This position is funded through the NSF Engines: North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine supported by the U.S. The National Science Foundation (award #2315315).  The aim of this fellowship is to assist Dr. Josh Marineau in the study of the local and regional entrepreneurial/innovation ecosystems through primarily a social network lens. The immediate study will focus on capturing the evolution, growth, and change of the broader ecosystem through meaningful and reliable measurement of the social networks of individuals, groups, and organizations over time. This will include the development of innovative methodology and theory that captures the complex social processes of innovation within a large social system. However, other research questions will also be pursued, such