Sal Hagen
Postdoctoral Researcher In Public AI And Digital Methods at University of Amsterdam
Randstad, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSal Hagen is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer specializing in public AI and digital methods, currently based in the Randstad and affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. With 11 years of experience spanning academic research, teaching, and freelance web development, Sal combines rigorous humanities scholarship—culminating in a cum laude PhD on far-right online subcultures—with hands-on tool-building for social media research. He has led development on 4CAT/CAT4SMR, practical open tools used to study platform dynamics, and contributes to projects within the Deep Culture and ODYCCEUS initiatives. Comfortable switching between code, concept design and ethnographic analysis, he translates complex digital phenomena into reproducible research workflows. His background in language and culture studies informs a nuanced approach to computational methods, making him as fluent with datasets and APIs as with cultural theory. Notably, he maintains a freelance practice in web development and design, keeping his technical skills applied and product-minded outside academia.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Language and culture studies, cum laude, Language and culture studies, cum laude at Universiteit UtrechtResearch Master Media Studies, New Media and Digital Culture, Research Master Media Studies, New Media and Digital Culture at University of AmsterdamVWO+, Cultuur en Maatschappij, VWO+, Cultuur en Maatschappij at Lyceum Schravenlant
Dutch, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (15)
social-media10
data-capture10
social-network-analysis10
modular10
python10
vector-graphics6
d3js6
svg4
visualization4
api4
vector4
tumblr4
visualizations3
data-visualization3
charts2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
salhamander/polthesis
Mar 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
sal-uva/chanalysis
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:14 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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