Elif Haksever

Elif Haksever is a Researcher in the Department of Hadith within the Faculty of Islamic Sciences at Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey, holding this position since 2020 with expertise in historical and digital methodologies for Hadith analysis.

Her academic credentials include:

• Doctorate in Hadith from Marmara University (2019-2025), Faculty of Theology, Department of Basic Islamic Sciences, thesis: "Hadith transmission networks in Kufa in the first century of the Hijra"
• Master's in Fundamental Islamic Sciences from Istanbul 29 Mayis University (2017-2019), Institute of Social Sciences, thesis: "The relationship between the judges of Kufa in the first two centuries of the Hijra and hadith"
• Licence in Islamic and Religious Sciences from Istanbul 29 Mayis University (2012-2017), International Faculty of Islamic and Religious Sciences (50% scholarship)

Her research focuses on Hadith transmission dynamics, computational analysis of Isnad networks, and early Islamic socio-judicial structures in Kufa, blending classical Islamic scholarship with digital humanities tools to reconstruct historical religious networks.

Publications reveal a consistent trajectory toward digital Hadith studies, featuring social network analysis of transmission chains (2025), digitization methodologies (2022), and virtual conference leadership (2021), demonstrating how computational approaches transform traditional Isnad-criticism into quantifiable historical research.

Active in collaborative networks like the Islamicate Digital Humanities initiative, she contributes to symposia on contemporary Hadith issues and Babanzâde Ahmed Naîm's scholarship, though specific lab affiliations or grant details remain unreported in available sources.