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Delia Baldassarri is the Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver, and Enid Silver Winslow Professor of Sociology at New York University, with courtesy appointments in the Wilf Family Department of Politics and the Stern School of Business. She holds dual doctorates from Columbia University and the University of Trento, Italy. Her research focuses on political sociology, economic sociology, and social networks, with notable projects on cooperation dynamics in multiethnic societies and the social foundations of partisan polarization.
Education: Ph.D. Sociology (Columbia, 2007); Ph.D. Sociology and Social Research (University of Trento, 2006); B.A. Sociology (University of Trento, 2002).
Her work bridges theoretical innovation and rigorous empirical methods, including field experiments and agent-based modeling. Key themes include: how economic conditions and ethnic diversity shape prosocial behavior, the cognitive shortcuts in voter decision-making, and the microfoundations of collective action.
Awarded prestigious honors such as the Freeman Award (social networks), Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, and European Academy of Sociology's Raymond Boudon Prize, she has secured grants from the NSF, ERC, and Department of Defense. Her research appears in top journals like *Science*, *American Journal of Sociology*, and *American Political Science Review*.
Baldassarri's interdisciplinary collaborations include roles as Senior Researcher at Bocconi University and fellowships at the Russell Sage Foundation and Nuffield College (Oxford). Current projects explore generational shifts in partisanship and the role of social networks in mediating political attitudes.
