Filippo Andrei

March 2024, PhD in Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento.Thesis title: "Unveiling the Shadows: A cognitive approach to understanding social influence strategies for establishing social order in darknet markets"

2023, Computational Summer school on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS), Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior, Konstanz, Germany.

2022, Summer Institute in Computational Social Science, Nova School of Business and Economics, Carcavelos, Portugal.

2021, Summer course in Data Science, University of Utrecht.

2015-2018, M.A Communication and I.C.T (Cum laude), Università Studi di Torino. Thesis title: “Trust and cooperation in cryptomarket for illegal drugs.”

2011-2014, Bachelor Degree in Sociology and Social Policy (Cum laude), Università degli  studi di Firenze. Thesis title: “From the online community to the economy of platforms.”

My research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that create and hinder cognitive biases in the digital world. I also investigate how social and cognitive structures influence decision-making.

I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher on the ALGOLIT project under the supervision of Professor Giuseppe Veltri. ALGOLIT focuses on developing a new cognitive measure of algorithmic literacy and identifying the aspects that contribute to its enhancement.

I obtained my PhD in Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento in March 2024 with a thesis entitled "Unveiling the Shadows: A cognitive approach to understanding social influence strategies for establishing social order in darknet markets". 

Teaching 

2024, Class on digital methods for social Science within “Models of Interaction andSocial Netwok Analysis” (taught by Davide. Barrera), University of Turin

2022, Class on digital methods for social Science within “Models of Interaction andSocial Netwok Analysis” (taught by Davide. Barrera), University of Turin

2022, Teaching assistant, “Laboratory Designing organizational wellness 4.0”, University of Milano Bicocca

2021, Class on digital methods for social Science within “Models of Interaction and Social Network Analysis” (taught by Davide. Barrera), University of Turin.

2020, Class on digital methods for social Science within “Models of Interaction and Social Network Analysis” (taught by Davide. Barrera), University of Turin.

2019, Class on digital methods for social Science within “Models of Interaction and Social Network Analysis” (taught by Davide. Barrera), University of Turin.

2019, Teaching assistant, course in “Architecture of the organizations” (taught by Francesca Ricciardi and Lia Tirabeni), University of Turin (Department of Management).

2018 (October) - 2019 (February), Teaching assistant, course in organization and social skills for industry 4.0 (taught by Lia Tirabeni), Polytechnic of Turin.

2018, Class on digital methods for social Science within “Models of Interactionand Social Network Analysis” (taught by Davide. Barrera), University of Turin.

• Utilization of digital methods in social science research, including computational sociology
• Digital technology and its impact on behavior and society
• Digital Crime
• Cognitive mechanisms in the digital realm
• Trust issues in online interactions
• Norm violations and their implications in digital environments
• Cooperation challenges in digital contexts
• Social psychology, particularly focusing on online group processes
• Algorithm literacy.

I am currently working on the ALGOLIT project under the supervision of Professor Giuseppe Veltri. ALGOLIT focuses on developing a new cognitive measure of algorithmic literacy and identifying the factors that enhance it. Simultaneously, I investigate the spread of illegal online markets, with a particular focus on illegal drugs.

Scientific Committee and the scientific association:

• Member of the European Society of Criminology
• Member of the Center for Computational Social Science and Human Dynamics, Trento
• Scientific Member of the Scientific Committee, Center for Computational Social Science and Human Dynamics, Italy

Review activity for:

• 2024: “Sociological Science”;“Obesity Facts”
• 2023:"The International journal on drug policy”
• 2022:“Social forces”

Academic year 2014/2015, Award as the best graduated in Sociology and Social policy at the University of Florence.

Conference:

• 2024, Conference: 24th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology
  Title: ”Signalling Strategies and Opportunistic Behaviour: Insights from Dark-net Markets”
  Venue: Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest.
• 2024, Conference: Sixth Annual Conference on Experimental Sociology (ACES)
  Title: ”Social Norm Nudges Increase Preference for Legal Cannabis Products”
  Venue: University of Turin.
• 2024, Conference: 31st Nordic Sociological Association Conference
  Title: ”Signalling Strategies and Opportunistic Behaviour: Insights from Dark-net Markets”
  Venue: Link¨oping University (Campus Norrkoping).
• 2022, “Status spill-over in cryptomarket for illegal goods”, Annual meeting of Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics, University of Amsterdam – Amsterdam, The Netherlans
• 2022, “Status spill-over in cryptomarket for illegal goods” 14th Annual Conference of the International Network of Analytical Sociologists (INAS), Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute-Florence, Italy

Seminar by invitations:

• 2023, “Status spill-over in cryptomarket for illegal goods”, Department of Information Policy and Governance, Faculty of Media & Knowledge Sciences, University of Malta. Seminar organized by Prof.Joe Cannataci - Security Research-.
• 2021, “Between Bodies and Devices: Digitization processes and worker well being in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”; Seminar: ‘WORK AND DIGITALIZATION: Subjectivity, control and quality of work’, organized by Barbara Poggio, at the University of Trento
• 2019, (April) “The mechanism of Cooperation in Crypto market for illegal drugs” Invited seminar at the Institute of the sociology of the University of Bern Switzerland with Prof. Davide Barrera.
• 2019, (April) “This must be the place: The importance of urban space at the time of the Platform economy” Seminar: “Riders e città” organized by Ivana Pais Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano.

Italian Delegate in Eurodoc 2023-Ongoing
Eurodoc represents and advocates for PhD students and early career researchers in European institutions. The organization focuses on improving research standards, organizing events, and participating in policy discussions at the European level