Ceren Budak

Associate Professor of Information
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

I am an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. I also hold affiliations in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Center for Political Studies. Before that, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research New York. I received my PhD from the Computer Science Department at University of California, Santa Barbara (2012) and my B.S. from Computer Science at Bilkent University, Turkey (2007).

My research interests lie in the area of computational social science. I utilize network science, machine learning, and crowdsourcing methods, drawing from knowledge across multiple social science communities to contribute computational methods to the field of political communication. My recent scholarship focuses on the effects of technology (social media, generative AI) on human attitudes and behaviors, developing prosocial interventions, news production and consumption, election campaigns, and online social movements.