Mohammed Saqr, PhD

Associate Professor of Computer Science

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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.
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.



 

  1. SLE
    Why Explainable AI May Not Ne Enough and How Predictions and Mispredictions Affect Decision Making in Education
    Saqr M., and López-Pernas S.
    In Smart Learning Environments , 2024
  2. LEAND
    Idiographic artificial intelligence to explain students‘ self-regulation: Toward precision education
    Saqr M., Cheng R., López-Pernas S., and Beck E.
    In Learning and Individual Differences , 2024
    102499
  3. Comput Hum Behav
    Group-level analysis of engagement poorly reflects individual students’ processes: Why we need idiographic learning analytics
    Saqr M.
    In Computers in Human Behavior , 2024
    107991
  4. Computers&Education
    The longitudinal association between engagement and achievement varies by time, students’ profiles, and achievement state: A full program study
    Saqr M., López-Pernas S., Hrastinski S., and Helske S.
    In Computers and Education , 2023
    104787
  5. Computers&Education
    When, how and for whom changes in engagement happen: A transition analysis of instructional variables
    Saqr M., López-Pernas S., and Vogelsmeier L.V.D.E.
    In Computers and Education , 2023
    104934
  6. Computers&Education
    How CSCL roles emerge, persist, transition, and evolve over time: A four-year longitudinal study
    Saqr M., and López-Pernas S.
    In Computers and Education , 2022
    104581
  7. Computers&Education
    The longitudinal trajectories of online engagement over a full program
    Saqr M., and López-Pernas S.
    In Computers and Education , 2021
    104325
  8. Computers&Education
    Two decades of game concepts in digital learning environments – A bibliometric study and research agenda
    Schöbel S., Saqr M., and Janson A.
    In Computers and Education , 2021
    104296
  9. Computers&Education
    Students matter the most in learning analytics: The effects of internal and instructional conditions in predicting academic success
    Jovanović J., Saqr M., Joksimović S., and Gašević D.
    In Computers and Education , 2021
    104251
  10. Computers&Education
    Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: A Topical Review of Research, Questions and Possibilities
    Kaliisa R., López-Pernas S., Misiejuk K.; Damsa C., Sobocinski M., Jarvela S., and Saqr M.
    In Computers and Education , 2025
  11. Computers&Education
    Dynamics of self-regulated learning: The effectiveness of students’ strategies across course periods
    Cristea T.S., Heikkinen S., Snijders C., Saqr M., Matzat U., Conijn R., and Kleingeld A.
    In Computers and Education , 2025
  12. BJET
    Mapping the self in self-regulation using complex dynamic systems and idiographic methods
    Saqr M., and López-Pernas S.
    In British Journal of Educational Technology , 2024