Hi, I am Fangchen
PhD Candidate in Information Systems at McCombs School of Business, UT Austin
PhD Candidate in Information Systems at McCombs School of Business, UT Austin
Hi, I am a PhD candidate in Information Systems at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, where I am fortunate to be advised by Professor Ashish Agarwal.Â
My research examines how organizations adapt as increasingly capable generative AI reshapes knowledge work. I study how AI transforms collaboration, human value creation, and managerial decision making, with the goal of helping organizations adapt to an AI-driven economy.
My current research centers on three questions:
How does AI reshape collaborative work? I study how generative AI changes collaboration, coordination, and collective knowledge work.
How does AI reshape human value creation? I examine how advances in AI capabilities change the value humans contribute beyond what AI can accomplish independently.
How should organizations adapt? I investigate how organizations can redesign managerial practices to support meaningful human contributions in the age of AI.
I combine proprietary organizational data, large-scale field experiments, computational text analysis, and econometric analyses to study AI in real-world organizational settings. My research is conducted in collaboration with organizations including Microsoft GitHub and KPMG.