Computational Social Science Book Series
Peer-reviewed series · The series on the FrancoAngeli website
Series editors: Mara Maretti (Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara), Lara Fontanella (Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara)
Editorial board: Vanessa Russo and Annalina Sarra (Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara)
Scientific committee
Davide Bennato (Università di Catania); Giovanni Boccia Artieri (Università di Urbino); Alessandro Canossa (Northeastern University, Boston); Guido Capanna Piscé (Università di Urbino); Davide Carbonai (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul); Paolo Caressa (Sapienza Università di Roma); Costantino Cipolla (Università di Bologna); Daniele Crespi (Lombardia Informatica S.p.A.); Alex Cucco (Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara); Fiorenza Deriu (Sapienza Università di Roma); Simone Di Zio (Università di Chieti-Pescara); Peter Dittrich (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena); Manuela Farinosi (Università di Udine); Fabio Giglietto (Università di Urbino); Giuseppe Giordano (Università di Salerno); Renato Grimaldi (Università di Torino); Stella Iezzi (Università Tor Vergata, Roma); Michele La Rocca (Università di Salerno); Marco Liverani (Università di Roma Tre); Maurizio Merico (Università di Salerno); Michelangelo Misuraca (Università degli Studi di Salerno); Anna Monreale (Università degli Studi di Pisa); Sabrina Moretti (Università di Urbino); Mariella Nocenzi (Sapienza Università di Roma); Maurizio Parton (Università di Chieti-Pescara); Alessandro Pluchino (Università di Catania); Riccardo Prodam (UniCredit; University of California, Berkeley); Giancarlo Ragozini (Università di Napoli “Federico II”); Annarita Ricci (Università di Chieti-Pescara); Sara Romano (Università di Chieti-Pescara); Vanessa Russo (Università di Chieti-Pescara); Annalina Sarra (Università di Chieti-Pescara); Pietro Speroni di Fenizio (Università di Chieti-Pescara); Cathleen M. Stuetzer (Technische Universität Dresden); Prosperina Vitale (Università di Salerno).
The series welcomes interdisciplinary contributions to the debate arising from the application of innovative research methods and Big Data practices, with particular attention to the epistemological, methodological and policy issues of managing digital content.
According to the international literature, computational social science can be defined as a discipline that exploits large Big Data sets to analyse human interactions and develop qualitatively new perspectives on collective behaviour, in an interdisciplinary approach spanning sociology, statistics, computer science, psychology, law, mathematics and theoretical physics.
Volumes, published in Italian or English, undergo anonymous review by at least two expert referees in mathematics, sociology, statistics, theoretical physics, law, computer science and psychology.
Published volumes
Edited by: Giuseppe Giordano, Mara Maretti, Michelangelo Misuraca, Giuseppina Damiana Costanzo · 2026
Ecologie dell’odio (Ecologies of Hate)
Razzismi e populismi nell’era digitale (Racisms and Populisms in the Digital Age)
Social media have radically transformed public communication, fostering new forms of democratic participation while amplifying racism and xenophobia with unprecedented intensity. The volume analyses online hate from a truly interdisciplinary perspective that integrates sociology, computational linguistics, statistics and social research methodology, through 13 contributions organised along three complementary lines.
Find out more cod. 10268.5
Edited by: Isabella Sulis, Valentina Tocchioni, Maria Prosperina Vitale · 2026
Dalla scuola superiore all’università (From Secondary School to University)
Valutare l’influenza dei pari sulle disuguaglianze educative sulle performance (Assessing Peer Influence on Educational Inequalities and Performance)
The volume analyses educational pathways from upper secondary school to university, focusing on the final school year and the transition to tertiary education. It examines educational inequalities and the influence of gender, family socio-economic conditions, peer context and type of school on educational choices and academic performance.
Find out more cod. 10268.4
Edited by: Mara Maretti, Lara Fontanella · 2019 (3rd reprint 2025)
La ricerca sociale nello spazio digitale (Social Research in the Digital Space)
The volume aims to provide a theoretical and operational definition of Social Data Science from a sociological perspective and through multidisciplinary contributions. It offers readers the tools to interpret the digital space, an operational introduction to the new Social Data Science paradigm, and then the specific research areas and typical applications of Computational Social Research.
Find out more cod. 268.2
Edited by: Davide Bennato, Maria Prosperina Vitale · 2022
Trasformazione digitale e competenze per la network society (Digital Transformation and Skills for the Network Society)
Contesti, saperi e professioni emergenti nelle scienze umane e sociali (Emerging Contexts, Knowledge and Professions in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
The volume investigates how contemporary production processes have changed and which skills the network society requires to deal with them. The working hypothesis is that, alongside the key role of the physical and mathematical sciences in driving technological innovation, the humanities and social sciences are becoming strategic, contributing not only culturally but also to solving problems of society and economic development.
Find out more cod. 10268.3
By: Mara Maretti · 2022
Welfare sociale nella società in rete (Social Welfare in the Network Society)
Nuove sfide e opportunità per la programmazione e la valutazione del sistema integrato dei servizi e interventi sociali di comunità (New Challenges and Opportunities for Planning and Evaluating the Integrated System of Community Social Services and Interventions)
An open reflection on the relationship between community social welfare and the opportunities and risks of the network society, with particular reference to planning and evaluation within the integrated system of social services and interventions.
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Edited by: Giuseppe Giordano, Maria Luisa Restaino, Andrea Salvini · 2021
Methods and applications in social networks analysis
Evidence from Collaborative, Governance, Historical and Mobility Networks
The Social Network Analysis perspective has proven the ability to develop a significant breadth of theoretical and methodological issues: the book hosts eleven contributions that within a sound theoretical ground, present different examples of speculative and applicative areas where the Social Network Analysis can contribute to explore, interpret and predict social interaction between actors.
Find out more cod. 10268.2
By: Adele Bianco · 2019
The next society.
Sociologia del mutamento e dei processi digitali (Sociology of Change and Digital Processes)
Contemporary society is undergoing a series of technological and organisational innovations, in a transition comparable to the rise of industrial society: current transformations affect relationships, shape social organisation, create imbalances and adaptation difficulties, meet cultural resistance and call for new regulation. The volume focuses on digital processes, technologies and economy and their impact on employment and work prospects.
Find out more cod. 10268.1