Aliakbar Akbaritabar
@akbaritabar.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at the University of Rostock and @mpidr.bsky.social | Computational Social Science | Migration | Social Networks | Scientometrics | Sociology of Science | https://akbaritabar.github.io/ | #firstgen
The call for applications for the Summer Incubator 2026 at the @mpidr.bsky.social is open!
Deadline: Jan 14, 2026.
Topics/Teams:
1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production
2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities
Check out the brand new website for information:
www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de
Deadline: Jan 14, 2026.
Topics/Teams:
1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production
2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities
Check out the brand new website for information:
www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The call for applications for the Summer Incubator 2026 at the @mpidr.bsky.social is open!
Deadline: Jan 14, 2026.
Topics/Teams:
1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production
2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities
Check out the brand new website for information:
www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de
Deadline: Jan 14, 2026.
Topics/Teams:
1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production
2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities
Check out the brand new website for information:
www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de
We tried to look at the immobile majority of scholars which are usually excluded from scientific mobility studies, due to what is coined as "mobility bias" by Schewel.
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We tried to look at the immobile majority of scholars which are usually excluded from scientific mobility studies, due to what is coined as "mobility bias" by Schewel.
Very glad to see this collaborative work w/ Robin Haunschild and @lutzb.bsky.social published in Journal of Informetrics
"A study of gender and regional differences in scientific mobility and immobility among researchers identified as potentially talented"
Open Access here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
"A study of gender and regional differences in scientific mobility and immobility among researchers identified as potentially talented"
Open Access here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Very glad to see this collaborative work w/ Robin Haunschild and @lutzb.bsky.social published in Journal of Informetrics
"A study of gender and regional differences in scientific mobility and immobility among researchers identified as potentially talented"
Open Access here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
"A study of gender and regional differences in scientific mobility and immobility among researchers identified as potentially talented"
Open Access here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
I am delighted to share that as of October 1, 2025, I have started my new position as an Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor in German) of Computational Social Science with a joint appointment at the University of Rostock's Institute of Sociology and Demography and MPI-DR @mpidr.bsky.social .
October 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am delighted to share that as of October 1, 2025, I have started my new position as an Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor in German) of Computational Social Science with a joint appointment at the University of Rostock's Institute of Sociology and Demography and MPI-DR @mpidr.bsky.social .
In preparation for teaching in the winter semester (October onwards) at the University of Rostock, here is my plan and syllabus for the course on "Computational approaches to migration research".
Comments and suggestions are welcome and highly appreciated: akbaritabar.github.io/Courses_Syll...
Comments and suggestions are welcome and highly appreciated: akbaritabar.github.io/Courses_Syll...
September 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
In preparation for teaching in the winter semester (October onwards) at the University of Rostock, here is my plan and syllabus for the course on "Computational approaches to migration research".
Comments and suggestions are welcome and highly appreciated: akbaritabar.github.io/Courses_Syll...
Comments and suggestions are welcome and highly appreciated: akbaritabar.github.io/Courses_Syll...
Overjoyed to see that the structured training plan paid off immensely. I could improve my last year's half-marathon time by ~14 minutes and the pace by ~40 seconds per KM.
August 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Overjoyed to see that the structured training plan paid off immensely. I could improve my last year's half-marathon time by ~14 minutes and the pace by ~40 seconds per KM.
Heading out of the office to visit the supermarket before going home and saw this nice surprise!
#IC2S2
@ic2s2.bsky.social
#IC2S2
@ic2s2.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Heading out of the office to visit the supermarket before going home and saw this nice surprise!
#IC2S2
@ic2s2.bsky.social
#IC2S2
@ic2s2.bsky.social
First run at Norrköping for IC2S2 conference.
I guess it is already obvious that I really liked this city's first impression.
A walk/run beside the water is highly recommended!
Thanks #IC2S2 @ic2s2.bsky.social for giving me an excuse to visit!
I guess it is already obvious that I really liked this city's first impression.
A walk/run beside the water is highly recommended!
Thanks #IC2S2 @ic2s2.bsky.social for giving me an excuse to visit!
July 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
First run at Norrköping for IC2S2 conference.
I guess it is already obvious that I really liked this city's first impression.
A walk/run beside the water is highly recommended!
Thanks #IC2S2 @ic2s2.bsky.social for giving me an excuse to visit!
I guess it is already obvious that I really liked this city's first impression.
A walk/run beside the water is highly recommended!
Thanks #IC2S2 @ic2s2.bsky.social for giving me an excuse to visit!
If academic freedom is suppressed in one country (here, Serbia) and we continue to ignore it, there is no guarantee that it will not be suppressed elsewhere.
Read their statement and support the freedom of Serbian academics.
cc: @jelena3121.bsky.social
Read their statement and support the freedom of Serbian academics.
cc: @jelena3121.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If academic freedom is suppressed in one country (here, Serbia) and we continue to ignore it, there is no guarantee that it will not be suppressed elsewhere.
Read their statement and support the freedom of Serbian academics.
cc: @jelena3121.bsky.social
Read their statement and support the freedom of Serbian academics.
cc: @jelena3121.bsky.social
Very proud of this work by Faeze Ghorbanpour, @thiagomalaguth.bsky.social and me, which addresses the left censoring issues in migration research that uses digital trace data.
It will appear in the proceedings of #ICWSM2025, and Faeze is going to present it there.
Access:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
It will appear in the proceedings of #ICWSM2025, and Faeze is going to present it there.
Access:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
May 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Very proud of this work by Faeze Ghorbanpour, @thiagomalaguth.bsky.social and me, which addresses the left censoring issues in migration research that uses digital trace data.
It will appear in the proceedings of #ICWSM2025, and Faeze is going to present it there.
Access:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
It will appear in the proceedings of #ICWSM2025, and Faeze is going to present it there.
Access:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
This editorial note is spot on.
I try as much as I can to give back to the community by writing reviews, as I have always benefited from the careful reviews of other volunteer community members for my publications.
When a productive ORCID profile lacks a peer review section, it seems selfish.
I try as much as I can to give back to the community by writing reviews, as I have always benefited from the careful reviews of other volunteer community members for my publications.
When a productive ORCID profile lacks a peer review section, it seems selfish.
April 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This editorial note is spot on.
I try as much as I can to give back to the community by writing reviews, as I have always benefited from the careful reviews of other volunteer community members for my publications.
When a productive ORCID profile lacks a peer review section, it seems selfish.
I try as much as I can to give back to the community by writing reviews, as I have always benefited from the careful reviews of other volunteer community members for my publications.
When a productive ORCID profile lacks a peer review section, it seems selfish.
Please review the Supplementary Information of the paper for further analysis of discipline differences, etc. Our method for tracking the migration of researchers via affiliation addresses often faces questions regarding authors with multiple affiliations, we conducted a large-scale analysis on it.
April 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Please review the Supplementary Information of the paper for further analysis of discipline differences, etc. Our method for tracking the migration of researchers via affiliation addresses often faces questions regarding authors with multiple affiliations, we conducted a large-scale analysis on it.
In addition to the results, for which I would invite you to read the paper, this was a great opportunity for me to prepare a complete reproducibility package using SnakeMake workflow management. Here is an example photo of the DAG of data analysis steps’ dependence
github.com/akbaritabar/...
github.com/akbaritabar/...
April 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In addition to the results, for which I would invite you to read the paper, this was a great opportunity for me to prepare a complete reproducibility package using SnakeMake workflow management. Here is an example photo of the DAG of data analysis steps’ dependence
github.com/akbaritabar/...
github.com/akbaritabar/...
Some subnational regions were disproportionately more attractive to receive scholars from both internal and international origins. Some regions were consistently sending scholars to both internal and international destinations: brain drain. Data on the @smdatabase.bsky.social doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
April 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Some subnational regions were disproportionately more attractive to receive scholars from both internal and international origins. Some regions were consistently sending scholars to both internal and international destinations: brain drain. Data on the @smdatabase.bsky.social doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
I am extremely happy to share. Just out in @pnas.org:
“Global subnational estimates of migration of scientists reveal large disparities in internal and international flows”
Open Access: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
with Maciej J. Dańko, Xinyi Zhao, @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social #PAA2025
“Global subnational estimates of migration of scientists reveal large disparities in internal and international flows”
Open Access: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
with Maciej J. Dańko, Xinyi Zhao, @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social #PAA2025
April 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I am extremely happy to share. Just out in @pnas.org:
“Global subnational estimates of migration of scientists reveal large disparities in internal and international flows”
Open Access: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
with Maciej J. Dańko, Xinyi Zhao, @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social #PAA2025
“Global subnational estimates of migration of scientists reveal large disparities in internal and international flows”
Open Access: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
with Maciej J. Dańko, Xinyi Zhao, @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social #PAA2025
Heads-up, the science of science and sociology of science people!
Call for abstracts due March 15, 2025
Government Policies and Scientific Collaboration (GPSC) 8-9 May, Leiden
scicolnet.github.io/call_for_pap...
P.S. Delighted to be going back to Leiden to give a talk for this event!
Call for abstracts due March 15, 2025
Government Policies and Scientific Collaboration (GPSC) 8-9 May, Leiden
scicolnet.github.io/call_for_pap...
P.S. Delighted to be going back to Leiden to give a talk for this event!
March 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Heads-up, the science of science and sociology of science people!
Call for abstracts due March 15, 2025
Government Policies and Scientific Collaboration (GPSC) 8-9 May, Leiden
scicolnet.github.io/call_for_pap...
P.S. Delighted to be going back to Leiden to give a talk for this event!
Call for abstracts due March 15, 2025
Government Policies and Scientific Collaboration (GPSC) 8-9 May, Leiden
scicolnet.github.io/call_for_pap...
P.S. Delighted to be going back to Leiden to give a talk for this event!
Why not deactivate it by default?
Outlook marks a message as read (think switching between apps, changing to Outlook, email is marked as read!)
Sleeping much better now after deactivating this!
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mark-a-message-as-read-or-unread-59b44298-08c2-4eb7-8128-ea0fb7f52720
Outlook marks a message as read (think switching between apps, changing to Outlook, email is marked as read!)
Sleeping much better now after deactivating this!
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mark-a-message-as-read-or-unread-59b44298-08c2-4eb7-8128-ea0fb7f52720
February 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Why not deactivate it by default?
Outlook marks a message as read (think switching between apps, changing to Outlook, email is marked as read!)
Sleeping much better now after deactivating this!
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mark-a-message-as-read-or-unread-59b44298-08c2-4eb7-8128-ea0fb7f52720
Outlook marks a message as read (think switching between apps, changing to Outlook, email is marked as read!)
Sleeping much better now after deactivating this!
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mark-a-message-as-read-or-unread-59b44298-08c2-4eb7-8128-ea0fb7f52720
I have arrived in Catania, and I am excited for tomorrow to deliver an invited talk on "Mobility, Migration, and Collaboration of Scholars" at the University of Catania.
A long shot, perhaps, but let me know if you are around here!
#BiblioDemography @smdatabase.bsky.social
A long shot, perhaps, but let me know if you are around here!
#BiblioDemography @smdatabase.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I have arrived in Catania, and I am excited for tomorrow to deliver an invited talk on "Mobility, Migration, and Collaboration of Scholars" at the University of Catania.
A long shot, perhaps, but let me know if you are around here!
#BiblioDemography @smdatabase.bsky.social
A long shot, perhaps, but let me know if you are around here!
#BiblioDemography @smdatabase.bsky.social
An illustrative toy example of how we can compare gender classification predicted by a machine with the reported gender.
We would need to calculate precision, recall, and f1-score to show the coverage, completeness, and relative comparison of these two measures.
Access:
github.com/akbaritabar/...
We would need to calculate precision, recall, and f1-score to show the coverage, completeness, and relative comparison of these two measures.
Access:
github.com/akbaritabar/...
December 7, 2024 at 11:48 AM
An illustrative toy example of how we can compare gender classification predicted by a machine with the reported gender.
We would need to calculate precision, recall, and f1-score to show the coverage, completeness, and relative comparison of these two measures.
Access:
github.com/akbaritabar/...
We would need to calculate precision, recall, and f1-score to show the coverage, completeness, and relative comparison of these two measures.
Access:
github.com/akbaritabar/...
What the ...?
What does "best" mean here?
I bet they have tried their best to rhyme with "rest" and arrived at this!
What does "best" mean here?
I bet they have tried their best to rhyme with "rest" and arrived at this!
October 5, 2024 at 5:43 PM
What the ...?
What does "best" mean here?
I bet they have tried their best to rhyme with "rest" and arrived at this!
What does "best" mean here?
I bet they have tried their best to rhyme with "rest" and arrived at this!
Applications are now open for our PhD level course on
"Topics in Digital and Computational Demography"
with a hybrid setup from November 4 to 8th 2024.
Info here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
@mpidr.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @jiisu.bsky.social
Tom Theile @conteristo.bsky.social
"Topics in Digital and Computational Demography"
with a hybrid setup from November 4 to 8th 2024.
Info here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
@mpidr.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @jiisu.bsky.social
Tom Theile @conteristo.bsky.social
August 22, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Applications are now open for our PhD level course on
"Topics in Digital and Computational Demography"
with a hybrid setup from November 4 to 8th 2024.
Info here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
@mpidr.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @jiisu.bsky.social
Tom Theile @conteristo.bsky.social
"Topics in Digital and Computational Demography"
with a hybrid setup from November 4 to 8th 2024.
Info here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
@mpidr.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @jiisu.bsky.social
Tom Theile @conteristo.bsky.social
It is nice to see this paper with Beatrix P. Rubin published in the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
We focused on the role that "plasticity" has played in neuroscientific literature from a quantitative and qualitative perspective.
Link:
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
@mpidr.bsky.social
We focused on the role that "plasticity" has played in neuroscientific literature from a quantitative and qualitative perspective.
Link:
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
@mpidr.bsky.social
August 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
It is nice to see this paper with Beatrix P. Rubin published in the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
We focused on the role that "plasticity" has played in neuroscientific literature from a quantitative and qualitative perspective.
Link:
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
@mpidr.bsky.social
We focused on the role that "plasticity" has played in neuroscientific literature from a quantitative and qualitative perspective.
Link:
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
@mpidr.bsky.social
“It is necessary to look at publication and citation indicators as ‘indicators’ that could be affected by a multitude of factors. We cannot and should not take them at a face value and as completely objective measures.”
cosmosmagazine.com/people/ethic...
Paper here:
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
cosmosmagazine.com/people/ethic...
Paper here:
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
July 30, 2024 at 6:38 AM
“It is necessary to look at publication and citation indicators as ‘indicators’ that could be affected by a multitude of factors. We cannot and should not take them at a face value and as completely objective measures.”
cosmosmagazine.com/people/ethic...
Paper here:
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
cosmosmagazine.com/people/ethic...
Paper here:
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Excited!
Paper w/ Tom Theile and @ezagheni.bsky.social on the Scholarly Migration Database is published in Nature Scientific Data
"Bilateral flows and rates of international migration of scholars for 210 countries for the period 1998-2020"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@mpidr.bsky.social #BiblioDemography
Paper w/ Tom Theile and @ezagheni.bsky.social on the Scholarly Migration Database is published in Nature Scientific Data
"Bilateral flows and rates of international migration of scholars for 210 countries for the period 1998-2020"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@mpidr.bsky.social #BiblioDemography
July 24, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Excited!
Paper w/ Tom Theile and @ezagheni.bsky.social on the Scholarly Migration Database is published in Nature Scientific Data
"Bilateral flows and rates of international migration of scholars for 210 countries for the period 1998-2020"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@mpidr.bsky.social #BiblioDemography
Paper w/ Tom Theile and @ezagheni.bsky.social on the Scholarly Migration Database is published in Nature Scientific Data
"Bilateral flows and rates of international migration of scholars for 210 countries for the period 1998-2020"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@mpidr.bsky.social #BiblioDemography
Academic outmigration from Twitter?!
I was curious if this is actually the case and did a little check! What do you think?!
I was curious if this is actually the case and did a little check! What do you think?!
July 21, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Academic outmigration from Twitter?!
I was curious if this is actually the case and did a little check! What do you think?!
I was curious if this is actually the case and did a little check! What do you think?!