Simone Persico

Simone Persico is a Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Regional Development (37th cycle, 2021-2024) and serves as an External Collaborator and External Lecturer at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) of the Polytechnic University of Turin, with ongoing teaching roles as of the 2024/25 academic year.

His academic background includes:

• Ph.D. Candidate in Urban and Regional Development, DIST, Polytechnic University of Turin (2021-2024)

His research centers on social media disinformation dynamics in political contexts, particularly nuclear energy debates during electoral campaigns and wartime communication. He examines green transitions in virtual spaces and applies Geo-NLP to urban real estate trends, bridging urban planning with computational social science and political communication. Key methodologies involve narrative analysis, socio-political mapping, and textual data mining.

Recent publications (2024-2025) reveal consistent focus on digital disinformation in Italian political movements, energy policy narratives, and sustainable societal transitions. His work spans political communication, environmental planning, and computational urban studies with strong emphasis on social media ecosystems and natural language processing applications.

No scientific awards were referenced in the source materials.

He is supervised by Sara Monaci for his doctoral thesis but no advisees are documented. Teaching contributions are extensive across Film and Media Engineering and Territorial Planning programs, with no grants mentioned in the provided texts.

As part of DIST, he collaborates on urban development research through courses like Future Storytelling and Digital Societies, operating within interdisciplinary teams focused on societal transitions and digital communication complexity.