Social network analysis is now widely used to investigate the dynamics of infectious disease
spread. Vaccination dramatically disrupts disease transmission on a contact network and …

Human societies are organized in complex webs that are constantly reshaped by a social
dynamic which is influenced by the information individuals have about others. Similarly …

From 'fake news' to innovative technologies, many contagions spread as complex
contagions via a process of social reinforcement, where multiple exposures are distinct from …

Background There is an urgent need to understand how the provision of information
influences individual risk perception and how this in turn shapes the evolution of epidemics …

Numerous models explore how a wide variety of biological and social phenomena spread in
social networks. However, these models implicitly assume that the spread of one …

Theoretical models are typically developed through a deductive process where a researcher
formulates a system of dynamic equations from hypothesized mechanisms. Recent …

Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, we've experienced a parallel 'infodemic'of
disinformation, with nutty ideas racing around the globe through Twitter, Facebook, TikTok …

The spreading dynamics of an epidemic and the collective behavioral pattern of the
population over which it spreads are deeply intertwined and the latter can critically shape …

Motivated by the importance of individual differences in risk perception and behavior change
in people's responses to infectious disease outbreaks (particularly the ongoing COVID-19 …

There is a long tradition of using mathematical models to generate insights into the
transmission dynamics of infectious diseases and assess the potential impact of different …