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Tiago Ventura is an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. His research focuses on the intersection of social media usage and politics, with particular emphasis on misinformation dynamics and digital interventions. He employs comparative approaches across Global South countries and utilizes multi-country large-scale designs.
- Current: Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
- Former: Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU Center for Social Media and Politics
- Industry Experience: Misinformation Researcher at Twitter
Education:
- Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from University of Maryland, College Park
- Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- B.A. in Law from Federal University of Para, Brazil
Research Focus: Combines computational methods with political science to study
- Social media's causal effects on misinformation exposure
- Political behavior in digital environments
- Interventions to counter misinformation beliefs
- Digital methodologies using large language models
Scientific Contributions:
- 2024 APSA’s Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award
- Best Paper in Political Behavior
- Best overall paper at Brazilian Political Science Association Conference
- Grants from Project Liberty Institute, Georgetown's Tech & Public Policy Initiative, and EGAP
Current Projects: Includes global social media deactivation studies, WhatsApp experiments across three countries, US voter file-Twitter account connections, and a book project with Natalia Aruguete and Ernesto Calvo.
