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Information economics

The analysis of how information is created, distributed and utilized within economic systems, exploring the impact of asymmetric information on decision-making, market dynamics and resource allocation.

UMSI Research Roundup. Authentic Listening. Emotional Connection. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Authentic Listening | Emotional Connection: UMSI Research Roundup

03/30/2026

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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A person holds a tablet displaying a stylized chat conversation between a chatbot and a user. Two colorful speech bubbles, one orange with a small robot icon and one yellow with a person icon, appear on a dark blue screen.

What older adults should know before trusting chatbots

02/13/2026

UMSI associate professor Robin Brewer shares practical advice for staying safe while using AI tools.

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UMSI Research Roundup in a magnifying glass. Survival. Contentious Times. Grand Challenges. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Survival | Contentious Times | Grand Challenges: UMSI Research Roundup

11/24/2025

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UMSI Research Roundup. 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW). Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

UMSI at CSCW 2025: Awards, Workshops and Papers

10/17/2025

UMSI research and workshops for the 28th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW).

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Is your bank keeping your secrets? New study says 'It's complicated'

10/09/2025

UMSI researchers Lu Xian and Florian Schaub find that many banks send mixed messages about whether they share customer data.

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UMSI Research Roundup. Coordinating Chaos. Clickbait. Political Identification. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. Block M. UMSI.

Coordinating Chaos | Clickbait | Political identification: UMSI Research Roundup

09/18/2025

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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Featured by The Globe and Mail. Associate professor Alain Cohn. Lost wallets get returned more often than you might think - and trusting strangers to do it makes us happier.

Cohn: For a society to function smoothly, you need people to be able to trust each other

02/26/2025

UMSI associate professor Alain Cohn says the more money found in a lost wallet, the more likely someone is to return the wallet to its original owner.

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