Sociologist based in Milano, Italy. Mainly interested in:

• the link between economic exchange, solidarity, and inter-group conflict
• the impact of social networks on health
• integrating Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) with Social Network Analysis (SNA)
• peer-review evaluation in scientific publishing

Assistant professor of sociology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan (Italy), member of the BehaveLab.

Teaching a graduate course on Social Network Analysis.

Author of Reti sociali. Meccanismi e modelli, covering my recent methodological studies on statistical and computational models of social networks, with a few empirical examples (for Italian readers). Here you can find a few presentation slides (in Italian) summarizing its content. Here is an English presentation. Here is a podcast interview (in Italian).

News

12-9-25: I am excited to announce that I will be co-editing the Elgar Encyclopedia of Analytical Sociology with Filippo Barbera, expected to be published by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2027. We envisage a collective volume expressing the state of the art in theoretical and methodological reflection, as well as empirical contributions.

1-9-25: Today we’re kicking off the 2025 Behave Summer School on Agent-Based Modelling. We’re in for two weeks (introductory and advanced) of agent-based modelling from basic introduction to empirical calibration and estimation, through hands-on coding sessions in NetLogo. Here for more information.

10-7-25: Today I will present a work in progress with Francesco Renzini, entitled “Between solidarity and expediency: uncovering framing-based mechanisms of advice network formation through an empirical agent-based model”, on a session on “Micro-macro explanations with data driven agent-based models” co-organised with Andreas Flache, Marijn Keijzer, and Lucas Sage at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat (Morocco). Here for my presentation slides.

24-6-25: Today and tomorrow I will be co-chairing a session on “Agent-based modelling and social networks” at Sunbelt 2025 – the annual conference of the INSNA - International Network for Social Network Analysis – at Sorbonne University (France), alongside Filip Agneessens and Károly Takács. I will present a work in progress with Francesco Renzini, entitled “Between solidarity and expediency: uncovering framing-based mechanisms of advice network formation through an empirical agent-based model”. Here for my presentation slides.