I am a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. Previously, I undertook a PhD in Computational Social Science at University College London (UCL).

Research

My primary research area is polarization on social media, particularly as it relates to people’s informational and cultural environments. I am interested in how sociopolitical divides contribute to, or are affected by, external factors like lifestyle choices and media consumption. Beyond that, I am also interested in how recommendation algorithms and social media network effects relate to polarization through informational homogenization. My current research agenda is focused on assessing tools that afford users more agency in building organic communities online, as well as developing measures to better capture mass societal divisions and audit their spread.

Education

• PhD in Computer Science
  University College London (UCL)
  Primary advisor: Prof. Emiliano De Cristofaro
  Secondary advisor: Dr. Tristan Caulfield
• MSc in Behavioural Science
  Durham University
  Kurt Lewin Prize as cohort top performer
  Dissertation supervisor: Dr. Andrew Marcinko
• BSc in Psychology
  University of East Anglia
  British Psychological Society Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Performance (cohort top performer)
  Dissertation supervisor: Dr. Charles Seger

Personal

I was born in Limassol, Cyprus. In my free time, you will catch me reading anything from fantasy books to non-fiction, playing the guitar, writing music, homebrewing, or experimenting with new food recipes (to varying levels of success). When I can’t be bothered to do any of those, I’ll probably be playing whatever caught my eye on Steam that week.