Kai R. Larsen

Kai R. Larsen is a Professor at the Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics division within the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. He holds courtesy faculty appointments in the Department of Information Science at the College of Media, Communication and Information, serves as a Research Advisor to Gallup, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Behavioral Science.

Education:

• Ph.D., Information Science, University at Albany, SUNY
• Candidatus Magisterii (Software Engineering), The National College for Teachers of Commerce, Norway
• Adjunkt (Education), The National College for Teachers of Commerce, Norway
• Diplomkandidat, NHI College of Computer Science, Norway

His research focuses on Information Systems, particularly addressing the Jingle Fallacy and developing the Semantic Theory of Survey Response. He leads the Federally Supported Human Behavior Project, creating transdisciplinary frameworks using Large Language Models and Natural Language Processing to predict human behaviors across technology utilization, investor decisions, voter behaviors, and cancer prevention.

His scientific awards include

• INFORMS ISS Design Science Award (2019)
• Best Prototype Award at WITS (2019)
• Herbert A. Simon Award (2020)
• David B. Balkin Innovative Teaching Award (2023)
• Kolb Teaching Award (2022)
• National Institutes of Health $355,000 Grant (2022-2023)

Larsen's grant funding and mentorship achievements include

• NIH grant for stress ontology research
• Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award (2021-2022)
• Technology Challenge Award (2016)

He also maintains the Theories Used in IS Wiki and developed the TheoryOn award-winning ontology-based search engine used by thousands.