PinnedFrancesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperWhy do wars in Africa displace so many people?A data-driven dive into the terrorist nature of African warfareApr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Francesco PiccinelliComunicato della coalizione ‘Sinistra/Insieme’, formazione di estrema sinistra polacca‘Sinistra/Insieme’ ha 44 seggi nel Sejm, il Parlamento polaccoFeb 27, 2022Feb 27, 2022
Francesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperAnger and bots on Twitter are not affecting vaccinations in FranceMisinformation is not preventing French people from getting COVID-vaccinatedAug 3, 2021Aug 3, 2021
Francesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Democracy * But Were Afraid to AskA data-driven dive into the *mythical* relationship between democracy and development.May 24, 2021May 24, 2021
Francesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperDrowning forbidden: How Europe lets migrants die in North AfricaData suggest that Europe is pushing migrants southwards where they just can’t stop dying.May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
Francesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperHow to visualize COVID-19 fatalities, The New York Times wayAs Italy reaches 100,000 deaths, here a handy tutorial on how the NYT’s data team could have made its standard-setting front page data…Mar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021
Francesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperIs there any room for a personal Trump party in the U.S. Congress?A Games Theory application says no.Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
Francesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperWhy we can’t have datavizzes in augmented reality yetNotes from a partially successful experimentJan 13, 2021Jan 13, 2021
Francesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperThe Sisyphean task of quantifying lockdown effects on the pandemicWe know restrictions are effective but we just don’t know how muchJan 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021
Francesco PiccinelliinLead and PaperCan we predict deaths in the Mediterranean using the number of war victims?An R exercise offers mixed results.Dec 26, 2020Dec 26, 2020
