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Education

• PhD in Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, 2026
  • Thesis on how online media environments and residential neighbourhoods shape political attitudes in the UK.
  • Viva: 31 March 2026. Examiners: Prof. Peter Thisted Dinesen (University of Copenhagen) and Prof. Özlem Atikcan (University of Warwick). Outcome: pass with no corrections.
  • Supervisors: Prof. Vincenzo Bove and Dr Andreas Murr.
• MSc in Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 2020
  • 110/110 cum laude (GPA 29.5/30).
• BSc in Business with Computer Science, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 2018

Current position

• May 2024 – present: Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Horizon Europe project DEMETRA on deliberative policy-making for sustainable food systems (PI: Prof. Maria Grasso). A seven-country, eleven-institution consortium.
  • Consortium-wide coordination; ethics governance and central ethics-approval lead across partners; project planning documents (ethics, data management, communication, dissemination & exploitation); European Commission reporting; qualitative field research; policy briefs and outreach.

Earlier academic experience

• Oct 2023 – Apr 2024: Research Associate
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • ESRC project “The Impact of Political Humour on Political Attitudes and Behaviours” (PI: Prof. Maria Grasso). Co-designed one survey and three pre-registered survey experiments, from ethics application to fielding and analysis.
• Jul – Dec 2022: Research Associate (UK Home Office advisory)
  • University of Warwick
  • ESRC project “Terror, Attitudes, and Wellbeing” (PI: Prof. Vincenzo Bove). Quantified the impact of terrorism on London public transport; built the project’s geospatial layer in Python.
• Sep 2021 – Sep 2023: Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • University of Warwick
  • Sole tutor (under the module leader) for Introduction to Quantitative Political Analysis (BSc Politics) in 2021–22; seminars and computer classes for Quantitative Political Analysis I and II.
• May – Nov 2019: Research Assistant
  • Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
  • Quantitative and qualitative work on a Banca IFIS–commissioned study of SME competitive strategy.

Visiting positions

• University of Amsterdam (2024)
• King’s College London (2024)
• University of Gothenburg (2023), EUTOPIA Visiting PhD

Publications and working papers

Refereed journal articles

• Co-author. “Polarising punchlines: The influence of intergroup humour on partisan affective polarisation.” Revise and resubmit, Political Studies.

In preparation

• Sole-authored. “Downloading polarisation: Online information consumption and political affective polarisation in the UK.” Target submission: summer 2026.
• Sole-authored. “Good neighbours? Neighbourhood segregation and attitudes toward immigration in the UK.” Target submission: summer 2026.
• Lead author. “Breaking the ice: The impact of humorous communication on climate change attitudes and political participation.” ESRC humour project.
• Co-author. “‘OK Boomer’: The influence of humour on intergenerational hostility and polarisation.” ESRC humour project.
• Lead author. “Ecological and economic cost of terror: The impact of terrorist attacks on London commuting patterns.”

Policy briefs and data deposits

• Two DEMETRA project policy briefs (co-developed with the consortium; addressed to European Commission, national and local policymakers, municipalities, and practitioners).
• Four datasets from the ESRC humour project deposited on the UK Data Service ReShare repository.

Selected presentations

• “Breaking the ice…” — MPSA Annual Conference, Chicago (2024); PSA Annual Conference, Glasgow (2024); Politics and Society Workshop, QMUL (2026).
• “Media consumption and affective polarisation” — SISP, Genoa (2023); EPOP, Newcastle (2022); ECPR, Innsbruck (2022).
• “Segregation and anti-immigration attitudes” — SISP, Genoa (2023); EPOP, Southampton (2023).

Service and organising

• Lead organiser, DEMETRA consortium meeting (QMUL, 2024) and the DEMETRA × DESPO ERC Politics and Society Workshop (QMUL, 2026).
• Organising committee and chair, international conference “Terrorism, Public Attitudes and Individual Well-being” (Warwick, 2022).
• Co-founder and co-chair, Quantitative Solutions & Networking Series (Warwick, 2022); co-chair, CRIPS graduate working group (Warwick, 2020–21).

Awards and scholarships

• PhD scholarship (full fees and stipend), University of Warwick (2020–2024).
• EUTOPIA Visiting PhD scholarship, University of Gothenburg (2022).
• AutoScout24 prize for BSc dissertation with full marks (top 1%), 2018.

Skills

• Methods: causal inference; panel-data analysis; instrumental variables; survey design and pre-registered survey experiments; geospatial analysis; segregation indices.
• Tools: R, Stata, Python, SQL, LaTeX, Git.
• Languages: Italian (native), German (native), English (C2), Dutch (C1), Spanish (B2), French (B1).