Received the Young Scientist Award for Socio and Econophysics from the German Physical Society (2019)
Published extensively in top journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, and Nature Human Behaviour
Key publications cover emergent conventions in LLM populations, cross-national patterns of online political communication, AI norm shaping, systemic effects of deplatforming, polarization on climate change, and the NFT market revolution
Research funded by UKRI, PayPal, ESRC, InnovateUK, and the UK Government
Work has received wide media coverage and real-world policy impact
Background
Professor of Complexity Science at City St George's, University of London
Research Associate at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies
Studies how humans and artificial agents behave in decentralized socio-technical systems
Focuses on coordination through networks, such as the emergence of shared norms and categorization systems
Investigates how blockchain, social media, and AI reshape public discourse, governance, and decision-making
Uses large-scale data analysis, mathematical modeling, and human/AI experiments
Work has informed public debate, shaped policy, and served as a case study in the UK’s national research assessment