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Hi, I am Ali, a computational social scientist with background in sociology.

I’m currently working on themes related (but not limited) to science of science, scholarly migration, social networks, collaboration networks, and of course computational social science. I’m looking forward to collaborate on research ideas close to these themes, using computational tools and techniques to answer social scientific questions. I am @akbaritabar on Twitter.

Omoye Mary Akhagba holds a doctorate degree in Sociology from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Her doctoral research focused on the social and cultural aspects of cervical cancer screening among Nigerian women living in Poland. She has also volunteered in several developmental and integrational projects in African and Europe.

Mustafa Aksakal currently works at the Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University. Mustafa does research in Internnational Migration, Political Sociology, Political Economy and Social Theory.

Damla Bayraktar Aksel is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bahcesehir University (Istanbul) and a Research Associate at Migration Research Center at Koc University (MiReKoc). She previously held the position of postdoctoral researcher and coordinator at MiReKoc. She received her PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Koc University. Aksel holds an M.A. degree in Public Policy at Sciences Po Paris and B.A. degree in Sociology from Galatasaray University. Her research focuses on international migration, migration governance, transnationalism, diasporas, irregular migration, EU-Turkey relations in relation to international migration. Aksel is the author of "Home States and Homeland Politics: Interactions between the Turkish State and its Emigrants in France and the United States" (2019).

I am Associate Professor of History of Christianity at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. I am currently coordinator of the Horizon 2020 Project ITHACA - Interconnecting History and Archives for Migrant Agency (GA 101004539: https://ithacahorizon.eu/). My fields of interest are: cultural history, Early Modern history, Digital humanities and migrations in a cultural perspective.