Michał Kosiński

Michal Kosinski is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He specializes in computational social science, artificial intelligence, and psychometrics. Kosinski earned his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Cambridge, where he pioneered methods of predicting psychological traits from digital footprints.

He has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals, such as PNAS, American Psychologist, and Nature Computational Science; authored the popular textbook Modern Psychometrics; and contributed several chapters, including to the seminal Handbook of Social Psychology. Kosinski's research has been cited over 25,000 times, placing him among the Top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers. His contributions have been recognized through many prestigious awards, including the ARP's Early Career Award, SPSP's Distinguished Fellowship, EAPP's Early Achievement Award, and APS's Rising Star Award. His research inspired a cover story in The Economist, a 2014 theater production titled "Privacy," multiple TED talks, and a video game, in addition to being featured in thousands of press articles, books, podcasts, and documentaries.

Beyond academia, Michal regularly advises corporations and government agencies, such as the FTC, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the European Parliament, and the DoJ. His research directly informed privacy regulations, notably contributing to a record $5 billion fine imposed on Facebook. Michal was also behind the first press article exposing the privacy risks exploited by Cambridge Analytica.

My website is here: www.michalkosinski.com