Dr Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj
Postdoctoral Researcher in Scientific Impact
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Applied AI, Computational Social Science, Communication Studies, Social Psychology, Misinformation, Social Media
Interests
Kiran’s research interest includes Applied AI, Computational Social Science, Communication Studies, and Social Psychology, with a particular focus on misinformation, social media, and politics. His current work explores science communication and the measurement of scientific impact using cutting-edge AI methods. He has expertise in a range of quantitative methods, including survey design, experiments, longitudinal studies, and data linkage. He is particularly interested in interdisciplinary research that combines diverse methodological approaches.
Research Group
News
July 2026
8 July 2026
Dr Isabel M Palacios from CMCB contributed with her charity DrosAfrica to the FLY-NEUROCAN Workshop, held from 15–26 June 2026 at the Drosophila Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Isa, together with other DrosAfrica members and other Drosophilist in the world, taught participants from various countries in Africa how to use ... [more]
7 July 2026
Dr. Marcus Pearce, cognitive scientist at Queen Mary University of London is interviewed in this podcast on why music affects us so deeply—and why those responses differ across cultures. Drawing on insights from his book Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn, Pearce explains how the brain predicts musical patterns, ... [more]
6 July 2026
Dr. Paul Anthony Haigh, Associate Professor at Queen Mary University of London, is exploring how to seamlessly connect fibre, underwater, free-space and satellite optical communication systems into a single end-to-end network. The vision is to create a continuous optical path that carries data from the seabed all the way to ... [more]
3 July 2026
Largest study to date to look at how traits of different neurodevelopmental conditions strongly overlap with each other and relate to wider emotional and behavioural challenges and real-world outcomes from childhood through adolescence.
A paper published in the leading journal Molecular Psychiatry led by researchers from Queen Mary University of ... [more]
3 July 2026
Engineers at Queen Mary University of London built a new colour-changing tactile sensor, which allows robots to "see" and touch in real-time.
The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London, and it works ... [more]
2 July 2026
A new study published in Trends in Biotechnology, led by José I. Jiménez from Imperial College London and involving collaborators from the University of Surrey, Northwest University, Leipzig University, Kyungpook National University, Bacmine, and RWTH Aachen University, together with Zheren Zhang from the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology, shows ... [more]
1 July 2026
Queen Mary University of London will welcome the first cohort of 240 students through a new transnational education (TNE) partnership with the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing, following approval by China's Ministry of Education.
The partnership will deliver two new undergraduate joint programmes, BSc Actuarial Science with ... [more]
June 2026
29 June 2026
Professor Natasha Blitvic's successful Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship highlights the power of interdisciplinary research and the value of one of the world's most distinctive research awards.
A Queen Mary University of London mathematician has been recognised by the Simons Foundation for the success of her ground-breaking transition into marine microbiology, ... [more]
26 June 2026
Congratulations to Emanuele Palladino from Prof Joe Briscoe's group who passed his PhD viva!
Emanuele's thesis was titled "Development of Ferroelectric Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites for Solar Energy Harvesting" and aimed to develop novel ferroelectric-semiconductor nanocomposite photovoltaic devices and demonstrate new mechanisms for solar energy conversion.
Emanuele's PhD was part of ... [more]
26 June 2026
As rising temperatures around the world trigger climate-related anxiety, new research shows that those most in need of mental health support may be cut off from it.
Young people from the lower-income countries most vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis, including the toll it takes on their mental ... [more]
25 June 2026
DrosAfrica are delighted to announce the launch of the Blossom STEM Education Initiative (BloSTEMEI) , a new non-profit organisation that has grown from their long-standing partnership with Droso4Nigeria.
DrosAfrica was co-created by Dr Palacios from the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology as a charity dedicated to advancing scientific education and ... [more]
25 June 2026
A new academic paper from researchers at Queen Mary University of London is proposing a radical redesign of undergraduate education, blending the best elements of degree apprenticeships with traditional university teaching to create a model fit for the age of artificial intelligence (AI).
Since the UK introduced Degree and Higher-Level ... [more]
24 June 2026
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that the moral themes in popular music lyrics shifted over the past 60 years, with moral vices appearing more frequently than virtues.
Popular music may be reflecting a growing culture of vices, according to new research from the Centre for Digital Music at ... [more]
24 June 2026
Popular music may be reflecting a growing culture of vices, according to new research from the Centre for Multimodal AI (CMAI) and the Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) at Queen Mary University of London. The analysis of musical evolution has found that song lyrics have become increasingly negative over ... [more]
23 June 2026
A recent study published in Science Advances led by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and involving collaborators from Imperial College London and Tanai Cardona from the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology sheds new light on an unusual mode of photosynthesis.
The research focused on Acaryochloris marina NIES-2412, a cyanobacterium capable of performing ... [more]
18 June 2026
Researchers develop ultrathin polymer membranes that enable fast, selective separation of crude oil components, offering a scalable, low‑energy alternative to distillation.
A team of international researchers have developed a new class of ultrathin polymer membranes that can rapidly and selectively separate complex hydrocarbon mixtures, potentially transforming how crude oil ... [more]
18 June 2026
In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, we highlight the innovative research of Mona Jaber and Valentina Donzella.
Dr Mona Jaber is Head of the Centre for Networks, Communications and Systems. As a child, Mona was fascinated by how engineering could solve real-world problems and she knew then that ... [more]
18 June 2026
As part of The Queen Mary Research and Innovation Awards 2026 this award is given to a member of technical staff whose exceptional practical skills, commitment and vision has enabled the highest quality research, innovation or knowledge exchange.
Chengchen Wu, Cell Dynamics & Super Resolution Technican at the Centre for Molecular Cell ... [more]
17 June 2026
Paulo Oliva has a new paper with Dr Andersson Silva and Prof. Ricardo Silva of the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil on "An approach using BRKGA for optimizing graph neural networkoptimizing graph neural network architectures". It is published in the Journal of Evolutionary Intelligence.
The paper was a collaboration ... [more]
16 June 2026
Special Issue: Call for Papers
Please find the the deatils about this Speciall Issue on AI-native Smart Radio Environments for 6G within the f IEEE Signal Processing Magazine with Dr. Maged Elkashlan as Guest Editor.
Important Dates:
1 August 2026 --- White Paper Due
1 September 2026 --- Invitation Notification
15 November 2026 --- Full-Length Manuscripts ... [more]
