Ashwin Rajadesingan is a computational social scientist and design researcher studying how people engage with politics online. He is interested in how online spaces can foster spirited, engaging political discussions and contribute to building a vibrant deliberative democracy. In his research, he combines large-scale computational methods with qualitative interviews to (re)design online spaces that facilitate quality online cross-partisan interactions. His work has been published in the proceedings for AAAI and ACM conferences such as ICWSM, CSCW, WSDM and SMSociety.
Spring 2023
Mondays: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.