{"id":1442,"date":"2026-08-04T16:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/research-project\/mobile-futures-analyzing-migration-perceptions-with-data-science\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T18:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:06:48","slug":"mobile-futures-analyzing-migration-perceptions-with-data-science","status":"publish","type":"academic_project","link":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/research-project\/mobile-futures-analyzing-migration-perceptions-with-data-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Futures: Analyzing Migration Perceptions with Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quantitative Analysis of European Social Survey Data using Python<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Migration Institute of Finland &amp; \u00c5bo Akademi University<\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-906 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/29-1-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/29-1-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/29-1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong>As a Project Researcher at the <strong>Migration Institute of Finland<\/strong> and <strong>\u00c5bo Akademi University<\/strong>, I conduct quantitative research for the Mobile Futures project, funded by the Research Council of Finland. My work focuses on analyzing <strong><em>European Social Survey (ESS)<\/em><\/strong> data using Python to examine how trust, values, and digital information encounters shape European managers&#8217; attitudes toward immigrants. Specifically, I contribute to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Work Package 3<\/strong> (Trust in Information) \u2013 Investigating how digital information exposure influences European managers\u2019 human values and attitudes toward immigrants, considering the role of media engagement and socio-political events.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Work Package 4<\/strong> (Trust in the Labor Market) \u2013 Examining the impact of generalized trust and professional values on European managers\u2019 perceptions of immigrant workers and their inclusion in the labor market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I process, clean, and visualize large-scale datasets using Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib. Additionally, I apply advanced statistical techniques, including Multilevel Linear Regression, to analyze hierarchical data structures and uncover patterns in managers&#8217; trust and value systems. My research contributes to ongoing academic discussions, with findings under review in leading migration studies journals, supporting evidence-based policymaking on labor market inclusion and migration governance in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Project Researcher at the Migration Institute of Finland and \u00c5bo Akademi University , I conduct quantitative research for the Mobile Futures project, funded by the Research Council of Finland. My work focuses on analyzing European Social Survey (ESS) data using Python to examine how trust, values, and digital information encounters shape European managers&#8217; attitudes toward immigrants. Specifically, I contribute to: Work Package 3 (Trust in Information) \u2013 Investigating how digital informatio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":906,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-1442","academic_project","type-academic_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_project\/1442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/academic_project"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_project\/1442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_project\/1442\/revisions\/1509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}