Niccolo is a behavioural and data scientist. He has a DPhil in experimental psychology from the University of Oxford and previously worked at the MIT Media Lab and the Max Planck Institute. Niccolo’s work in collective intelligence investigates how people and machines work in groups and how collectives can be smarter than individuals. Applications of his research inform how to design better collaboration platforms and governance tools. Niccolo is also the co-founder and Chief Scientist of PSi (https://psi.tech), a collective intelligence platform to rapidly host and analyse online conversations among hundreds of people.

Nelly studied her English Literature BA (Hons) at the University of Leeds, taking a particular interest in the Romantics and American literature. She went on to complete her PGDip in Political Communication. Prior to joining LIS, she was in the world of student marketing, working on recruitment, marketing and sales campaigns for clients like EY, Virgin Media, and the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Outside of work, she can be found reading, hiking, and attempting to learn the guitar.