Recently Published Research:
- Uzzi, Brian and Julio M Ottino. "Self-Driving Science". American Scientist, August 2026 (PDF Version)
- Ottino, Julio M and Brian Uzzi. "Progression without progress". Science, May 2026
- Diego.F.M. Oliveira, Qian Huang, Terasa K. Woodruff, & Brian Uzzi "How the 2025 NIH grant terminations varied by researchers’ demographic groups", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (13) e2527755123 (2026).
Recent Media Hits:
NICO News: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award Will Let NICO Researchers Listen in on Scientific Brainstorms (September 2026)
WSJ: The Myth of the Lone Inventor Is Largely Just That—a Myth (April 2026)
Brian Uzzi is the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He also co-directs the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), the Ryan Institute on Complexity (RIC), and holds professorships in sociology at Northwestern’s Weinberg College and in industrial engineering and management sciences at the McCormick School of Engineering.
Brian's research uses social network science and computational methods to explain outstanding human achievement, focusing on the role of AI in mind and machine partnerships. Brian has been awarded over 30 teaching and research prizes worldwide in social, physical, and computer sciences, he is a Network Science Society Fellow, a recipient of the Euler Award, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.