Research & Publications

From question to evidence — and from evidence to usable public knowledge.

TAS links research with application through sound studies, responsible interpretation and multiple pathways for specialist and public audiences.

Research → Book → TareqPodcast → Public Awareness
TAS / RESEARCH
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Featured work · 2026

From Instagram to LinkedIn

A 139-page independent publication on platforms’ effects on attention, identity and knowledge, and indicators following a short digital awareness intervention.

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Academic research · 2024

Emotional intelligence and decision-making effectiveness

An applied MBA dissertation connecting emotional-intelligence dimensions with leadership and decision-making in high-pressure humanitarian work settings.

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Doctoral dissertation · 2016

Managing refugee and asylum-seeker crises

A five-chapter archival academic work on privacy, coexistence and crisis response, available in full through a web reader without a raw-file download.

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Applied study design · 2025

Evaluating psychological support and school counselling

A mixed-method study design with four stakeholder instruments that remained at the design stage, with no data collection or published findings.

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Working logic

Research that does not stop at findings

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Question

Frame a problem grounded in contemporary digital behaviour.

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Evidence

Collect data and interpret findings in context.

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Translation

Make results accessible without making them shallow.

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Dialogue

Books, episodes, resources and awareness materials.

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Research themes

Attention economy

How do responses and digital behaviour become part of a platform’s model?

Distraction and identity

How do comparison and constant feeds influence self-perception?

Credibility and reach

Why does reach never prove that content is true?

Artificial intelligence

How should we engage with generated content and new uncertainty?

FROM IDEAS TO PRACTICE

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