Essays, commentary & press
Short reflections on organizations, AI, and the implications of research for management and society.
I am coediting an Organization Science special issue on how AI can enable new forms of organizational and social science research.
Call for Science and submission detailsOrganization Science · Substack
The submission portal is open. Sharique Hasan and I answer questions about proposals, research artifacts, and what it means to push the frontiers of AI-enabled social science.
AI, academic incentives, and the future of peer review.
Organization Science · Substack
Moving Towards Better
What would it take for AI to improve research? The final essay turns to the institutions and incentives that shape scholarly work.
Organization Science · Substack
AI and the peer review process
AI is entering reviewer reports as well as manuscripts. What changes when it assists—or replaces—human judgment?
Organization Science · Substack
AI Is Overwhelming Academic Peer Review. What Next?
An examination of rising submissions and AI-generated writing at a major academic journal.
The Washington Post · September 23, 2026
Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.O’Reilly · Interview · September 2026
We Need Better Output, Not Just More: Claudine Gartenberg Live with Tim O’ReillyFinancial Times · July 23, 2026
Concerns rise as volume of research soars and quality dropsUniversity of Oregon · July 6, 2026
The AI Deluge Upending AcademiaNature · Commentary · May 19, 2026
The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard railsWashU · The Source · May 12, 2026
Analysis reveals AI’s impact on research, journalsPhys.org · May 1, 2026
A leading journal finds that AI is flooding academic publishing with lower quality workForbes · April 30, 2026
AI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured ItForbes · April 24, 2017
Make Every Employee A Chief Purpose OfficerThe New York Times · July 11, 2015
Why Employee Ranking Can BackfireThe Atlantic · May 7, 2015
Data Can Make for Cutthroat CoworkersFor a wider audience
Columbia Law School · Blue Sky Blog
How corporate ownership shapes employee pay.
Columbia Law School · Blue Sky Blog
What happens to employees’ sense of purpose when companies combine?
ProMarket
Research on the meaning of corporate purpose and its implications for firms.
Harvard Business Review
In conversation
Knowledge at Wharton · Interview and podcast · October 17, 2017
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