The Law of the Few
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Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures
The Law of the Few
Sanjeev Goyal
The study of networks offers a fruitful approach to understanding human behaviour. Sanjeev Goyal is one of its pioneers. In this lecture Sanjeev presents a puzzle:
In social communities, the vast majority of individuals get their information from a very small subset of the group – the influencers, connectors, and opinion leaders. But empirical research suggests that there are only minor differences between the influencers and the others. Using mathematical modelling of individual activity and networking and experiments with human subjects, Sanjeev helps explain the puzzle and the economic trade-offs it contains.
Professor Sanjeev Goyal FBA is the Chair of the Economics Faculty at the University of Cambridge and was the founding Director of the Cambridge-INET Institute.
28 June 2017
5.00-6.00pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Mathematical Institute
Oxford
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Date:
28 June 2017, 17:00 (Wednesday, 10th week, Trinity 2017)
Venue:
Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details:
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG
Speaker:
Professor Sanjeev Goyal (University of Cambridge)
Organising department:
Mathematical Institute
Organiser:
Dyrol Lumbard (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
lumbard@maths.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dyrol Lumbard (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures
Booking required?:
Required
Booking email:
external-relations@maths.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
n/a
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Dyrol Lumbard
