Daniele Fanelli

Daniele Fanelli is a Leverlhulme research fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

Daniele Fanelli is a Leverlhulme research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he uses advanced quantitative methods to help settle long-standing philosophical and sociological debates on the nature of science. The prevalence and causes of bias and misconduct are one of his main research interests. His 2009 meta-analysis on scientific misconduct is in the top 1% of Article-Level Metrics for all PLoS articles, currently counting more than 85,000 downloads. His background includes a PhD in Evolutionary Biology and a Master in Scientific Communication. He has published several papers on the evolution of cooperation in wasps, and has written over 140 popular science articles for magazines including New Scientist, L'espresso and Le Scienze, before being awarded a Marie Curie European fellowship to start his current line of research. He is a regular media commentator on issues of scientific misconduct.