Importance of Collaboration
Plus, ideas for designing spaces that encourage employees to team up in unique ways.
Benjamin F. Jones
September 6, 2017
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Entrepreneurship
How Old Are Successful Tech Entrepreneurs?
A definitive new study dispels the myth of the Silicon Valley wunderkind.
Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin F. Jones, J. Daniel Kim and Javier Miranda
May 15, 2018
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Data Analytics
How AI Can Help Weed Out Faulty Scientific Research
Solid science is more important than ever, yet experts often struggle to predict which studies will replicate. Artificial intelligence could do the job better.
Yang Yang, Wu Youyou and Brian Uzzi
August 4, 2020
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Careers
To Land Top Jobs, Women Need Different Types of Networks than Men
Simply being well-connected is not enough.
Yang Yang, Nitesh V. Chawla and Brian Uzzi
March 1, 2019
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Data Analytics
3 Ways AI Can Help You Improve Diversity
Your company already holds the data that can lead to sustainable change.
Brian Uzzi
August 19, 2021
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Innovation
Meet Adam, the “Scientist” Who Never Sleeps
An excerpt from the book The Science of Science shows how robots may soon be able to run their own experiments—from start to finish.
Dashun Wang and Albert-László Barabási
November 17, 2020
![Due to the recency effect, an innovator bases her next career move off of previous experience in a similar knowledge space.](/imager/clientcontent/35774/Innovation_24b460fa1ebea811277db04848c0c9ae.jpg 300w, /imager/clientcontent/35774/Innovation_827c6770ff3212869f8cd62919d4ad9e.jpg 150w, /imager/clientcontent/35774/Innovation_d790d93e6f5615a6551c6dd7531f3901.jpg 25w)
Careers
How Innovators Choose Their Next Career Move
There is an overarching pattern in how innovators, like Elon Musk, shift their focus over time.
Tao Jia, Dashun Wang and Boleslaw K. Szymanski
August 2, 2017
![AI researchers and scholars of the humanities and social sciences sit at different tables, reflecting the growing gap between their disciplines.](/imager/clientcontent/133732/WangAICitations_24b460fa1ebea811277db04848c0c9ae.jpg 300w, /imager/clientcontent/133732/WangAICitations_827c6770ff3212869f8cd62919d4ad9e.jpg 150w, /imager/clientcontent/133732/WangAICitations_d790d93e6f5615a6551c6dd7531f3901.jpg 25w)
Innovation
AI and the Social Sciences Used to Talk More. Now They’ve Drifted Apart.
Research shows that the gap between these disciplines is growing, which could make it harder to address social and ethical problems.
Morgan R. Frank, Dashun Wang, Manuel Cebrian and Iyad Rahwan
July 1, 2019