Robert Laubacher

Robert Laubacher is a Research Fellow at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence within the Sloan School of Management, focusing on how technological innovations like generative AI and large language models are reshaping organizational practices, work structures, and social patterns.

• Education:
  • B.A. in American Studies, Northwestern University
  • M.A., Doctoral Coursework in Modern History, Harvard University

His research explores:

• Developing ontologies for work activities inspired by biological taxonomy
• Enhancing human creativity through AI collaboration frameworks
• Building collective intelligence systems for global challenges like climate change and sustainable development
• Identifying foundational elements of collective intelligence
• Historical analysis of IT's impact on employment relationships

Recent publications focus on human-AI co-creation, crowdsourced problem-solving, and organizational adaptation to digital transformation. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and ACM conference proceedings.