Ro'ee Levy

Ro'ee Levy is a Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University School of Economics and Research Fellow at CEPR Political Economy, with an upcoming visiting appointment at CESifo (Munich) from May 25-31, 2025, focusing on news slant dynamics.

His educational background includes a PhD from Yale University and post-doctoral research at MIT.

Professor Levy's research centers on political economy of social media, investigating how algorithmic curation and online news ecosystems create ideological echo chambers. He examines the mechanisms driving selective exposure to like-minded content and analyzes resulting societal consequences including polarization intensification, reality perception distortion, and democratic process vulnerabilities.

His scientific recognition includes:

• ERC Start Grant
• Israel Science Foundation Grant

Professor Levy's work demonstrates substantial policy impact through citations in the U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory on Social Media and consecutive Economic Reports of the President (2023, 2024). His publications in premier journals like the American Economic Review establish him as a leading scholar in digital media economics, with active international collaborations spanning European and American institutions.