Raffaele Vacca
Associate Professor
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolRaffaele Vacca is an Associate Professor of Sociology and data scientist at the University of Milan with 12 years of academic and research experience spanning Italy and the United States. His career progressed from doctoral research in urban and European studies to postdoctoral and faculty roles at the University of Florida before returning to Milan, demonstrating both international perspective and longevity in social-scientific inquiry. He blends quantitative data science methods with sociological theory to study urban and local phenomena, translating complex datasets into policy-relevant insights. Raffaele’s trajectory shows a strong commitment to academia and cross-disciplinary collaboration, including an exchange PhD stint at the University of Florida and studies at Bocconi and Sciences Po. Colleagues would note his capacity to navigate institutional research environments while keeping a pragmatic focus on real-world urban issues.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Degree, Economics and Social Sciences, Bachelor Degree, Economics and Social Sciences at Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi' / Bocconi UniversitySciences PoUniversità degli Studi di Milano-BicoccaExchange PhD student, Exchange PhD student at University of Florida
English, French, Italian, Portuguese
Github Skills (9)
sna6
react5
r-package5
equation5
network-analysis4
filter3
latex3
pandoc2
markdown2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
raffaelevacca/Open-social-network-surveys
Apr 2022 - Sep 2022
List of social network surveys with links to questionnaires and codebooks
Contributions:36 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
social-networkreactquestionnairessurveyslinks
raffaelevacca/EUSN-co-citation-networks
May 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:28 commits, 2 pushes in 8 months
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