Michal Kosinski
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Research Statement
Research Interests
- Computational Social Science
- Big Data
- Artificial Intelligence
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Psychological Assessment
- Consumer Preferences
- Facial Features
Bio
Professor Kosinski received his PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge in 2014. He was the deputy director of the University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre, a researcher at Microsoft Research, and a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford’s Computer Science Department.
Kosinski’s research has had a significant impact on both academia and the industry. In pursuing his diverse research program, he has published over 70 papers in leading journals including Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Machine Learning, Psychological Science, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. They have been cited over 6,000 times.
Academic Degrees
- Phd in Psychology, University of Cambridge, 2014
- MPhil in Psychometrics, University of Cambridge, 2009
- MSC in Psychology, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2008
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford GSB, 2019–present
- Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford GSB, 2015–19
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Computer Science Dept., Stanford University, 2014–15
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Namur, 2012–13
Professional Experience
- Deputy Director, University of Cambridge Psychometrics Center, 2010–14
- Researcher, Microsoft Research, 2010–14
Awards and Honors
- Business School Trust Faculty Scholar for 2019–20
- GSB Trust Faculty Scholar for 2018–19
- GSB Trust Faculty Scholar for 2017–18
- Rising Star, Association for Psychological Science, 2015
- Top 100 Papers that Most Caught the Public Imagination (22nd), Altmetrics, 2015
- Open Innovation Award, Accenture, 2015
- One of the Top 50 Most Influential People in Big Data, DataIQ and IBM, 2013
- Top 100 Papers that Most Caught the Public Imagination (9th), Altmetrics, 2013
- Top 100 Papers that Most Caught the Public Imagination (21st), Altmetrics, 2013
Publications
Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Teaching
Degree Courses
Executive Education & Other Non-Degree Programs
Conferences, Talks & Speaking Engagements
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom, 2011
Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), 2012
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), 2012
Proceedings of AAAI International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), 2012
International Conference on Mobile Systems (MobiSys), 2012
Proceedings of ASE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom), 2012
ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci), 2012
Proceedings of AAAI International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), 2013
Multiple Entertainment Domains In Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Emotions and Personality in Personalized Services (EMPIRE), 2013
Proceedings of AAAI International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), 2013
Proceedings of ACM International Conference on World Wide Web (WWW), 2013
AAAI Spring Symposium: Analyzing Microtext, 2013
Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP), 2014
Stanford GSB Affiliations
- Faculty Affiliate Golub Capital Social Impact Lab