id: 05504378 dt: a an: 05504378 au: Moreno, Y. ti: The structure of collective behavior in complex topologies. so: Criado, Regino (ed.) et al., New trends and tools in complex networks. Proceedings of the 2007 international conference on modeling and computation on complex networks and related topics, Net-Works 2007, Aranjuez, Spain, September 10‒11, 2007. Madrid: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ISBN 978-84-690-6890-8). 97-106 (2007). py: 2007 pu: Madrid: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos la: EN cc: ut: complex networks; synchronization phenomena; evolutionary game theory ci: li: ab: Summary: Modern network theory has produced a number of relevant results in the last few years. However, there are still many relevant questions open, particularly, when it comes to comprehend the relation between the structure and function (dynamics) of networked systems. In this contribution, we briefly address some of the most recent advances on the emergence of collective behavior in complex networks focusing on two generic phenomena that support our findings: the synchronization of phase oscillators and the emergence of cooperation through game modeling. The results show that there are some regularities that unveil universal principles, pointing to new organizing relationships in the interplay between the structure and function of complex networks that might provide new insights into why the class of scale-free networks are so ubiquitous in Nature. we round off the discussion by highlighting the current trends in this exciting and emerging field of research. rv: