Akshat Lakhiwal, Ph.D.

My research focuses on the human side of the future of work.

I seek to help organizations manage intelligent systems effectively, ensuring they integrate into the workforce in ways that are not just efficient, but also psychologically sustainable and ethically sound.

As organizations adopt intelligent and often autonomous systems, the prevailing discourse often centers on technical efficiency. Through my research, I ask questions that uncover the unintended consequences of such transitions: How does interacting with these systems reshape individual psychological states, ethical and evaluative judgments?

I am particularly interested in how these micro-level shifts create cascading effects that impact broader organizational governance, strategy, and performance. This often involves going beyond whether a technology 'works' to explore how it fundamentally alters informational and social exchanges in the workplace.

My research is often backed by pluralistic methodological designs, including behavioral experimentation, econometrics, and machine learning.