Mahdi Mirhoseini, Concordia University

Research

Fake News Misinformation Disinformation Fact-checker Social Media Affordances Classical Reasoning Motivated Reasoning

Latest funding

Navigating the Promises and Pitfalls of AI-Enabled Telemedicine in Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$79,320
Towards a Sociotechnical Understanding of Fake News on Social Media
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$73,798
Cutting Through the Jungle of Deception: Understanding Why Online Users believe Fake News and Developing Potential Countermeasures
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$80,251

All 3 grants and awards

Navigating the Promises and Pitfalls of AI-Enabled Telemedicine in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Sadreddin, Arman

$79,320

Towards a Sociotechnical Understanding of Fake News on Social Media

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Mirhoseini, Mahdi

Keywords: Fake News; Misinformation; Disinformation; Fact-checker; Social Media; Affordances; Classical Reasoning; Motivated Reasoning

$73,798

Cutting Through the Jungle of Deception: Understanding Why Online Users believe Fake News and Developing Potential Countermeasures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hassanein, Khaled S.

Keywords: fake news; neuroIS; social media; IT interventions; motivated reasoning; classical reasoning

$80,251

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Fake News Dear Professor Mirhoseini, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on fake news connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Towards a Sociotechnical Understanding of Fake News on Social Media" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]