Hi, I'm Elisa!
My research lies at the intersection between Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computational Social Science (CSS). I analyze social phenomena through the lens of language, with the goal to reduce inequalities. For example, I'm interested in studying the impact of AI in widening the socioeconomic gap across social strata and how we can develop fairer language technologies. I'm affiliated with the NLP north research unit at the IT University of Copenhagen and with the Pioneer Center for Artificial Intelligence, Denmark. Currently, I'm on a long-term visit (2 year) at MilaNLP (Bocconi University) working with Prof. Dirk Hovy
Previously, I completed my PhD at the IT University of Copenhagen and as an affiliated member of the MaiNLP research lab at the Center for Information and Language Processing (CIS) in Munich (LMU) under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Plank and Dr. Rob van der Goot. The focus of my PhD project was developing computation systems for Information Extraction with strong abilities to generalize over unseen data sources and label spaces. Specifically, I worked on cross-domain Relation Extraction. Before that, I worked in the field of CSS (hate speech and personality detection).