Do people value the same information differently based on who generated it (algorithms vs. humans)? Does consumers’ attitudes towards a company change based on who interacts with them (humans vs. AI)? What do people think about algorithmic (human) decision-makers? Can algorithms be creative? My research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these dynamics involved in the transfer and valuation of information between humans and AI technologies, as well as a counter perspective on the pervasive technology-is-always-good or bad rhetoric in contemporary business literature. As a side research interest, I also study moral behavior.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
  • Paolacci, Gabriele and Gizem Yalcin (2020), “Benevolent Partiality in Prosocial Preferences,” Judgment and Decision Making, 15 (2), 173–181.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW AND WORKING PAPERS
  • Yalcin, Gizem, Anne-Kathrin Klesse, and Darren W. Dahl, “The Algorithm versus the Expert: Customers’ Perceived Knowledge Impacts Their Valuation of Recommendations by Algorithms and Human Experts,” invited for second round revision.
  • Yalcin, Gizem, Sarah Lim, Stefano Puntoni, and Stijn van Osselaer, “Thumbs Up or Down: Consumer Reactions to Decisions by Algorithms versus Humans,” invited for second round revision.
  • Yalcin, Gizem, Stefano Puntoni, Erlis Themeli, Stefan Philipsen, and Evert Stamhuis, “Perceptions of Justice by Algorithms,” under review.
  • Yalcin, Gizem, Ravi Mehta, and Darren W. Dahl, “Cyber-Creativity: Unraveling the Dynamics Between Humans and Algorithms in Creative Processes,” in preparation for submission.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (* denotes presenter)
The Expert vs. the Algorithm
  • Society for Consumer Psychology, (SCP), Huntington Beach, CA (March 2020)*
  • Association for Consumer Research (ACR), Atlanta, GA (October 2019)*
  • SCP Boutique Conference on Technology, Poster, Montreal (June 2019)*
  • Theory + Practice in Marketing (TPM), New York, NY (May 2019)*
Thumbs Up vs. Thumbs Down
  • Association for Consumer Research (ACR), virtual conference (October 2020)*
  • SCP Boutique Conference on Technology, Montreal (June 2019)
Benevolent Partiality
  • Society for Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM), Montreal (November 2019)*
  • Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making (SPUDM), Amsterdam (August 2019)*
  • La Londe Conference, La Londe Les Maures (June 2019)
  • Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP), Savannah, GA (February 2019)*
  • Association for Consumer Research (ACR), Dallas, TX (October 2018)
  • Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research (TIBER) Symposium, Tilburg (August 2019)*
The Upside of Immorality
  • Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP), Savannah, GA (February 2019)
  • Association for Consumer Research (ACR), Dallas, TX (October 2018)
Perceptions of Justice by Algorithms
  • Society for Consumer Psychology, (SCP), Huntington Beach, CA (March 2020)*
Cyber-creativity
  • Association for Consumer Research (ACR), virtual conference (October 2020)*

CHAIRED SYMPOSIA AND KNOWLEDGE FORUMS
  • Yalcin, Gizem and William Fritz (October 2020), “Back to the Future: A Virtual Roundtable of Senior Academics Sharing Insights from Consumer Research on Technology,” Association for Consumer Research (ACR), virtual conference.
  • Yalcin, Gizem and Evan Weingarten (October 2020), “Objective and Subjective Value of Humans and Algorithms,” Association for Consumer Research (ACR), virtual conference.
  • Yalcin, Gizem and Nofar Duani (October 2020), “Being a Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” Association for Consumer Research (ACR), virtual conference.
  • Yalcin, Gizem and Evan Weingarten (March 2020), “Objective and Subjective Value of Humans and Algorithms,” Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP), Huntington Beach, CA. 
  • Yalcin, Gizem and Nofar Duani (October 2019), “Perceptions of AI and Algorithmic Decision Making,” Association for Consumer Research (ACR), Atlanta, GA.

INVITED ROUNDTABLES & TALKS
  • “The Dark Side of Automation in Marketing and Consumption,” Association for Consumer Research (ACR), Atlanta, GA, October 2019.
  • "Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Decision Making”, Utrecht University, Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice, Utrecht, April 2019