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Professor Contractor has been at the forefront of three emerging interdisciplines: network science, computational social science and web science. He is investigating how social and knowledge networks form – and perform - in contexts including business, scientific communities, healthcare and space travel.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Communication, PhD, University of Southern California
… → 1987
Communication, MA, University of Southern California
… → 1986
Electrical Engineering, BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
… → 1983
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Collaborative Research: HNDS-R: Advancing Diverse Viable Effective Networked Teams (ADVENT)
Contractor, N. (PD/PI)
9/1/24 → 8/31/27
Project: Research project
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SSCC-PG WECAN Smart Toolkit: Wellbeing Enhancement through Crowd-sourced Assessment of Neighborhood-infrastructure
Contractor, N. (PD/PI), Contractor, N. (PD/PI) & Contractor, N. (PD/PI)
Southern Methodist University, National Science Foundation
5/1/24 → 4/30/26
Project: Research project
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T.E.A.M.S.: Teamwork for Enhanced Adaptive Machine Synergies
Contractor, N. (PD/PI), Contractor, N. (PD/PI), Contractor, N. (PD/PI), DeChurch, L. A. (Co-PD/PI), DeChurch, L. A. (Co-PD/PI), DeChurch, L. A. (Co-PD/PI), Lu, Y. (Co-PD/PI) & Lu, Y. (Co-PD/PI)
9/29/23 → 6/24/27
Project: Research project
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Network Canvas 2.0: Enhancing network data capture for drug use and HIV research
Birkett, M. A. (PD/PI), Birkett, M. A. (PD/PI), Janulis, P. (PD/PI), Janulis, P. (PD/PI), Contractor, N. (Co-Investigator), Contractor, N. (Co-Investigator), Phillips II, G. (Co-Investigator) & Phillips II, G. (Co-Investigator)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
4/1/23 → 1/31/28
Project: Research project
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Composing Teams with TEAMSTaR: Tool for Evaluating And Mitigating Space Team Risk
Contractor, N. (PD/PI), Contractor, N. (PD/PI), Contractor, N. (PD/PI) & Contractor, N. (PD/PI)
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
4/15/21 → 9/30/25
Project: Research project
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Modeling the “who” and “how” of social influence in the adoption of health practices
Modi, N., Koskinen, J., DeChurch, L. & Contractor, N., Jul 2025, In: Social Networks. 82, p. 99-110 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Product Design Incorporating Competition Relations: A Network-Based Design Framework Considering Local Dependencies
Xiao, Y., Cui, Y., Koskinen, J., Contractor, N., Chen, W. & Sha, Z., Feb 1 2025, In: Journal of Mechanical Design. 147, 2, 021702.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The differential impacts of team diversity as variability versus atypicality on team effectiveness
Modi, N., Lungeanu, A. I., DeChurch, L. & Contractor, N., Dec 2025, In: Scientific reports. 15, 1, 4461.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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We Are a go for launch! working with NASA to forecast and improve team dynamics in space missions
Contractor, N. & DeChurch, L., 2025, In: Journal of Applied Communication Research. 53, 1, p. 62-65 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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BOUNDARY TRANSITIONS IN DYNAMIC TEAMWORK
Asencio, R., Mesmer-Magnus, J. R., Dechurch, L. A. & Contractor, N., Jul 2024, In: Academy of Management Review. 49, 3, p. 597-617 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations
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US Patent Similarity Data
Whalen, R. (Contributor), Lungeanu, A. (Contributor), DeChurch, L. (Contributor) & Contractor, N. (Contributor), ZENODO, Nov 25 2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7735726, https://zenodo.org/record/7735726
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Conditioning team cognition: A meta-analysis
Niler, A. A. (Creator), Mesmer-Magnus, J. R. (Creator), Larson, L. E. (Creator), Plummer, G. (Creator), DeChurch, L. A. (Creator) & Contractor, N. S. (Contributor), SAGE Journals, 2020
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5229326, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Conditioning_team_cognition_A_meta-analysis/5229326
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US Patent Similarity Data
Whalen, R. (Contributor), Lungeanu, A. (Contributor), DeChurch, L. (Contributor) & Contractor, N. (Contributor), ZENODO, 2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3552078, https://zenodo.org/record/3552078
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