Misha Teplitskiy
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and the head of DiscoveryLab. I am a sociologist interested in the drivers of scientific and technological innovation, and especially the role that policy and technology can play in accelerating scientific discovery. My current research investigates
- The design of effective evaluation/selection methods for innovative ideas
- Knowledge diffusion between scientists and the public, in-person and online
- Factors affecting the supply of scientists, such as graduate admissions
- AI in higher education and research
Although much of my work focuses on the domain of science, I am also interested in knowledge dynamics in other domains, e.g. Wikipedia. Methodologically, I specialize in computational/quantitative methods such as natural language processing, and field experiments and other causal inference techniques.
Previously, I was a Postdoc at Harvard Business School in the Laboratory for Innovation Science (LISH) with Karim Lakhani. I received my PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago, where I was a member of KnowledgeLab and advised by James Evans.
Areas of interest
Science of science, collective intelligence, computational social science, experiments
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Chicago
B.S. in Physics and Mathematics, Rice University
