Alentina VARDANYAN

Alentina Vardanyan is an Assistant Professor in the Management Department at ESSEC Business School, France. Her research focuses on AI and creativity at work, exploring how individuals collaborate with AI and its impact on creativity and innovation. She holds a MPhil from Cambridge University and has been recognized with awards such as the Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award (2022) and Exceptional Teaching Award (2019).

Education and Academic Roles:

• 2024–Present: Assistant Professor at ESSEC Business School
• 2019–2022: Taught Organizational Behavior at Cambridge University
• 2019–2021: Taught Business Leadership at Cambridge University

Research Interests:

• AI integration in workplace creativity
• Psychological mechanisms behind human-AI collaboration
• Ethical and human-centric approaches to AI in organizations

Key Contributions: Her work analyzes how machine learning shapes creativity and explores dynamic collaboration strategies in fashion design and technology-driven innovation. She emphasizes iterative disconnections and reconnections in employee-AI partnerships.

Awards and Grants:

• 2022: Best Dissertation-Based Paper Award
• 2019: Exceptional Teaching Award
• 2017: MPhil Distinction and St. Catharine’s College Benavitch Scholar

Teaching and Mentorship: Focuses on organizational behavior and leadership, blending academic rigor with practical insights from her research on AI and creativity.