Research
This page is sorted (broadly) by research projects, but there’s overlap! I publish in multiple disciplines, with different norms - for example, in the computer sciences, a publication in a conference proceeding is peer-reviewed and equivalent to a peer-reviewed journal article in most social sciences fields. I have marked those equivalent publications with a “*" below. Shared first authorship is indicated by a “†” next to author names.
Current Projects
📝 Cross-domain and Interdisciplinary Data Practice
My current main focus and my dissertation project, I’m framing cross-domain integration (think: synthesis) as a data/information practice so that cross-domain researchers can better understand and articulate how they are integrating data from multiple domains. This work is supported by a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and a Coalition Publica Doctoral Scholarship.
Publications
- * Zogheib, C. (2023). Interdisciplinary Integration as Information Work. Issues In Interdisciplinary Studies, 41(1).
- See also ‘Cross-Domain Information Integration in Government: Hierarchies and Responsibilities’, linked below!
Working Papers
- Zogheib, C. (Revisions underway) Data Practices of Cross-Domain Integration: Draw-and-Write Interviews with Interdisciplinary Scientists
- Zogheib, C (Revisions underway) Cross-Disciplinary Integration: Information Practices and a Role for Information Scholars
🍁 Data and AI Policy in the Public Sector
Working with Kaushar Mahetaji and Ryan Spencer, with support from a Faculty of Information research fellowship, we are exploring connections between government data and AI policy documents.
Publications
- Mahetaji, K., Zogheib, C., Spencer, R. (2025) Intersections Between Government Data and AI Strategies: A Case Study of Technology Policies in Canada’s Federal Service.
- Zogheib, C. & Mahetaji, K. (2024). Cross-Domain Information Integration in Government: Hierarchies and Responsibilities. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), 469-480.
Working Papers
- Zogheib, C., Mahetaji, K., Spencer, R. (Under review) Intersections between Government Data and AI Strategies: Comparative Policy Analysis at Multiple Levels of Government
📊 Data Curation and documentation
Working as an affiliate of the Just Sustainability Design Lab at the University of Toronto, we developed and evaluated a framework for evaluating the data curation practices being undertaken during machine learning research. That work led to additional collaboration, where we consider how structured dataset documentation tools facilitate (or fail to facilitate) reflexive practice.
- * Bhardwaj, E.†, Zogheib, C.†, Becker, C. (In Revision) Deliberating on Reflexivity: Evaluation of Structured Documentation as a Tool for Reflexive Dataset Development. FAccT ’26.
- * Bhardwaj, E., Gujral, H., Wu, S., Zogheib, C., Maharaj, T., & Becker, C. (2024). The State of Data Curation at NeurIPS: An Assessment of Dataset Development Practices in the Datasets and Benchmarks Track. 2024 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024), Vancouver, British Columbia.
- * Bhardwaj, E., Gujral, H., Wu, S., Zogheib, C., Maharaj, T., & Becker, C. (2024, June). Machine learning data practices through a data curation lens: An evaluation framework. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (pp. 1055-1067).
Past Projects
🎓 Interdisciplinary Expertise
With Malayna Bernstein, with support from a Faculty of Information research fellowship, we are analyzing interviews carried out with expert artist-scholars during a residency at an interdisciplinary research centre to learn about their writing practice and interdisciplinary learning.
Publications
⛏️ Archaeological Data
My first experience working as a database administrator and data analyst was for the Stelida Naxos Archaeological Project, led by Tristan Carter.
- * Carter, T., Contreras, D. A., Mihailović, D. D., Moutsiou, T., Pitt, Y., Singh, N., & Zogheib, C. (2025). Middle Paleolithic Behavioral Insights from the Stelida Chert Source, Naxos (Greece). Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, 13(1–2), 32–59.
- * Contreras, D. A., Batist, Z., Zogheib, C., & Carter, T. (2021). Matching pragmatic lithic analysis and proper data architecture: The QuARI R shiny database interface. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 9(4), 299-311.