Gordon Burtch

Gordon Burtch is a Professor of Information Systems and Fellow of the Digital Business Institute at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. His research focuses on the economic evaluation of information systems, with empirical analyses rooted in econometrics and field experimentation to study individual participation in online social contexts.

• PhD in Business Administration from Temple University (2013)
• MBA from McMaster University (2007)
• B.Eng. from McMaster University (2005)

His recent research trends include generative AI impacts on online communities, warehouse robotics and worker safety, and digital platform economics. Articles frequently explore social identity signals, gig economy dynamics, and crowdfunding mechanisms.

• AIS Early Career Award (2017)
• INFORMS ISS Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award (2017)
• INFORMS ISR and ISS Best Paper Award (2014)
• Best Reviewer and Best Associate Editor Awards from Information Systems Research

Burtch has secured over $2 million in grants from NSF, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 3M Foundation, Adobe, Facebook Research, and the European Commission. He teaches graduate courses on data analytics and IT management, and previously worked as an information systems auditor, hardware design engineer, and technology consultant at Accenture Canada.