Krista Lagus

Krista Lagus is a Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki, where she leads the Centre for Social Data Science (CSDS). Her work bridges artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and social sciences to analyze digital communication, societal trends, and cognitive modeling.

• PhD in Computer and Information Sciences, Aalto University (2000)
• Co-founder and Director of CSDS (2019)
• Academy Research Fellow at Finnish Academy of Sciences (2006-2012)
• Key projects: WEBSOM, Citizen Mindscapes, Morfessor

Her research spans digital social science, machine learning, and cognitive modeling, with recent focus on sentiment analysis, survey data wrangling, and emotional dynamics in social media. Publications appear in journals like IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Cognitive Science, and Human Brain Mapping.

She has received awards such as the Best paper award at DHN 2020 and serves as a reviewer for grants and academic appointments, including the ERC Cog SH3 panel (2021). Lagus supervises doctoral students and teaches in the Contemporary Societies Master's Programme.