Radu is a research assistant at the URPP in Social Networks at the University of Zürich. After having finished his master degree in statistics at ETH Zürich with a thesis on causal inference, he decided to start his PhD at our chair. He is currently working on answering questions on human behavior and opinion formation with methods from network science and complex systems.

1) Schoenenberger, L., & Tanase, R. (2017). Controlling complex policy problems: A multimethodological approach using system dynamics and network controllability. Journal of Simulation, 1-9.
2) Tanase, R., Tessone, C.J., & Algesheimer, R. (2018). Identification of influencers through the wisdom of crowds. Under review.
3) Tanase, R., & Algesheimer, R. (2018). The effects of social influence and variety seeking on repurchase behavior. Working paper.

by subject:

• opinion formation
• social influence
• inferential network analysis

by methods:

• exponential random graph models

• European Marketing Association (EMAC)