Dr. Stella Pachidi

Biography

Stella Pachidi is a Senior Lecturer in Technology Work at King’s Business School. Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, work, and organizing. Current research projects include the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies in organizations and their impact on knowledge work and production, as well as managing the challenges of workplace digital transformation and the practices of knowledge collaboration across boundaries. Stella is keen to understand and explain the significant impacts of artificial intelligence and algorithmic technologies on work, organizations, and society. She studies the use of these technologies through qualitative research methods, utilizing lenses such as practice theory, knowing, sociomateriality, temporality, and performativity. With a background in computer science, Stella takes a holistic approach in her research, striving to develop a deep understanding of work that involves developing technology and the materiality of technology during implementation and use. She has published articles in journals such as Organization Science, Information Organization, Theory, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and has presented her work at major conferences. Stella has a strong teaching background across various levels, and she is also a Research Fellow at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, as well as a member of the AI@Work Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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