The members of NORSNET strive to sustain a network capable of continued innovations and progress within both basic and applied social network research. The aims and activities described here spring from a sincerely felt need for social network research in health care, social work and in related areas within education and organisation studies. The network aims to:

• create an accessible community of learning for researchers and practitioners
• provide interaction between students, scholars, clinicians and project managers
• provide opportunities for peer consultation by means of an electronic mailing list
• establish a common understanding of theoretical frameworks, research methods and intervention strategies
• create a Nordic register of scholars, doctoral students and practicians
• establish a database of past, present and planned Nordic social network projects.

This will be accomplished by:

• offering doctoral courses and workshops
• arranging a biannual conference on social network research
• establishing bilateral and multilateral research projects
• enabling researcher mobility
• establishing an electronic discussion group
• facilitating the production of joint publications
• arranging an annual symposium for core members.

The NORSNET vision is that these activities will not only continue, but also develop and diversify.