Scholar
Abdul Basit Adeel
Google Scholar ID: R1DbrzIAAAAJ
Sociology and Social Data Analytics, The Pennsylvania State University
Citations & Impact
Citations
179
H-index
4
i10-index
4
Publications
12
Co-authors
14
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- 1. Published 7 peer-reviewed articles and 1 book chapter in journals such as NeurIPS, Nature Scientific Data, Canadian Public Policy, Minerva, Frontiers in Political Science, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, and Review of Development Economics.
- 2. Featured in media outlets like U.S.News, Haaretz, The Conversation, EurekAlert!, Cosmos Magazine, Phys.org, and others.
- 3. Currently has at least 4 articles under review at various journals (including 2 revise and resubmit decisions), and 1 forthcoming.
- 4. Master's thesis on the diffusion of lynchings in India received the Huber-Form MA Thesis Award from The Pennsylvania State University, and the Robert F. Dentler Student Practitioner Award and Elise Boulding Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association’s Public Sociology and Sociological Practice, and Peace, War and Social Conflict sections, respectively.
Research Experience
- Teaches foundational courses like Intro to Sociology and (Sociological) Research Methods at The Pennsylvania State University. His research projects span multiple academic fields (Sociology, Psychology, and Business Management) and methodologies (inferential statistics, machine learning, network analysis, and natural language processing), focusing on the dynamics of creativity and innovation in cultural markets (ideas, music, movies, novels, video games, etc.).
Education
- 1. The Pennsylvania State University: Dual-title PhD in Sociology and Social Data Analytics (STEM), advised by Daniel Dellaposta and David Baker
- 2. Istanbul Şehir University (RIP): Political Science and International Relations, Sociology, and Psychology
- 3. University of Bamberg, Germany: Exchange semester
- 4. State University of New York at Binghamton: MA in Political Science, received Dissertation Year Award and taught two original courses
Background
- A computational sociologist and a PhD candidate in the dual-title Sociology and Social Data Analytics (STEM) PhD program at The Pennsylvania State University, where he works with Daniel Dellaposta and David Baker. His research interests include understanding collective behavior using qualitative, quantitative, and computational methods (e.g., agent-based modeling, epidemiological methods, spatial econometrics, machine learning, natural language processing, and network analysis). He is passionate about building new 'big' datasets and aims to apply cutting-edge methods combined with social theoretical rigor in analyzing unique cases.
Miscellany
- Maintains a blog in English, Urdu, and Turkish.
