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I am a post-doctoral fellow at the Program on Democracy and the Internet at Stanford University. I received my Ph.D. in Politics from New York University in May 2019. My research interests include comparative politics, political economy, and quantitative methods. 

In my research, I study the role internet technologies have in shaping political beliefs and electoral outcomes. In my dissertation, I use experimental methods to study how algorithmic personalization in social media news feeds affects the beliefs and preferences of voters. In other work, I investigated how politicians' communication style online affects their voter's support. 

Before my doctoral studies, I earned an M.Sc. in Economics at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, and worked as a Blue Book Trainee at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium.

Program on Democracy and the Internet
Cyber Policy Center
616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305

email: vecchiato "at" stanford.edu
twitter: @_avecchiato