Speaker: Dr. Armin Alizadeh

Abstract: Over the past decade, algorithmic management, the use of data and algorithms to perform tasks once reserved for human managers, has attracted growing attention from researchers across information systems and adjacent fields. I take stock of where that research now stands, tracing the field's origins in gig-economy platforms, its move into traditional organizations, and a widening of focus from how algorithms control workers to how they are reshaping managerial work itself. Along the way, I draw on my own research, including work on the legitimacy of algorithmic management, as well as early insights from ongoing projects. I close by looking ahead, highlighting a few directions that seem especially promising for future research

Short Bio: Armin Alizadeh is a Postdoc at the Chair of Information Systems and Electronic Services at TU Darmstadt. His research examines algorithmic management and the changing nature of work, with a particular focus on how algorithms reshape control and coordination in organizations. He combines experimental methods with qualitative field research and actively collaborates with labor unions and policymakers to develop actionable insights that inform organizational practice and regulation in the context of digital and algorithmic work systems.