Christina Strobel

About Me

I am a digital economist & behavioral scientist. My passion lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence & human behavior. I come to data science and AI from a background in quantitative behavioral science. This background equips me to work on bridging the gap between the technology sector and the broader population.

Here are some quick facts about me: I hold a PhD in Economics, with a focus on Accountability and Appraisal of Artificial Intelligence, and I previously conducted research at Yale University. In my role as Incrementality Measurement Lead at Google, I managed experiments to measure the effectiveness and ROI of advertisements for key clients in Central Europe.

If you’d like to learn more about me please visit my LinkedIn profile or send me an email at cs@christina-strobel.de!

What I do

Researcher

As a PostDoc at the Institute for Digital Economics and a member of the Human Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) working group, I conduct research on how humans react to AI & automated decision-making systems. As a service to the profession, I refereed for Journals such as the Journal of Economic Psychology, Decision Analysis, HCII Late Breaking Papers Springer LNCS, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, and the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.

Speaker

As a speaker at scientific conferences and business events, I spoke for example at the HCI International 2021 and the Google Responsible AI Group and actively participate in committees and workshops such as the "Fachaustausch Vertrauenswürdige KI ‘Made in Germany‘ des Bundesministeriums für Digitales und Verkehr (BMDV)" or the "Interactions of Humans and Algorithms" Workshop 2023 at TU Berlin. As a member of the FOCUS.ICT Task Force Normungsroadmap, I am also actively involved in AI standardization efforts.

Lecturer

As a lecturer at the Hamburg University of Technology and the International School of Management (ISM), I teach lectures and seminars in 'Applied Game Theory', 'Behavioral Online Experiments', 'Digital Value Creation', 'Ethics in Information Technology' and 'Economics of Information Capitalism'.

Committee work

As a member of the European AI Alliance and the DIN Expertenkreis KI-Normung und -Konformität, I work as an ambassador to transfer scientific results into norms and standards.

Affiliations

As a fellow at ForHumanity, a task force leader at the KI-Bundesverband, and a mentor in the All Tech Is Human - Responsible Tech mentorship program, I work towards developing an #infrastructureoftrust for AI.

Consultant

As the founder of the AI ecosystem consultancy AlgoTrust, I support companies in establishing processes that ensure an ethical, sustainable & innovative development & use of AI.

Research

Sharing Responsibility with a Machine

with Prof. Oliver Kirchkamp

(Friedrich-Schiller University Jena)

Are Algorithms as Risk-Averse as We Are? - Risk-Taking under Accountability for Oneself and Others

with Prof. Jason Dana

(Yale University)

The Hidden Costs of Automation

Single Author Paper

Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence in Cars: A Survey Approach

with Prof. Jason Dana

(Yale University)

Independent Audit of AI Systems

with ForHumanity

Explainability & Transparency of AI Framework

Single Author Paper

AI in the moral domain

Single Author Paper

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Behavioral Predictions on Economic and Strategic Decision Making

with Dr. Paul Gorny

Time instead of Money - Decision Making under Uncertainty of Time

with Prof. Timo Heinrich

The Courtesy Games: Efficiency, Inequality, and the Demand for Regulation

with Prof. Timo Heinrich, Prof. Stefan Traub, and Christine Meemann

Six Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenges

with Human Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) Group

An den Grenzen der KI

with Dr. Barbara Bushart

Publications

Ozmen Garibay, O., Winslow, B., Andolina, S., Antona, M., Bodenschatz, A., Coursaris, C., Falco, G., Fiore, S., Garibay, I., Grieman, K., Havens, J., Jirotka, M., Kacorri, H., Karwowski, W., Kider, J., Konstan, J., Koon, S., Lopez-Gonzalez, M., Maifeld-Carucci, I., McGregor, S., Salvendy, G., Shneiderman, B., Stephanidis, C., Strobel, C., Ten Holter, C. & Xu, W. (2023). Six Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenges. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1-47. [DOI] [Link]
Bushart, B. & Strobel, C. (2022). An den Grenzen der KI. REthinking:Law 6.2022: 28-31. [Link]
Dana, J. & Strobel, C. (2021). Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence in Cars: A Survey Approach. In: Stephanidis C. et al. (eds) HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Papers: Multimodality, eXtended Reality, and Artificial Intelligence. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13095. [DOI]
Kirchkamp, O. & Strobel, C. (2019). Sharing responsibility with a machine. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 80: 25-33. [DOI] [Working Version]

Public

Jury

Digital Future Challenge

As a jury member of the Digital Future Challenge 4, I evaluated different proposals for AI use-cases for society, corporates and the public sector.

Video

How AI affects work and society

In a video for Joachim Herz Stiftung, I talk about my work as a behaivoral scientist on the positive and negative effects of AI on work and society.

Article

Impact of AI on human behavior

In our article in REthinking Law 6/2022, Dr. Barbara Bushart and I discuss the role of the human when using AI and the impact of the EU AI-Act.

Contribution

DIN AI Standardization Roadmap

As a member of the expert group, I worked on the 2nd edition of the AI standardization roadmap by the German Institute for Standardization (DIN).

Podcast

Experimental Behavioural Economics & AI

In Fuzzy Quality, an AI-podcast hosted by Adam Smith, I talk about the complex relationship between human behaviour and new technologies, causation versus correlation, and grounding theory.

Interview

The Fascination of Taking on Other Perspectives as a Driving Force in Life

In an interview with the TU Munich I describe how my curiosity about different perspectives and joy in getting to know other thought processes has driven my career.

Video

Marketing-Erfolg messen mit Inkrementalitätstests [in German]

In the Google Academy on Air Ads Expert masterclass I explain how to use experiments to measure the effect of YouTube, Display, and App advertisement.

Keynote

How automation and digitalization change us

In the Keynote Lecture at the Women of TUM network event I outline how computers and machines shape our lives and the challenges we face in human-machine interactions.