Research

Our research spans diverse interests in information and technology, and their impact on organizations and society. We pursue independent and collaborative work in a range of fields with colleagues across campus and around the world.

Faculty Research Areas

The iSchool has more than 30 tenured and tenure-track faculty engaged in a variety of interesting research areas. We also have several research-focused professors who include scholarly work in their portfolio of professional activities.

Critical Data Studies – Tacheva

Data science – Acuña, Crowston, Erdoğan, Hemsley, Introne, King, Li, Qin, Saltz, Stanton, Stromer-Galley, Tacheva, Xiao, Yang

Natural language processing – Acuña, King, Xiao, Yang, Yu

Machine learning – Acuña, Garg, King, Tacheva, Yang, Yu

Operations research and data analytics – Erdoğan

Simulation and modeling – Erdoğan

Visualization – Erdoğan, Hemsley, King, Yang

Crowdsourcing – Garg, Li, Xiao, Yang

Information diffusion – Hemsley, Introne, King, Li, Yang

Opinion research – Erdoğan, Introne, Stromer-Galley, Yang, Yu

Social media – Hemsley, Introne, King, Li, Stromer-Galley, Tacheva, Xiao, Yang

Computer-supported collaborative work – Acuña, Cheon, Crowston, Erickson, McKernan, Sawyer, Xiao

Data science applications in the built environment – Erdoğan

Design interactive systems – Cheon

Design methods – Cheon, Clarke, McKernan

Electronic health records – Østerlund

Human computer interaction – Cheon, Erickson, Garg, Introne, King, McKernan, Stromer-Galley, Zhang, Xiao

Human robot interaction – Cheon

Mobile systems and applications –Erickson, McKnight

Smart cities – Erdoğan

User cognition – King, McKernan, Zhang

Crisis informatics – King, Patin

Digital technologies and society – Cheon, Erickson, Garg, King, McKernan, Stromer-Galley, Tacheva

Disruption, technology, and resilience – Erdoğan, Erickson, Introne, King, McKnight

Distributed knowledge – Introne

Economics of IT – Dedrick

eGovernment and politics – Sawyer, Stromer-Galley

Globalization of IT – Dedrick

IT workforce –  Erickson, Kaarst-Brown, Sawyer, Stanton

Smart grids – Dedrick, Erdoğan, McKnight, Stanton, Venkatesh

Social informatics – Cheon, Erickson, King, Sawyer, Tacheva, Venkatesh

Social commerce – Zhang

Technology and civic contexts – Erdoğan, Erickson, McKernan, Tacheva, Venkatesh

Technology acceptance and use – Erdoğan, Erickson, Garg, Zhang

Urban informatics – Erdoğan

Free/libre open source software – Crowston, Dedrick, Erdoğan

Information system design – Introne, Stromer-Galley, Zhang

Management information systems – Erickson, Kaarst-Brown, King, Zhang

Technology acceptance and use – Erdoğan, Erickson, Garg, Zhang

Assessment – Oakleaf

Critical/cultural studies of information – Gray, Modrow, Patin

Critical librarianship – Clarke

Digital libraries – Oakleaf

Diversity, equity, and inclusion – Gray, Patin

Heritage, memory, and identity – Modrow

History of libraries and archives – Modrow

Information and digital literacy – Arnone, Oakleaf

Knowledge representation and ontologies – Qin, Clarke

School librarians – Arnone

Social justice and community engagement – Gray, Patin

E-learning and learning analytics – Oakleaf

Experiential learning – Saltz

Learning strategies for information professionals – Gandel

Motivation – Arnone, Zhang

Citizen science – Crowston, Østerlund, Yang

e-Science – Gandel, Qin, Stanton, Yang

Entrepreneurial ecosystems – Kingma, McKnight, Saltz, Yang

Group coordination / Self-organized groups – Crowston, Erickson, Introne, Li, Østerlund, Yang

Leadership and management – Erickson, Gandel, Yang

Online social networks, crowds, and communities – Erickson, Introne, King, Li, McKernan, Stromer-Galley, Yang

Organizational change – Erickson, Kaarst-Brown, Sawyer, Stanton, Yang

Blockchain – Islam, McKnight

Cybersecurity – Islam, Park

Data and storage security – Islam

Internet of Things (IoT) – Islam

Network security – Caicedo, Islam

Privacy and Policy Issues for Emerging Technologies – Garg

User privacy – Stanton, Xiao

Secure cloud architecture – Islam, McKnight

Trustworthy computing – Islam, Park

Broadband – Venkatesh

Cloud – McKnight

Cloud-edge-fog computing – Islam

Cyber-physical infrastructure – McKnight

Distributed computing – Islam

Edgeware – McKnight

Telecommunications policy – Caicedo, McKnight, Venkatesh

Vehicular ad hoc networking (VANET) – Islam

Wireless standards – Caicedo, McKnight

Research Highlights

August 13, 2021

iSchool Faculty Receive Prestigious Institute for Museum and Library Services Grants

Members of the iSchool are participating in three projects funded by IMLS grants

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February 16, 2022

The Future of Work: Using Information Technology to Work Smarter
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February 14, 2022

Ivy League to iSchool: A Researcher’s Progression into Library Design
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January 14, 2022

PhD Student Receives 2022 BSSw Fellow Honorable Mention
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Research Centers

Center for Computational and Data Sciences
Advancing important and practical research in the social sciences using advanced computational approaches.

Center for Digital Literacy
Understanding the impact of information, technology and media literacies in today’s technology-intensive society.

Center for Emerging Network Technologies
Researching how systems and technologies are converging to provide solutions for industries and economies.

Center for the Futures of Work, Information and Technology
Exploring the connections between the transformation of work and emerging technologies.

Smart Grid Research Center
Studying the modernization of the electric grid using digital technologies.

Labs & Collaborations

@LANTIS Lab

C4 Lab: Computation, Communication, Complexity, and Cognition

Digital Work Group

Human-Centered Computing and Design Lab

Library Information Investigative Team

Metadata Lab

Network Influence and Information Curation Lab

NEXIS Student Technology Lab

Science of Science and Computational Discovery Lab

Featured Research Talk

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Ongoing & Past Research

Research forms the foundation of our work, and our faculty are recognized often for their excellence and contribution to the field, winning honors, presenting at national and international conferences, and earning grants to support their work.

Publications & Grants

Past Dissertations

Visiting Scholars

We are delighted to host visiting scholars who advance and extend the interests of our faculty through shared research projects, common pursuits, and new opportunities. We host several visitors each academic semester. To become a visiting scholar, please select and reach out to the faculty member you wish to work with a request that they sponsor you. The sponsor will then request to host you as a visitor. Visiting scholars must be self-funded.