Riccardo Righi

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I currently work as a network analysis expert at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Before that, I spent six years at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Seville, serving as a Scientific Officer. I also worked as a research assistant in the Department of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. I'm affiliated with the Center for Analysis of Public Policies (CAPP) at the same university, and I’m a member of the Italian Statistics Society (SIS).

My work focuses on:

• analysis of network platforms (e.g., social media, crowdfunding),

• trends in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation

• regional policies supporting innovation.

My academic interests centre on complex networks, complex systems, and machine learning.

I am an advanced R user, experienced in building reproducible workflows for data management, analysis, and visualisation.

On this site, you can find more about my background, areas of expertise, and selected projects. 

Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to connect or know more!

Most Relevant Contributions

• The policy brief "EU in the global Artificial Intelligence landscape" (first author) has been referenced in the 2024 Mario Draghi Report "The future of European competitiveness – A competitiveness strategy for Europe"

• The report "Methodology to project Digital Decade trajectories towards 2030" has been cited in EC-COM(2023) 7500 "Establishing Union-level projected trajectories for the digital targets"

• The article "The clientele effects in equity crowdfunding: A complex network analysis" (first author) has been published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance (2024)

• The report "Academic offer of advanced digital skills in 2019-20. International comparison" (first author) has been cited in EC-COM(2021) 205 "Fostering a European approach to Artificial Intelligence" and in the "Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2021" by Stanford University

• The article "The AI Techno-Economic Complex System: Worldwide Landscape, Thematic Subdomains and Technological Collaborations" (first author) has been published in Telecommunications Policy (2020)