Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)

@Akbaritabar
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Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at the University of Rostock and MPIDR | Computational Social Science | Migration | Social Networks | Scientometrics | Sociology of Science | More active on blusky: https://bsky.app/profile/akbaritabar.bsky.social and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akbaritabar/
Public archive of presentationshttps://akbaritabar.github.io
GitHubhttps://github.com/akbaritabar
Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zufgVroAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3828-1533
Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Mar 8
NetBlocksMar 8
200 hours.
Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Feb 17

Know a master graduate looking for a funded doctoral position? Please share this!

Come work with Emilio Zagheni and me at MPIDR on topics related to migration of scholars and the highly-skilled.

More details:
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/doctoral_student_position_15039

Show threadAliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Feb 7

>> "Computational Approaches to Migration Research." I am now starting to prepare for the next course in the upcoming summer semester, "Introduction to Demographic Methods."

P.S. 2: Please don't stop talking about Iran. The conditions of the Iranian people have not changed, even though life goes on elsewhere.

Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Feb 7

Looking at this picture, can you guess the start and end dates of the academic semester in German academia?

Hint: They do not precisely match those of other countries or the calendar year!

P.S. 1: The picture shows two courses. The first was last summer's "Introduction to Computational Social Science," followed by the winter semester's >>

Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Jan 29

Eine so klare und deutliche Botschaft wie diese von Merz über das iranische Regime habe ich noch nie gesehen! Eine großartige Nachricht!

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/merz-die-tage-des-iranischen-regimes-sind-gezaehlt-li.10016474

Merz: „Die Tage des iranischen Regimes sind gezählt“

Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz hat dem iranischen Regime nach der gewaltsamen Niederschlagung von Protesten jede Legitimität abgesprochen.

Berliner Zeitung
Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Jan 20
Show threadNetBlocksJan 20
⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet blackout now past hour 280, the nation of over 90 million remains cut off for another day leaving friends and family unable to check in with loved ones. Meanwhile, traffic on select platforms points to an emergent strategy of whitelisting.
Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Jan 12
Show threadNetBlocksJan 12
⚠️ Update: #Iran has now been offline for 96 hours, limiting reporting and accountability over civilian deaths as Iranians protest and demand change; fixed-line internet, mobile data and calls are disabled, while other communication means are also increasingly being targeted ⌛️
Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Jan 10
Show threadNetBlocksJan 10
⚠️ Update: It's now 8:00 am in #Iran where the sun is rising after another night of protests met with repression; metrics show the nationwide internet blackout remains in place at 36 hours, severely limiting Iranians' ability to check on the safety of friends and loved ones 📵
Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Dec 22
Martin ReinhartDec 22
Stellenausschreibung (als Vertretung vorerst für 12 Monate) @hu_rmz : Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in in der Wissenschaftssoziologie / Wissenschaftsforschung.
Infos hier: https://www.hu-berlin.de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-hu/stellenangebote/details/wissenschaftlicher-mitarbeiterin-m-w-d-im-bereich-wissenschaftssoziologie-dr-238-25
und hier: https://stellenticket.tu-berlin.de/stellenangebote/200323?filter%5Bfulltextsearch%5D=Postdoc+Wissenschaftsforschung&namespace=science
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Bereich Wissenschaftssoziologie - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Aliakbar Akbaritabar (Ali)Dec 8

Delighted to share this very important article with sobering results relevant for all migration researchers worldwide.

Led by José Ignacio Carrasco, together w/ Marie Godin, Carlos Vargas-Silva and yours truly.

Open Access here:
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-06308-3