Arnout van de Rijt (born March 29, 1978) is Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute (EUI).
Van de Rijt is known for his work on the Matthew effect and social network evolution.
[2] Van de Rijt received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell University (2007).
[3] He joined the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI) in 2019.
[4] In 2010 Van de Rijt was awarded the Lynton Freeman award from the International Network for Social Network Analysis[5] and in 2017 the Raymond Boudon prize from the European Academy of Sociology.