I am a Human Subjects Research Manager at the Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) at New York University Abu Dhabi. I hold a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London. I am interested in the Psychology of Trauma, and following the evolution of open-world games such as Zelda.
Interests. Jungian Psychology; Measurement & Evaluation; Virtual Reality (VR); Evidence-Based Research
Interests. Jungian Psychology; Measurement & Evaluation; Virtual Reality (VR); Evidence-Based Research
Projects
- Medicos del Mundo – Ukraine Mission Problem Management+ Project Evaluation for the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in East Ukraine
- OPeration Community Development & Empowerment (OPCDE) The main goal of the initiative is to empower local communities by providing mentorship, knowledge transfer, and general support in technology-related fields.
Publications
2020
- Trust in government and its associations with health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic, PsyArXiv. Basel, S.,Han, Q., Zheng, B., Cristea, M., Agostini, M., Belanger, J., Gutzkow, B., & Leander, P.
- Mapping the Moods of COVID-19: Global Study Uses Data Visualization to Track Psychological Responses, Identify Targets for Intervention, Psychological Science. Basel, S., Leander, P., Kreienkamp, J., Agostini, M., and Yeung, W.
- Perceived economic risk (vs. health risk) motivates individual efforts to fight COVID-19: A multilevel analysis in 24 countries, PsyArXiv. Basel S., Nisa, C., Belanger, J., Schumpe, M., Sasin, E., & Leander, P.
- Twitter's Information Operations - An OSINT Analysis, Online. Sima Basel, Matt Suiche
- Facebook's Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior - An OSINT Analysis, Online. Sima Basel, Matt Suiche
2019
- OPCDE 2020 Social Impact Report, OPCDE. Sima Basel
- Introduction to Special Issue on Behavioral Political Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Sima Basel, Dr. Rebecca Morton