Francesco Carlo Campisi, PhD, is a criminologist specializing in digital extremism, online social movements, and computational methods. He completed his PhD in Criminology at the Université de Montréal under Dr. Francis Fortin, focusing on platform dynamics, resource mobilization, and the strategic communication practices of deviant online groups. He is a SSHRC-funded Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University working with Dr. Richard Frank on stochastic terrorism, online hate, and data-driven analysis of gender-politics discourse.

Keywords: digital extremism, online radicalization, social movements, social network analysis, computational criminology, algorithmic visibility, disinformation, online hate.