Mahum Adil

Dr. Mahum Adil is a Research Associate in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow. She holds a PhD from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, where she developed the Distributed COllaborative DEsign Decision (DCODED) framework for architectural decision-making in distributed software teams. Her research addresses socio-technical challenges in software development through empirical industry collaboration.

Education:

• PhD, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Her research focuses on empirical software engineering, sustainable software engineering, and collaborative design practices. She investigates how sustainability principles—spanning environmental, social, technical, and individual dimensions—can be integrated into everyday software development. Using qualitative methods including interviews, workshops, and surveys, she examines real-world team collaboration and decision-making challenges in distributed environments.

Dr. Adil's publication record reveals a consistent emphasis on distributed software design and decision-making, with recent work analyzing hybrid work models, pandemic impacts, and tool support for collaborative practices. Her research bridges conceptual framework development with empirical validation to enhance global software team effectiveness.

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