Kai R. Larsen

Kai R. Larsen is a prominent academic serving as a Professor of Information Systems at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. He is also a courtesy faculty member in the Department of Information Science within the College of Media, Communication, and Information. In addition to his teaching role, he acts as a Research Advisor to Gallup and holds the position of Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly. Larsen is recognized as a Fellow of the Institute of Behavioral Science and has made significant contributions to the field of information systems, particularly in the areas of technology acceptance and survey response theory.

Larsen's research has garnered considerable attention, with over 10,600 citations to his work. He is known for addressing Edward Thorndike's Jingle Fallacy and for his development of the Semantic Theory of Survey Response (STSR), which emphasizes the linguistic relationships in survey questions. His notable publications include a widely downloaded paper on technology acceptance and a book on Automated Machine Learning published by Oxford University Press in 2021.

He has received accolades such as being named one of the 75 leading Academic Data Leaders of 2022 by CDO Magazine and one of the 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professors of 2023 by Poets and Quants. His innovative teaching methods and commitment to student research have earned him multiple teaching awards. Additionally, he directs the federally supported Human Behavior Project, focusing on creating a theoretical framework for understanding various human behaviors, including technology usage and decision-making processes.

Beyond academia, Larsen has a few personal anecdotes, such as training a Sulfur-crested Cockatoo and participating in a team with Elon Musk during an entrepreneurship competition at a young age.1234