Başak is a PhD student in Social Data Science at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research lies at the intersection of human-AI interaction, political science, communication and computational linguistics. Başak studies how fact-checking professionals use computational tools and identifies potential areas for improvement. On the technical side, she analyses the capabilities and limitations of large language models in automated fact-checking.
Başak holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering, an M.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in Sociology.
Artificial intelligence, natural language processing, computational social science, fact-checking, misinformation.
This programme supports research on AI, Government and Policy.
This project will analyse the challenges and opportunities created by EU governments’ use of AI systems in social media monitoring during elections
