Marc Ventresca is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford Said Business School. His work focuses on entrepreneurs and social innovators, understanding how they build networks to support their initiatives and how those networks evolve over time. In this episode we discuss: - How entrepreneurs and social innovators build networks to support their goals - The role of diversity in those networks and the opportunity it unlocks - Recommendations for how to grow your network as an...

Janice McCabe is an associate professor of sociology at Dartmouth College and author of Connecting in College. Her research explores how students make and keep friends and how their friendship networks help or hurt their academic and social success. In this episode we discuss: - The different types of friend network structures - How gender and race show up in the context of Janice's work on networks - The nature of multiplex ties and how they help students maintain friendships over time

Scott David is the founder of Shapeable.ai and was previously Head of Information Interaction at the World Economic Forum. He supports social innovators by creating knowledge graphs that unpack complex issues and identify the relevant stakeholders to drive change. In this episode we discuss: - The things that can be described as a network and how that influences your view - What knowledge graphs are and what makes them so powerful - How Scott uses knowledge graphs to engage stakeholders...

The Reliants Project is a podcast about how networks shape your wellbeing, relationships and community. In this introductory episode I give some background to my story and talk about the importance of network science in helping you actively cultivate your network, whether your goal is to build your relationships more deliberately, make better introductions, or activate networks to make an impact in the world.