# Network Contagion Research Institute
**Entity class:** Research institute
**Aliases:** NCRI
**Maturity:** Developed
## Definition
The **Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)** studies how hostile narratives, coded language, and coordinated online behavior move across platforms and connect with real-world risk. Its work combines social science, network analysis, and machine learning.
## Relationships
- **directed by:** [[wiki/Joel Finkelstein|Joel Finkelstein]] in the source dossier.
- **studies:** [[wiki/Cyber Swarm|Cyber Swarm]], [[wiki/Memetic Contagion and Violent Extremism|Memetic Contagion]], and [[wiki/SOCMINT|SOCMINT]].
- **method:** [[wiki/Graph Analytics|Graph Analytics]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [NCRI — About](https://networkcontagion.us/about/)
- [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]