I am a Lecturer in Data Analytics in the Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. I am also affiliated with the Data Science Institute at the University of Technology Sydney.

19 July 2022 Presenter ADM+S (Automated Decision-Making and Society) Misinformation Workshop Melbourne, Australia

  • Presentation title: ‘Controlling authentically spread misinformation: Practical and Ethical Challenges for platform moderation, Mapping and Countering the Diffusion of Hate Speech Across Social Media’.

14 July 2022 Presenter (paper) International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) Sunbelt 2022 Conference Cairns, Australia

  • Presentation title:’ Riding Information Crises: The Australian Far-right community in the Twittersphere’.

6-9 June 2022 Author with Quyu Kong, Emily Booth, Amelia Johns, Marian-Andrei Rizoiu (paper) 16th International Conference on Web and Social Media Atlanta, Georgia

  • Paper title:’Slipping to the Extreme: A Mixed Method to Explain How Extreme Opinions Infiltrate Online Discussions’.

13-16 Oct 2021 Presenter with James Meese and Edward Hurcombe (paper) The 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR) Melbourne, Australia

  • Presentation title:’The institutional impacts of algorithmic distribution: Facebook and the Australian news media’.

20-22 September 2021 2021 Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference: Politics in the Age of Uncertainty Presenter with Kurt Sengul (paper) Virtual conference

  • Presentation title:’21st century populism in Australia and in Italy: A comparative analysis’.

8-11 September 2021 Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) Conference 2021 Presenter with Gabriele Abbondanza (paper) Virtual conference

  • Presentation title:’COVID-19 and human security: environmental, social, and medical risk factors’.

9 July 2021 Presenter with with Amelia Johns (paper) Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Conference Melbourne, Australia

  • Presentation title:’Have Facebook’s policy changes addressed the circulation of health misinformation on its platform during COVID-19? Findings from a study monitoring anti-vax and far-right public pages (2019-2021)’.

9 July 2021 Presenter with James Meese and Edward Hurcombe (paper) Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Conference Melbourne, Australia

  • Presentation title:’The institutional impacts of algorithmic distribution: Facebook and the Australian news media’.

17-18 September 2020 Presenter with Amelia Johns and Marian-Andrei Rizoiu Facebook’s 2019 Content Policy Research Initiative Conference Virtual conference

  • Presentation title:’Mapping and countering the diffusion of hate speech across social media’.

1-2 July 2019 Presenter (paper) Social Movements and Parties in a Fractured Media Landscape Florence, Italy

  • Presentation title: ‘Bridging the Void. Distress, Participation and the Electoral Success of the Five Star Movement (2005-2018)’.

1-2 July 2019 Presenter (paper) Social Movements and Parties in a Fractured Media Landscape Florence, Italy

  • Presentation title: ‘Bridging the Void. Distress, Participation and the Electoral Success of the Five Star Movement (2005-2018)’.

23 November 2018 Presenter (paper) Data and politics seminar (United States Studies Centre) Sydney, Australia

  • Presentation title: ‘Social capital, Internet capital and the recruitment networks of political movements: A theoretical and empirical approach’.

3 October 2018 Invited speaker Gale Digital Scholar Lab Roadshow Sydney, Australia

  • Presentation title: ‘Racism in online interactions: Comparing survey data and social media data’.

25-28 September 2018 Presenter (paper) Digital Humanities Australasia 2018 Adelaide, Australia

  • Paper title: ‘Local participation and the Five Star Movement’s results in the 2018 General Election’.

20-21 September 2018 Presenter (paper) The Internet, Policy & Politics academic conference Oxford, UK

18 July 2018 Presenter (paper) Information for Digital Participation Symposium Canberra, Australia

  • Paper title: ‘Local participation and the Five Star Movement’s results in the 2018 General Election’.

16-17 November 2016 Presenter (poster) 1st Australian Social Network Analysis Conference Hawthorn, Australia

  • Poster title: ‘Political stability and the fragmentation of online publics in multilingual states’.

22-23 September 2016 Presenter (paper) Internet, Politics, and Policy Academic Conference Oxford, UK

15-18 June 2016 Presenter (paper) The 8th Pan-European Conference on the European Union Trento, Italy

28-30 September 2015 Presenter (papers) Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference Canberra, Australia

  • Paper title: ‘Networks in the online mobilisation enterprise of Italy’s Five Star Movement’.

  • Paper title: ‘Between anti-elite populism and policy: A textual analysis of the relation between Beppe Grillo’s posts and his commenters’.

11-8 June 2015 Presenter (poster) International Conference on Computational Social Science Helsinki, Finland

12-13 February 2015 Presenter (paper) Australasian Aid Conference Canberra, Australia

5-6 December 2014 Presenter (paper) Third Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Quantitative Political Science Sydney, Australia

  • Paper title: ‘Heterogeneity and fragmentation in online political discussion: A comparative and within-case study analysis of the forums of Italy’s Five Star Movement and Germany’s Pirate Party’.

9-10 October 2014 Presenter (papers) New forms of Digital Communication and Political Organisation Canberra, Australia

  • Paper title: ‘Heterogeneity and fragmentation in online political discussion : A comparative and within-case study analysis of the forums of Italy’s Five Star Movement and Germany’s Pirate Party’.

  • Paper title: ‘From #MarchinMarch to #BustTheBudget: Comparing social media ecologies of Australian protest events’ (with Professor Ariadne Vromen).

28 September-1 October 2014 Presenter (paper) Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference Sydney, Australia

  • Paper title: ‘Prestige in online political talks: A case study of users’ behaviour within the media system of the Five Star Movement’.

25-26 September 2014 Presenter (paper) Internet, Politics, and Policy Academic Conference Oxford, UK

2-3 December 2013 Presenter (paper) Citizen Engagement and New Forms of Political Participation Workshop Canberra, Australia

  • Paper title: ‘Mapping online political forums through network analysis: A case study of the website of Italy’s Five Star Movement’.