PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Aleksandra Przegalińska

Also known as Aleksandra Przegalińska-Skierkowska

As of October 2026, Aleksandra Przegalińska is Kozminski University's Vice-Rector for Innovation and AI, leads its Human Race Center for Research on Human-Machine Interaction, and is a CLJE Fellow at Harvard Law School. She earned a philosophy doctorate at the University of Warsaw in 2014 and studied virtual identity at The New School, including research on Second Life. At MIT, she worked on an ethical framework for online chatbots. Her books cover artificial intelligence and technology-enabled collaboration. She received the AI Visionary of the Year title in 2025 and joined Poland's Council for the Future in 2026, when she received the title of Professor of Social Sciences.

Now at
Kozminski University and Harvard University
Works
100
Citations
2,084
h-index
16

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2013–2014

    A philosophy doctorate

    She joins the Center for Research on Organizations and Workplaces at Kozminski University in 2013 and earns a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Warsaw in 2014. Her studies include philosophy and communication at the University of Wroclaw and virtual-identity research at The New School for Social Research, including Second Life.

  2. 2016–2019

    Researching chatbots at MIT

    At MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence, she is a visiting scholar and research fellow during 2016–2018, and a visiting scholar in 2019. In 2019, she works on an ethical framework for online chatbots during short research stays.

  3. 2020

    Books on AI and collaboration

    In 2020, she co-writes Sztuczna Inteligencja. Nieludzka, arcyludzka with Paweł Oksanowicz, a popular science book about how AI changes daily life. She also co-writes Collaborative Society with Dariusz Jemielniak, a 2020 MIT Press book about networked technology and social collaboration.

  4. 2021

    An AIER research fellowship

    In 2021, she receives the Senior Research Fellow fellowship from the American Institute for Economic Research.

  5. 2025

    AI Visionary of the Year

    She receives the AI Visionary of the Year title at AI-Poland Conf in November 2025.

  6. 2026

    A social sciences professorship

    The President of Poland awards her the title of Professor of Social Sciences in management and quality sciences in 2026.

  7. 2026

    Council for the Future

    Prime Minister Donald Tusk appoints her to Poland's Council for the Future in 2026, an advisory body on technology and economic development.

  8. As of October 2026

    AI leadership at Kozminski

    As of October 2026, she is Kozminski University's Vice-Rector for Innovation and AI and heads the Human Race Center for Research on Human-Machine Interaction. She is also a CLJE Fellow at Harvard Law School, where her focus includes AI, robots and the future of work.

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Career

  1. Since 2026Harvard UniversityCLJE Fellow
  2. Since 2013Kozminski UniversityVice-Rector for Innovation and AI
  3. From 2026Council for the FutureMember
  4. 2016–2019Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyVisiting scholar and research fellow, Visiting scholar

Education

  1. 2014University of WarsawDoctorate in philosophy
  2. University of WrocławPhilosophy and communication studies

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. In the shades of the uncanny valley: An experimental study of human–chatbot interaction2018 · Future Generation Computer Systems · 653 citations
  2. In bot we trust: A new methodology of chatbot performance measures2019 · Business Horizons · 344 citations
  3. Cobots in knowledge work2020 · Journal of Business Research · 327 citations
  4. Collaborative AI in the workplace: Enhancing organizational performance through resource-based and task-technology fit perspectives2024 · International Journal of Information Management · 153 citations
  5. Collaborative Society2020 · The MIT Press eBooks · 89 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Harvard University. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  2. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 113 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Harvard University. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 113 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and employment links for major-prize and best-paper winners.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 33%Includes Harvard University. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 33% in 2020–2024.
  4. 44% of AI career moves go from one university to anotherIncludes Harvard University. We estimate how 11,906 AI career moves link universities, companies, labs and government research centers, with net flows and the most common paths.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. prof. dr hab. Aleksandra Przegalińska kozminski.edu.pl. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. ALEKSANDRA PRZEGALINSKA | przegalinska przegalinska.wordpress.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Sztuczna Inteligencja. Nieludzka, arcyludzka wydawnictwoznak.pl. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Collaborative Society - Dariusz Jemielniak, Aleksandra Przegalinska books.google.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska receives the title of professor of social sciences in the discipline of management and quality sciences kozminski.edu.pl. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska awarded AI Visionary of the Year kozminski.edu.pl. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska w Radzie Przyszłości powołanej przez Premiera RP kozminski.edu.pl. Checked 18 October 2026.
  8. Aleksandra Przegalinska - Center for Labor and a Just Economy clje.law.harvard.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.