Antonio Peruzzi

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, working at the intersection of Bayesian statistics, Econometrics, and Complex Networks. I combine knowledge from computational statistics, especially Markov Chain Monte Carlo, and computer science to code efficient algorithms for the models I develop. My current research focuses on Latent Space network models, with meaningful applications spanning diverse socio-economic domains, including Media Economics and Quantitative Finance. Throughout my academic career, I pursued not only frontier research, but also high-quality teaching and public outreach.

Previously, I worked as a Senior Scientist at Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt. 

I obtained my Ph.D. in Economics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice under the supervision of Prof. Roberto Casarin.

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📢  New Pubblication

I’m happy to share that the paper "Media Bias and Polarization Through the Lens of a Markov Switching Latent Space Network Model"  coauthored with Roberto Casarin and Mark Steel has been published in the Annals of Applied Statistics. Here is a link to the paper which is accessible open access.

https://projecteuclid.org/journals/annals-of-applied-statistics/volume-19/issue-4/Media-bias-and-polarization-through-the-lens-of-a-Markov/10.1214/25-AOAS2069.short

In this paper, we: 

✅ Propose a new measure of media bias that combines network data with text-based indicators;

✅ Introduce Markov-switching dynamics to capture changing polarization regimes in a parsimonious way;

✅ Provide new theoretical results on the statistical properties of latent space network models;

✅ Apply the model to Facebook news activity from four European countries (2015–2016) to study media bias and polarization.