There is an explosion of research, offerings, education and interest in social network analysis (SNA). SNA is the study of the patterns and structures of relationships.
One leading indicator of the enormous importance of network analysis to people, business, government, militaries and society is the explosion of network research centers at major universities. Below, is a sample.
Centers for Network Research are aiding the global transformation from a function and process model to the network mindset. Network thinking, orientation, visualizations, theory, etc. has finally arrived. The network comprehension is rising fast for organizations, businesses, industries, the environment and civil society. Leaders take heed.
For further details, including URLs, please visit the main Network Research Centers Site. There you may access, share and sponsor the curation of global Network Research Centers.
Network Research Centers
| Institution | Name | Location |
| ARSChile | ARSChile | Santiago, Chile |
| Australian National | Observatory for Networks (VOSON) | Canberra, Australia |
| Bowdoin College | Social Network Innovation Lab | Brunswick, Maine |
| Carnegie Mellon | (CASOS) | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Central European | Center for Network Science (CNS) | Budapest, Hungary |
| Centre for Globalisation | Network Dynamics and Governance | Hamburg, Germany |
| Columbia | Center on Organizational Innovation | New York, NY |
| European Coalition | Coalition Theory Network (CTN) | Various countries in Europe |
| Harvard | Program on Networked Governance | Cambridge, MA |
| Helsinki University | Value Networks | Helsinki, Finland |
| Independent | Social Media Research Foundation | Belmont, CA |
| Indiana University | Center for Complex Networks | Bloomington, IN |
| Indiana University | Network Workbench | Bloomington, IN |
| Iowa State | Agent-based computational economics | Ames, IA |
| KAIST | Socio-Economic Systems Lab | Daejeon, Korea |
| MIT | Human Dynamics Laboratory | Cambridge, MA |
| Northwestern | Institute on Complex Systems | Evanston, IL |
| Northwestern(2) | Science of Networks in Communities | Evanston, IL |
| Nuffield Network | Network of Network Researchers | Oxford, UK |
| NYU Stern Business | NET Institute | New York, NY |
| Oxford | CABDyN Complexity Centre | Oxford, UK |
| Oxford(2) | Privacy Value Networks | Oxford, UK |
| Stanford | Silicon Valley Networks Analysis Project | Stanford, CA |
| UCLA | Human Complex Systems | Los Angeles, CA |
| UMass Amherst | Center for Super Networks | Amherst, MA |
| Universitat Autònoma | Egolab-GRAFO | Barcelona, Spain |
| University of Freiburg | Organization and HR-Management | Freiburg (Germany) |
| University of Greenwich | Centre for Business Network Analysis | London, UK |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Center on Organizational Dynamics | Chicago, IL |
| University of Irvine | Mathematical Behavioral Sciences | Irvine, CA |
| University of Kentucky | LINKS Center | Lexington, KY |
| University of Ljubljana | University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| University of Melbourne | Social Networks laboratory (MELNET) | Melbourne, Australia |
| University of Notre Dame | Network Science & Applications | Notre Dame, IN |
| University of Southern California | Annenberg Networks Network | Los Angeles |
| University of Surrey | Business Clusters | University of Surrey |
| University of Toronto | Bader Lab | Toronto, Canada |
| University of Toronto(2) | Netlab | Toronto, Canada |
| University of Washington | Statistics And The Social Sciences | Seattle, WA |
| University of Zurich | Applications of Social Network Analysis | Zurich, Switzerland |
