In my work, I seek to both:
Examine the impact of existing algorithmic systems to understand contexts in which potential trade-offs exist between firm performance and societal welfare, and
Design and test new interventions that firms can adopt to both improve their performance and address societal concerns.
To do so, I conduct large-scale field and survey experiments, develop AI agents to collect field data at scale, build new interfaces to study human-AI interaction in field settings, and partner with organizations and entrepreneurs interested in doing the same.
(*denotes first author publications)
Publications
* "Companies inadvertently fund online misinformation despite consumer backlash." Nature, 123–131 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07404-1 (with Ananya Sen, Chuck Eesley and Erik Brynjolfsson).
Working Papers
Managing Online Participation: Evidence from a Field Experiment with AI Agents
(Job market paper)
Nominated for the SMS Annual Conference (2025) PhD Paper Prize
Pre-PhD Publications
* "A Systems Approach Toward Addressing Anonymous Abuses: Technical and Policy Considerations." IEEE Security & Privacy 19 (2), 38-47 (with David Clark)
2021 Best Paper Award by the IEEE Computer Society Publications Board
* "Addressing Anonymous Abuses: Measuring the Effects of Technical Mechanisms on Reported User Behaviors." Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (with Ilaria Liccardi).
"Preventing Surveillance Cities: Developing a Set of Fundamental Privacy Provisions." Journal of Science Policy & Governance, Vol. 15, Issue 1, October 2019 (with Elizabeth Dethy).
"Senseable City Guide to Quito". MIT School of Architecture and Planning. 2017. ISBN: 978-0-9984189-0-2 (with Anthony Vanky, Akshay Gayal, Phillip Hu, Chang Liu, and Wayne Liu).
"Enabling Digital Development: 6 digital technologies to watch." World Development Report 2016 (with Hallie Applebaum, Naomi Halewood, Arturo Muente-Kunigami, Marcela Sabino, Randeep Sudan, and Darshan Yadunath).