Blog - Raluca A. Stana, PhD

January 10, 2025December 19, 2024Uncategorized

Tech guru Jaron Lanier on the dark side of AI: ‘The danger isn’t that AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane’

“𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 — 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺.” (Jaron Lanier)

November 20, 2024October 14, 2024Blog

Digital backlash v. Mike Young

It is that moment in history when people are weighing social media stress against its benefits. Especially in academia Mike Young They call it the ‘digital backlash’. People are starting to question norms about digital behaviour, consumption, and habits. After …

November 23, 2024October 4, 2023Blog

Is IS Technostress research old news? 20 new ideas of research directions.

Inspired by Jason Thatcher‘s provocative, yet inspiring opinion piece about #technostress research, I feel compelled to comment on what more is there to look into when it comes to technostress research. As Jason discusses, it’s been two decades since #technostress research entered Information Systems. However, …

November 23, 2024November 24, 2022Blog

To teachers

The other day I got to go back to IT-Universitetet i København as an Alumni #speaker at the graduation ceremony and share the stage with Jens Christian Godskesen, Pernille Rydén and Helle Friis. What an honor to share the day with so many ending an important chapter …

October 12, 2024November 24, 2022Uncategorized

Nordic Women in Tech Awards Nominee, 2022

I’ve been recently nominated as the “Rising star of the year” for the Nordic Women in Tech Awards – and I can’t be more excited and humbled at the same time. Especially as these awards, as far as I am aware, are …

November 25, 2024November 24, 2022Blog

If Digitalization is the answer, then what was the question? A case study of how technostress is made.

Building further on our soon five years of researching #technostress in Danish #organisations, Hanne Westh Nicolajsen and I wrote a provocative piece titled: “If digitalization is the answer, then what was the question. A case study of how technostress is made.” – which was selected …

November 24, 2022November 7, 2020Academic papers Blog

Book Chapter

Great news: Soon, my supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Hanne Westh Nicolajsen, and I, we will have the pleasure to publish a book chapter titled: “Sociological mechanisms behind ICT related technostress in the workplace“, in the book: “Information Technology in Organisations and …

November 25, 2024November 9, 2019Blog

Stereotyping kills collaboration in remote work — what can filmography teach us about it

Why do we stereotype? And how does stereotyping affect trust and performance in (virtual) teams? A stereotype is a “fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people”. (Cardwell, 1996). Stereotypes help us simplify our social world …

November 24, 2022October 29, 2018Blog

How to write as a leader – A research-based approach to online writing for digital leaders

This article provides a research-based approach to how digital leaders can use writing techniques, such as summarizing, persuading and storytelling, to lead through writing, in a world where we don’t always see our employees face-to-face. I’ve been increasingly challenging my …

November 24, 2022October 27, 2018Blog

Teaching philosophy: Contextual based teaching, improvisation, and the brain

At the time of writing this statement, I am employed at the IT University of Copenhagen as a Ph.D. Fellow, focused on Digital Leadership and Emotions in Information Systems. So far, I have served as a Teaching Assistant on two …