Mohammed Saqr, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Office number B344
Lansikatu 15
Joensuu, 80100, Finland
Mohammed Saqr, PhD is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland. He leads UEF’s Learning Analytics Unit, which has emerged as Europe’s most productive learning analytics lab, as recognized by Scopus and Web of Science over the past five years (2019-2023). Dr. Saqr’s has a PhD in Learning Analytics from Stockholm University, Sweden, followed by a postdoctoral position at Université Paris Cité, France. Later, he earned the title of Docent in Learning Analytics from the University of Oulu, Finland. His scholarly work is diverse, interdisciplinary, and prolific. It spans more than 200 peer-reviewed interdisciplinary, methodological, and empirical studies, two books, and more than a dozen editorials. His research covers areas such as learning analytics, artificial intelligence, big data, network science, the science of science, and medicine.
Dr. Saqr has received several international recognitions. His PhD thesis was awarded the best thesis, and he has also received several international research awards (e.g., best paper at LAK, ICCE, SITE, TEEM). He obtained the University of Michigan Office of Academic Innovation fellowship. In 2023, the Society of Learning Analytics Research (SOLAR) awarded Dr. Saqr the Europe’s Emerging Scholar Award for “Noteworthy research leading to significant knowledge and understanding of learning analytics and the impact of research on learning analytics application, adoption, and professional development in Europe”. Dr. Saqr has secured funding from esteemed institutions, including the Academy of Finland (as Principal Investigator) and the Swedish Research Council (as Co-Principal Investigator). He serves on the editorial boards of prominent journals such as Transactions of Learning Technologies, British Journal of Education Technologies, and PLOS ONE. Mohammed Saqr actively contributes to international conferences, sharing insights through invited keynote addresses as well as academic engagement. His extensive collaboration network spans over a hundred researchers. Mohammed Saqr has offered consultations to governmental organizations and companies and contributed to the evaluation of the World Academy of Sciences (a UNESCO organization).
In total he published three books, 190 research publications including 81 journal articles, 57 conference papers, 33 book chapters, 12 editorials, 5 other publications, and 1 thesis. You can see some of the work in this page below or in the Publication page.
news
Jan 14, 2025 | Just got a Turkish chapter published and it feels great having my research in other languages. |
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Dec 20, 2024 | Ramy defended his thesis in learning analytics |
Dec 11, 2024 | Transition Network Analysis is released |
Books
selected publications
This is a selection of my publications which includes some of the papers that I enjoyed working on. A full list of my work can be found here, a more updated list can be seen on my Google Scholar.