Brian Uzzi

Brian D. Uzzi
EducationState University of New York at Stony Brook (PhD)
Carnegie Mellon University (MS)
Hofstra University (BA)
Scientific career
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Institutions
ThesisThe Dynamics of Organizational Networks: Structural Embeddedness and Economic Behavior (1993)
Doctoral advisorsMark Granovetter
Michael Schwartz
Frank Romo
Websitewww.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/uzzi/

Brian Dondiego Uzzi is an American sociologist and the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is known for his work on problems in the fields of sociology, network science, the science of science, and complex systems. He is the co-director of both the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO) and The Ryan Institute on Complexity, is a professor of sociology, and a professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at the McCormick School of Engineering. Since 2019, Uzzi has written a column for Forbes on Leadership and artificial intelligence.