Isak Ladegaard is an Assistant Professor of Sociology with interests in economic sociology, science and technology, and crime and deviance. He employs a combination of qualitative and computational research methods in his work.
Ladegaard’s research has appeared in various peer-reviewed journals, including Social Problems, Social Forces, British Journal of Criminology, Sociology, Socio-Economic Review, and Sociological Review.
His book project about shadowy online groups is under contract with the University of California Press and will be published in 2025.
Ladegaard has been interviewed by numerous media outlets such as Wired Magazine, Newsweek, Le Monde, and The New York Times. Additionally, he has presented his research at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Before returning to HKU, where he did his undergraduate degree, he spent four years on the tenure track at the University of Illinois, a year and a half as a lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne, and six years at Boston College, where he obtained his Ph.D. He was born in Oslo.