Cristina ALAIMO

Associate Professor
department: Information Systems, Data Analytics and Operations
Campus de Cergy
Career
Biography

Cristina Alaimo is Associate Professor at ESSEC Business School, France. Prior to that, she was Assistant Professor at LUISS University, Rome, Italy and Assistant Professor at Surrey Business School, UK. She holds a Ph.D. in Management, Information Systems, and Innovation from LSE – The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Her research focuses on the innovation brought about by data-based services and their consequences for organizations and society. She is also interested in studying the broader ecosystem of data exchanges in which digital platforms are embedded and how these new platform ecosystems emerge and evolve. Cristina’s work has been published in journals such as Organization Science, Organization Studies, The Information Society, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, and Research in the Sociology of Organizations. She is a co-author with Jannis Kallinikos of the book “Data Rules: Reinventing the Market Economy,” The MIT Press (2024). Cristina is Senior Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems and she sits in the Editorial Board of Organization Studies. She is also a visiting fellow at the Centre for the Digital Economy at Surrey Business School, UK.

Diplomas

  • 2014: Doctor of Philosophy, Management (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) United Kingdom)
Career
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2024 – Now : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2020 – 2024 : Assistant Professor (Luiss University Italy)
    • 2017 – 2020 : Assistant Professor (University of Surrey United Kingdom)
    • 2014 – 2017 : Post-Doctorate (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) United Kingdom)
Distinctions
Research

Journal articles

Book chapters

Teaching

Thesis co-director

  • Now : Weaving AI into Society: The Co-Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and the social fabric of organizations (Luiss University Italy)

Thesis jury member

  • 2024 : Data spaces and the (trans)formations of data innovation and governance (University of Agder Norway)
Other activities
Research activities
  • Senior or Associate Editor
    • 2024 – Now: Senior Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 2022 – Now: Member of the Editorial Review Board of Organization Studies
Theses
  • – : DI PRISCO D. (Luiss University), Thesis co-director, Weaving AI into Society: The Co-Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and the social fabric of organizations
  • – : DUX N. (Luiss University), Thesis director, Linking open innovation mechanisms for environmental sustainably goals
  • 2024 : PAPAROVA D. (University of Agder), Thesis jury member, Data spaces and the (trans)formations of data innovation and governance
  • – : POLITO C. (Luiss University), Thesis director, The Race for AI Dominance: Effects on African Cybersecurity