Hossein Azarpanah is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) at the University of British Columbia. He holds a PhD in Business Administration from Concordia University, where he studied how social media discourse shapes public understanding and collective action during health crises.

His research integrates computational approaches such as topic modeling and large language models (LLMs) with theories of social behavior to examine vaccine hesitancy, online polarization, crisis communication, and human–AI interaction. He also develops AI chatbot systems for experimental studies on generative AI use, learning, performance, and health communication. His broader research explores how digital communication platforms and emerging AI technologies shape public discourse and influence collective behavior in polarized or crisis-driven contexts.