ARNA WOEMMEL

I'm a postdoc at the Data Science Institute at the University of Chicago, working with Alex Kale.

My research is at the intersection of behavioral economics and computer science. I study how human behavior shapes the societal impact of new technologies. 

During my PhD, I focused on algorithmic fairness, specifically how well-intended policies and system interventions may fail when interacting with (biased) human users. In my current postdoc, I study collective inefficiencies that may arise when AI models and applications optimize strictly for the individual, with the goal of informing more robust organizational design and socio-technical systems.

I completed my PhD in Economics at the University of Hamburg, where I was supervised by Gerd Muehlheusser (Economics) and Judith Simon (Ethics in IT). During my PhD, I was a fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a member of the Research Training Group (RTG) in "Collective Decision-Making" (Philsophy, Politics, and Economics). 

Feel free to reach out at: acwoemmel(at)uchicago(dot)edu

Research Visits:

• Columbia University, Data Science Institute (Spring 2023)

• Columbia Law School (Spring 2024)

• ETH Zürich, Center for Law & Economics (Fall 2024)