Themes

These are some broad and specific themes of interest. These include topics from previously completed works and also from ongoing works or future collaborations.

SOCIAL CONTEXTS
  • Influence in Networked Contexts
    • Digital Platforms
    • Large Scale Networks
    • Opinions, Health, Education, Innovation
  • News Media & Communication
    • Topic Coverage & Framing
    • Democracy & Political Roles
    • Public Opinion, Polarization
  • Social Media & Information Spread
    • Fake Information (Veracity), Credibility
    • Echo Chambers & Polarization
BUSINESS CONTEXTS
  • Consumer Behaviour
    • Product Diffusion
    • Persuasive Communication
    • Emotions
  • Organizational Behaviour
    • Community Analysis
    • Growth of Firms
    • Team Performance
  • Supply Chain Networks & Decisions
    • Resilience & Risk Analysis
    • Homophily in Decisions
INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS
  • Climate Change
    • Consumer Behaviour (Consumerism)
    • Regulations & Energy Innovations
  • Health & Epidemics
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Innovation
  • Markets
    • Risk
    • Economic & Financial Impacts
    • Financial Networks
A common thread is the interest to investigate individual, group, and collective behaviour in various contexts (social, business, economic) with scope for interdisciplinary insights and methods. Another common thread is the interest to investigate behaviour using (social) networks and communications.

Previous & Ongoing Work

Completed and ongoing projects, and funded projects can be found here, including commentaries and references to data sets (wherever possible).

Acknowledgments

Valuable discussions and feedback at various events and workshops. Funding from institutions for various activities.

Funding
Select Conferences & Events

International Conference on Computational Social Science (Amsterdam 2019)

European Conference on Social Networks (Zurich 2019)

International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications (Cambridge, UK 2018)

Various conferences and seminars, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (Lucca, 2016-2019)

PhD Workshop, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa, 2019)

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