I am an Associate Professor at Oxford Internet Institute and a Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College. I am also a research affiliate at MIT Sloan School of Management.

My work lies at the intersection of computational (data science) and cognitive psychology. I study how misinformation and disinformation spread on social media and how ties are formed on social networks. My work has been published in leading journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, PNAS, and CHI proceedings and has been covered in major media outlets including The Washington Post, the Telegraph and the Financial Times. I have received Meta Foundational Integrity & Social Impact Research Award, Google Scholar Research Program Award, British Academy Award, and the British Science Associate Award.

Prior to joining MIT, I was a researcher at Department of Psychology at Yale. I received my PhD in Engineering with a minor in Data Science. I also worked as a Systems and Software Integration Lead for five years prior to starting my PhD.

Email: mmosleh at mit.edu

Twitter: @_mohsen_m

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