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Carlo Hofer is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) on the DEMETRA Horizon Europe project and a final-year PhD candidate in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. Previously, he served as a research associate on ESRC-funded projects, including 'The impact of political humor on political attitudes and behaviors' and 'Terror - Attitudes - Wellbeing'. His roles span research across multiple institutions, focusing on political science, social media, and quantitative methods.
Education: BSc in Business and Computer Science from TU Munich, MSc from the University of Venice, and PhD candidate at the University of Warwick.
Research Interests
- Climate Change Communication and its impact on political engagement
- Affective Polarisation in digital and urban contexts
- Social Media's role in shaping political attitudes
- Econometric analysis of neighborhood diversity and immigration attitudes
Publications focus on themes like climate change communication, neighborhood diversity effects, and the societal impacts of terrorism, employing methods such as survey experiments and natural experiments. His planned work explores broadband's digital consumption dynamics and the economic voting consequences of housing markets.
Grants & Collaborations
- ESRC-funded project on political humor's societal impact
- ESRC project on terror-attitudes and wellbeing
