Francesca Panero

Francesca Panero is an Assistant Professor (RTT) in Statistics at Sapienza University's Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance (MEMOTEF), with a concurrent role as Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) Department of Statistics. She holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of Oxford and prior degrees from the University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto.

Her research focuses on Bayesian models applied to complex networks, disclosure risk assessment, and Gaussian process modeling. Current projects include Bayesian nonparametric frameworks for sparse networks, spatio-temporal food insecurity prediction, and fair machine learning methodologies. She leads the GENIAL initiative at LSE, exploring GenAI's educational impact.

She teaches courses on Probability and Stochastic Processes (Sapienza) and Deep Learning/Artificial Intelligence (LSE). Awards include the 2025 USI Visiting Lectureship and j-ISBA Chair Elect (2025-2026). Her work is supported by grants such as the LSE RISF fund for food insecurity research.

Publications span topics like graphex processes, fair ML algorithms, and optimal risk assessment methodologies. She actively engages in policy discussions through collaborations with organizations like the UN World Food Programme Hunger Monitoring Unit.