# Natalia Levina 0 nl28 [Tenured or Tenure Track](/taxonomy/term/4799) Paganelli-Bull Professor of Technology & International Business Ph.D. Program Coordinator for Information Systems 2001 [ Personal Website ](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~nlevina) ![Natalia Levina profile photo](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/media/nlevina.jpg?h=89fff19e&itok=hBxg3qEj) Kaufman Management Center 44 West Fourth Street, 8-78 New York, NY 10012 8-78 0 - Ph.D., Information Technology, 2001 MIT - M.A., Mathematics, 1994 Boston University - B.A., Computer Science and Mathematics, 1994 Boston University - Digital Innovation & Crowdsourcing - Digital Technology in Organizations Research Seminar - Global Sourcing and Open Innovation Natalia Levina has received her Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and is a Full Chair Professor at New York University Stern School of Business. She focuses on how people span organizational, professional, cultural, and other boundaries while producing and using technological innovations. Currently, she studies the evaluation and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine and HR, open innovation, theories of smart contracts, and firm-community relationships in crowdsourcing. Prof. Levina is an innovative teacher who has developed a unique course on “Digital Innovation & Crowdsourcing,” which has been receiving stellar evaluations in undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA programs. She has been nominated for the Best Professor Award by NYU Stern’s EMBA students. She is a frequent speaker on these topics in academic and industry conferences. Her research has been published in top journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Decision Sciences Journal, and Harvard Business Review, among others. She has received the Best Published Paper of 2021 and of 2015 Awards in the field of Information Systems, Best Published Paper of 2015 award from the Academy of Management Research Methods Division, Best Published Paper of 2014 award from the Academy of Management OCIS Division, numerous best conference paper awards, and two Ph.D. dissertation awards. Prof. Levina has previously served as a Senior Editor at Information Systems Research, as a board member of Organization Science journal, and is currently an editorial board member of Information & Organizations. She has served as a program co-chair for the 2016 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and the conference chair for the Collective Intelligence Conference (2016). She has co-founded and chaired AIS Special Interest Group (SIG) on the Grounded Theory Method from 2016-2020. Prof. Levina was awarded numerous research grants, including Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Fellowship, the IBM Shared University Research Award, and the National Science Foundation VOSS Research Grant. She was a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge (UK), the U. of Hawaii, and the University of California Santa Barbara. She has an ongoing appointment as a Research Environment Professor at the Warwick Business School at the U. of Warwick (UK). In 2022, Prof. Levina became a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems.. Technology, Operations & Statistics - Data Science - Outsourcing - Net Neutrality Management - Global Expansion - Technology & Innovation Industry - Consulting - Information Technology Company - IBM Region/Country - China - Europe - India - United States - Artificial Intelligence adoption in medicine - Cross-boundary collaboration - Open innovation and crowdsourcing - Smart contracts - Qualitative research methods - **Best Published Paper Winner,** Academy of Management, OCIS Division (2015) - **VOSS Collaboration Grant,** National Science Foundation (2011) - **University Research Challenge Grant,** New York University (2011) - **OCIS Division, Caroline Dexter Award,** Academy of Management (2009) - **Best Paper Award,** International Conference on Inter-Cultural Collaboration (2009) - **Grant to study Global Delivery of Professional Services,** IBM (2008) - **Shared University Research Award,** IBM (2007) - **Best Paper in Track Award,** International Conference on Inter-Cultural Collaboration (2006) - **Alfred P. Sloan Industry Studies Fellow,** Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2005) - Bhatia A., Levina, N. (2020) [The Diverse Rationalities of Entrepreneurship Education: An Epistemic Stance Perspective](https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amle.2019.0201) Academy of Management Learning & Education - Shaikh, M., and Levina N. (2019) [Selecting an Open Innovation Community as an Alliance Partner: Looking for Healthy Communities and Ecosystem](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.03.011) Research Policy - Kane, A. A. & N. Levina (2017) [Am I still one of them?”: Bicultural immigrant managers navigating social identity threats when spanning global boundaries](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/joms.12259) Journal of Management Studies, Articles in Advance - Anne-Laure Fayard, Emmanouil Gkeredakis, Natalia Levina (2016) [Framing Innovation Opportunities While Staying Committed to an Organizational Epistemic Stance](http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.2016.0623) Information Systems Research - Vaast E. and N. Levina (2015) [Speaking as one, but not speaking up: Dealing with New Taint in an Occupational Online Community](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273524451_Speaking_as_one_but_not_speaking_up_Dealing_with_) Information and Organizations (“articles in print” online since March, 2015) - Levina, N. and M. Arriaga (2015) [Distinction and Status Production on User-Generated Content Platforms: Using Bourdieu’s Theory of Cultural Production to Understand Social Dynamics in Online Fields](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273427649_Distinction_and_Status_Production_on_User-Generat) ISR. Best Published Paper Winner, AOM OCIS Division. - Levina, Natalia and Wanda Orlikowski (2009) [Understanding Shifting Power Relations within and across Organizations: A Critical Genre Analysis](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1791912) Academy of Management Journal - Levina, Natalia and N. Su (2008) [Global IT Multisourcing Strategy: The Emergence of Supplier Portfolio in Services Offshoring](http://ssrn.com/abstract=1791898) Decision Sciences - Levina, Natalia and E. Vaast (2008) [Innovating or Doing as Told? Status Differences and Overlapping Boundaries in Offshore Collaboration](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1136880) MIS Quarterly - Emmanuelle Vaast and Levina, Natalia (2006) [Multiple Faces of Codification: Organizational Redesign in an IT Organization](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1792741) Organization Science [https://s18798.pcdn.co/natalialevina/wp-content/uploads/sites/5806/2021/02/Nata…](https://s18798.pcdn.co/natalialevina/wp-content/uploads/sites/5806/2021/02/Natalia-Levina-CV-2-6-21.)