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Joshua Becker is an Associate Professor at the UCL School of Management (University College London), specializing in collective intelligence, decision-making processes, and social networks. He holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Kellogg School of Management. His research explores optimizing group decision-making through structured communication and network design, with publications in top journals like Science and Management Science.
Becker teaches courses on negotiation, decision-making, and technology-driven collective intelligence. He has been recognized as one of the 'Best 40 Under 40' business school professors by Poets & Quants (2023). His work bridges academic research and practical applications, including pro-bono workshops for charities on conflict resolution, negotiation principles, and group facilitation techniques.
His research agenda focuses on designing communication processes that enhance collective intelligence with minimal intervention. Notable contributions include studies on information-sharing networks in healthcare, structured debate protocols, and the dynamics of partisan bias in social learning. He co-developed Empirica, a virtual lab enabling high-throughput macro-level social experiments.
Becker's interdisciplinary approach combines elements of computer science, behavioral economics, and organizational theory. His ongoing projects investigate large language model impacts on group cognition and network structures that optimize collective problem-solving.
