Brennan Klein is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Network Science Institute, with a joint affiliation at the Institute for Experiential AI. He is the director of the Complexity & Society Lab. His research spans two broad topics: 1) Information, emergence, and inference in complex systems — developing tools and theory for characterizing dynamics, structure, and scale in networks, and 2) Public health and public safety — creating and analyzing large scale datasets that reveal inequalities in the United States, from epidemics to mass incarceration. Dr. Klein received a PhD in Network Science in 2020 from Northeastern University and got his BA in Cognitive Science & Psychology from Swarthmore College in 2014.
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177 Huntington Ave
New College of the Humanities
Devon House
58 St Katharine’s Way
London, E1W 1LP, UK
Devon House
58 St Katharine’s Way
London, E1W 1LP, UK
The Roux Institute
100 Fore St
Portland, ME 04101
100 Fore St
Portland, ME 04101
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1013
Boston, MA 02115
*Primarily remote
Portland, ME
Contact
b.klein@northeastern.edu
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@jkbren

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April 25, 2023
COVID-19 prison releases exposed inequities in the US incarceration system, Northeastern researchers sayCOVID-19 prison releases exposed inequities in the US incarceration system, Northeastern researchers sayNortheastern Global News
April 19, 2023
Pandemic may have been a setback for racial makeup of U.S. prisonsPandemic may have been a setback for racial makeup of U.S. prisonsScience
April 19, 2023
COVID pandemic increased racial disparities in US prison populationsCOVID pandemic increased racial disparities in US prison populationsNature
October 20, 2022
Brennan Klein Speaks About Complexity & Inequity at the CCS2022 WorkshopBrennan Klein Speaks About Complexity & Inequity at the CCS2022 WorkshopTwitter
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