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Elisa Omodei is an Associate Professor at the Department of Network and Data Science at the Central European University. She holds a BSc and a MSc in Physics from the University of Padua and Bologna, respectively, and a PhD in Applied Mathematics for the Social Sciences from the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) of Paris. She carried out her postdoctoral training at the Rovira and Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain. She then spent over four years at the United Nations, first at UNICEF's Office of Innovation in New York and then at the UN World Food Programme in Rome. She also served as Vice-President Secretary of the Complex Systems Society from 2018 to 2021. In her research, she explores how complexity and data science can help us understand societal issues like political polarization and misinformation spreading, address the needs of the most vulnerable populations and monitor the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Dominating the Narrative: How Scholars Outside of Africa Define African Politics in the Top Political Science Journals
Zimbalist, Z. & Omodei, E., 8 Apr 2026, In: PS: Political Science & Politics. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Easy-access online social media metrics are associated with misinformation sharing activity
Számely, J., Galeazzi, A., Koltai, J. & Omodei, E., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 12 p., 41288.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evacuation patterns and socioeconomic stratification in the context of wildfires
Naushirvanov, T., Elejalde, E., Kalimeri, K., Omodei, E., Karsai, M. & Ferres, L., 18 Mar 2025, In: EPJ Data Science. 14, 1, 19 p., 23.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the relationship between cancer incidence and the sustainable development goals through complex networks and machine learning
Lo sasso, A., Bellantuono, L. & Omodei, E., 28 Oct 2025, In: EPJ Data Science. 14, 1, 18 p., 76.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social media discussions anticipates financial market volumes
Vicentini, G., Nucci, A., Caldarelli, G. & Omodei, E., 1 Mar 2025, In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 661, 11 p., 130388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Replication Data for: Dominating the Narrative: How Scholars Outside of Africa Define African Politics in the Top Political Science Journals
Zimbalist, Z. (Creator) & Omodei, E. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 5 Feb 2026
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/cybr7l
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Data and code for "Machine learning can guide food security efforts when primary data is not available"
Martini, G. (Creator), Bracci, A. (Creator), Riches, L. (Creator), Jaiswal, S. (Creator), Corea, M. (Creator), Rivers, J. (Creator), Husain, A. (Creator) & Omodei, E. (Creator), ZENODO, 3 Aug 2022
DOI: 10.1101/2021.06.23.21259419, https://zenodo.org/records/6953981
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Additional file 1 of Exploring the relationship between cancer incidence and the sustainable development goals through complex networks and machine learning
Lo Sasso, A. (Creator), Bellantuono, L. (Creator) & Omodei, E. (Creator), Figshare, 2025
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.30473394
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Exploring the relationship between cancer incidence and the sustainable development goals through complex networks and machine learning
Lo Sasso, A. (Creator), Bellantuono, L. (Creator) & Omodei, E. (Creator), Figshare, 2025
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.8116359
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