Battiston, Stefano, Dr.

Research Interests

Systemic Risk in Financial Networks
Cascades of bankruptcy and propagation of financial distress
Evolution and Structure of Economic Networks
Ownerships, Boards of Directors, Production, Supply, Credit
Beyond On-line Social Networks
Collective Evaluation, Trust, Recommender Systems

Vision

I believe that the combination of models and empirical studies in economic and social networks will lead to major changes in the way we conceive economic interactions and sustainable development.

Background

My background is Physics (Laurea Thesis in SISSA, Trieste and a PhD in Physics, Paris VII), but I also hold a M.Sc. in Neuroscience from Brandeis University. Initially I worked three years on Information Processing in Networks of Neural Cells, before devoting myself to Socio-Economic networks. Full CV (not updated) in pdf : >>

Research Activities

Networks of Firms >> ... SG Research

• Avalanches of failures and propagation of financial distress
• Capital control structure in stock markets
• Foreign investment networks: ownership and geography
• Boards of directors: networks and decision making process

Networks of Social Agents >> ... SG Research

• Social networks
• Trust, recommendation systems
• Buyers-Sellers in e-Markets
• Coalition formation

Publications