Jawad Haqbeen

I am a Program-Specific Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Informatics at Kyoto University, where I work with Ito Lab. I am part of the Consensus Informatics Group, and work on experimental foundations of conversational artificial intelligence interactions with society, particularly focusing the impact of AI tools on Intergroup relationship, deliberation, polarization, behavior change, learning outcome and wellbeing.

I pursue a multidisciplinary approach—drawing from social psychology and multi-agent systems—to understand the role of information and user needs in shaping the design of civic systems. My research focuses on the impact of digitalization and the algorithmification of society on communities. I study tools that leverage the strengths of collective human intelligence and artificial (AI) agents for solving real-word social issues. I apply a mix of qualitative (social insights, user perceptions) and quantitive (usage logs, activity metrics) methods to realize the collective behavior.

I have co-authored with colleagues from a variety of disciplines including computer science, information system, education, engineering, public health, social psychology and open to future collaborations.

I earned my PhD at Nagoya Institute of Technology, where I was co-advised by Takayuki Ito and  Shohei Kato.  Before moving to Japan, I taught Computer Science at Alberoni University.

Job Vacancy: I am hiring Research & Office Assistant(s). If you are interested to work in my project or collaborate with me or just have a chat, you may reach me at jawad.haqbeen(ατ)i.kyoto-u.ac.jp