About me

Kevin Crowston

Distinguished Professor of Information Science,
Syracuse University School of Information Studies

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Kevin Crowston is a Distinguished Professor of Information Science at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (aka the iSchool). He received his A.B. (1984) in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1991) in Information Technologies from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His research examines new ways of organizing made possible by the use of information technology. He approaches this issue in several ways: empirical studies of coordination-intensive processes in human organizations (especially virtual organization); theoretical characterizations of coordination problems and alternative methods for managing them; and design and empirical evaluation of systems to support people working together. Specific domains of interest include citizen science projects, data science teamwork and the future of journalism.

He is most recently a PI on an NSF HCC project: "Intelligent support for non-experts to navigate large information spaces" (21-06865) and PI on an NSF FW-HTF grant, "The Future of News Work: Human-Technology Collaboration of Journalistic Research and Narrative Discovery" (21-29047). With colleagues, he headed a Research Coordination Network to develop a socio-technical perspective on work in the age of intelligent machines.

He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Information, Technology and People and was formerly editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Social Computing.

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a word cloud of research: information, science, management

Presentation for iConference paper

Submitted by crowston on Sun, 2025-03-16 11:46

Here's a recording of the presentation of our recent iConference paper.

A conversation on The Future of AI and Citizen Science

Submitted by crowston on Wed, 2025-02-19 18:50

I recently helped edit a special collection for the journal Citizen Science: Theory and Practice on  the Future of Artificial Intelligence and Citizen Science. We recently had an onlline "conversation" about the collection and the topic that you can find on YouTube.

The Role of Human Creativity in the Presence of AI Creativity Tools at Work: A Case Study on AI-Driven Content Transformation in Journalism

Boundaries of data journalism in U.S. public radio newsrooms

Deskilling and upskilling with AI systems

Crowston, K., & Bolici, F.. (2025). Deskilling and upskilling with AI systems. Information Research An International Electronic Journal, 30(iConf), 1009–1023. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30iConf47143

Special issue on The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Citizen Science

Submitted by crowston on Mon, 2024-12-09 16:18

Our special collection on The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Citizen Science was just published in Citizen Science: Theory & Practice. Check it out !

 

 

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Citizen Science

Fortson, L., Crowston, K., Kloetzer, L., & Ponti, M.. (2024). Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Citizen Science. Citizen Science: Theory And Practice, 9(1), 32. https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.812

Special issue on Futures of Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines just published!

Submitted by crowston on Sat, 2024-11-30 11:22

Our special issue on the Futures of Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines was just published in the journal Information, Technology & People. It includes 7 special issue papers plus one related regular issue paper. Check it out here:

Editorial: Sharing work with AI: introduction to the special issue on the futures of work in the age of intelligent machines

Crowston, K., Erickson, I., & Nickerson, J.. (2024). Editorial: Sharing work with AI: introduction to the special issue on the futures of work in the age of intelligent machines. Information Technology & People, 37(7), 2353 - 2356. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-12-2024-994

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