Kateryna Fomina receives the 2025 GSEM Young Researcher Award

Dr. Kateryna Fomina was selected as the recipient of the 2025 GSEM Young Researcher Award. This award, created in 2019, aims to promote research within the Geneva School of Economics and Management.

The annual award is given to a young researcher affiliated to the GSEM who has made a meaningful research contribution. The award recognizes the quality and the influence of the research in the fields of economics, econometrics, finance, management, statistics, and information systems. The Review Committee is chaired by the Vice Dean for Research, Professor Kerstin Preuschoff, and is made up of the members of the GSEM Honorary Council.

Kateryna Fomina received the award for the article "Combining Human and Artificial Intelligence: Hybrid Problem-Solving in Organizations” published in Academy of Management Review. The study examines how organizations combine human intelligence and AI to tackle complex problems. It identifies three hybrid problem-solving processes—autonomous, sequential, and interactive search—each generating distinct outcomes. This research broadens the understanding of organizational search and integrates a technology-conscious perspective into the behavioral theory of the firm.

Kateryna Fomina holds a Ph.D in Management from the University of Geneva. She has contributed to the research undertaken at the GSEM’s Institute of Management as a Teaching Assistant until August 2024.

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