Christina Strobel

About Me

I am a digital economist & behavioral scientist. My passion lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence & human behavior.

I have got a PhD in Economics (Thesis title: Accountability & Appraisal of AI) from the Max-Planck Society & the University of Jena, and an M.Sc. in Management and Engineering from TU Munich. I worked as a visiting researcher at Yale University and spend some time studying in China.

It might surprise you to learn that I come to data science and AI from a quantitative behavioral science background rather than a computer science background. I have however experienced that this makes me a perfect fit to work on topics that arise between the tech world and the rest of us .

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What I do

Researcher

I am researching how humans react to AI & automated decision-making systems.
My current research is about how to build a holistic AI explainability framework that allows to generate AI literacy at scale.

Speaker

I have had the great honour of speaking at events and conferences around the world where I like to start conversations and provoke debate particularly on how human behavior is influenced by AI and how to use AI responsibly. See my speaker profil here (in German).

Lecturer

I teach 'Game Theory' and 'Digital Value Creation' to engineering and business students at the Hamburg University of Technology & the International School of Management (ISM).

Scientist

I am holding a PostDoc position at the Institute for Digital Economics where I conduct online experiments, laboratory studies and surveys and run data analysis by using R and STATA.

Activist

Together with ForHumanity, KI-Bundesverband, and Women in AI I work towards developing an #infrastructureoftrust for AI. My vision is to create an AI infrastructure that puts humans - and not the technology - at its core and prevent blind spots when using or developing the technology.

Consultant

I help clients to see AI not only as a technology but what it is: a socio-technical systems that spans hardware, software, data, personal, and community aspects. I support companies in establishing processes that ensure an ethical, sustainable & innovative development & use of AI.

My 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

What drives people crazy about self-driving cars and what they think others should do: A survey approach

with Prof. Jason Dana

(Yale University)

Accountable, not responsible - The blasting of legal categories by AI [in german]

with Dr. Barbara Bushart

Independent Audit of AI Systems

with ForHumanity

Explainability & Transparency of AI Framework

Single Author Paper

AI in the moral domain

Single Author Paper

10

Conference Talks

6

Complete Projects

4

Awards Received

27934

Lines of Code (2020)

Media Presence

Podcast, 17 February 2021

Experimental Behavioural Economics & AI

In Fuzzy Quality, a podcast exploring the complex and emerging world of verification and validation of AI-based systems hosted by Adam Smith, I talk about the complex relationship between human behaviour and new technologies, causation versus correlation, and grounding theory.

Keynote, 10 February 2020

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.

Interview, 11 August 2020

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, 26 May 2020

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.