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Massimo Anelli is a political economist and labor economist whose research sits at the intersection of technological change, labor markets, and political behavior. He has emerged as a leading voice in understanding how automation — particularly industrial robot adoption — reshapes not only economic outcomes but also the social and political fabric of advanced democracies. His most influential work, "Individual Vulnerability to Industrial Robot Adoption Increases Support for the Radical Right" (2021, 114 citations), demonstrates a compelling causal link between automation-driven labor market disruption and the rise of populist and radical-right parties across 13 Western European countries. This insight is further developed across several iterations of his landmark study "We Were the Robots," which collectively document how automation reshapes voting behavior continent-wide and has garnered significant scholarly attention. Beyond electoral politics, Anelli has extended his analysis into the domestic sphere, examining how robots alter marriage markets and family formation decisions — as seen in "Robots, Marriageable Men, Family, and Fertility" (2021, 24 citations). His body of work has made a substantial contribution to our understanding of how technological disruption reverberates far beyond the factory floor, influencing democracy itself.