Social and Economic Networks

Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis is an introductory network theory and analysis course offered by Stanford through the Coursera MOOC platform geared toward learners who are comfortable with basic statistics, probability and linear algebra.

A solid, well-structured, introduction into the theory of network analysis applied to social and economic networks, by Professor Matthew O. Jackson, supported by his book "Social and Economic Networks" (optional).

The course has 7 weeks of lecture content covering network basics, measures of centrality, network formation models and diffusion, learning and games on networks.

However, there are still several concepts I'm really, really fuzzy on, such as Pareto efficiency, games on networks, Nash stability, & strategic complements/substitutes.

Extremely interesting and very well presented course.

Very complex topic, very well presented.

The Professor is to the point and doesn't lack knowledge in his field.I'd recommend this course for anyone interested in Economics.

I highly recommend this course.

Prof. Jackson is an outstanding teacher, and I very much enjoyed this course.

I also think that Prof. Jackson's treatment of mathematical concepts is entirely optimal given the diverse audience he most likely has: it is technical, but definitely not going into the more formal details you would get in a math course.

This is highly recommended to anyone interested in Social Networks and networks or graph theory in general.

I highly recommend it, and after that you are ready to read the literature of the area.

Probably gonna do some studying on my own now :) Great teacher A great course for anyone interested in learning about networks and social interactions.

I recommend it to anyone interested in analyzing how societies and their members behave and that when it seems difficult you stick it out.

The 8th week is reserved for a final exam.

The quizzes and final exam are definitely doable but understanding everything perfectly is not an easy task.

Hopefully this lecture give more interactive approach (like animated presentation, pop up question, and so on) rather than voice of text in the slide The discussion forums ought to be more responsive Wonderful course Exceptional Course and very good teaching !!!

It should have a demonstrative part rather than just talking about it and showing the formula.

This course is amazing, worth it a lot, I learned about game theory, mathematics, sociology.

Although for coursera standars, its very extensive and not so basic, that´s why I think its great I began my MOOCaholicism with his Game Theory class a year ago.

Very intresting Very interesting and comprehensive coverage of networks.

Very interesting and applicable subject matter taught in a very engaging way.