My projects are grounded in the principle that the responsible design and deployment of Human-AI teams can help address societal grand challenges.
Publications and Under Review:
Sharma, S. and Aristidou, A. “Coordinative Convergence and Divergence: How human-AI teams traverse tightropes of trust and agency ambivalence in humanitarian crisis contexts.” (Accepted for special issue: Interpretive Approaches to Data Science in Management, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, forthcoming January 2025).
Sharma, S. “Seeking emancipation from the vulnerability vortex via digital technologies” (Accepted for special issue: Tales of Cultural Marginalization, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, forthcoming 2025)
Sharma, S. and Aristidou, A. “How Stakeholders Operationalize Responsible AI in Data Sensitive Contexts” (Accepted, MISQ Executive)
Working Papers and Projects:
Sharma, S. “I did not see it coming: Intentional Efforts and Unintentional Effects in Institutional Change.” (Manuscript complete, Target journal: Academy of Management Journal)
Sharma, S. and Ravasi, D. “Processes of Resisting Discriminatory Institutions”. (Target journal: Academy of Management Annals)
Sharma, S. and Aristidou, A. “Synchronized sixth sense: How crisis response teams decode data deserts, data deluge and data mirages.”
Industry Reports:
Sharma, S., and Kitamura, M., Sakai, M ‘Disaster Operations, Technologies and Strategies (DOTS): Human-AI interactions in Syncatron radiation facilities for disaster preparedness’. To be published on United Nations (UN-OCHA) (2025) open access repository for humanitarian decision making.
Sharma, S., and Piztorizzi, V., ‘AI safety across the digital divide’. To be published on United Nations (UN-OCHA) (2025) open access repository for humanitarian decision making.
Webarticles and podcasts:
Sharma, S. and Aristidou, A. “Fostering Information Assurance under conditions of Extreme Informational Turbulence” (Invite and Resubmit, MISQ)