Isak Ladegaard is an Assistant Professor of Sociology with interests in criminology, science and technology, and economic sociology. 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 about shadowy online groups, Open Secrecy, is published by University of California Press.
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 the University of Hong Kong, where he did his undergraduate degree, he spent four years on the tenure track at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 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.
You can contact me at: isak.ladegaard@gmail.com ladegaard.bsky.social My Signal ID is isak.47 and my PGP Key ID is E1FC377D