Team
Principal Investigators
Principal Investigator — University of Trento
Prof. Giuseppe A. Veltri
Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri holds an MSc in Social Research Methods (Statistics) from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a PhD in Social Psychology from the LSE. He is Full Professor of Computational Social Sciences and Behavioural Data Science at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento. He has been a Lecturer at the University of East Anglia and a Scientific Fellow at the European Commission JRC. He has published in journals such as Nature, Science Advances, Nature Scientific Reports, PLOS One, Computers in Human Behavior, Public Understanding of Science, Big Data & Society, and Behavioural Public Policy.
Co-Principal Investigator — University of Milan
Prof. Flaminio Squazzoni
Flaminio Squazzoni is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan and director of BehaveLab. He teaches Behavioural Sociology. He has been Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Brescia, where he led the GECS Research Group on Experimental and Computational Sociology. He is editor of JASSS — Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, and member of the editorial boards of Research Integrity and Peer Review and Sistemi Intelligenti.
Research Team
Postdoctoral Researcher — University of Trento
Dr. Filippo Andrei
Filippo Andrei obtained his PhD in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Trento in March 2024. His research focuses on the social mechanisms that create biases in the digital world, investigating how social and cognitive structures influence decision-making. His work has been published in the European Sociological Review and the Social Science Computer Review.
PhD Candidate — University of Milan
Pietro Saccomanno
Pietro Saccomanno is a PhD candidate at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan. His doctoral research explores the intersections of digital sociology, communication, and media studies, with a focus on political internet memes and how they inform younger generations. His interests include new forms of communication, public opinion dynamics, and individual behaviour in digital environments.