Intelligent Futures Lab
Advancing human-centricity in organizations.
Our Focus
Decentralized Governance
Investigating how blockchain and distributed systems enable transparent and community-driven governance. Research emphasizes smart contracts, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and new models of collective decision-making.
Algorithmic Organizing
Exploring the development of AI agents that autonomously reason, adapt, and interact with their organizational environments. Research focuses on advancing decision-making, autonomy, and ethical considerations in agent-driven systems.
Human-AI Interaction
Studying the dynamics of collaboration between humans and AI, with a focus on usability, trust, and ethical implications. Research covers how AI systems can be designed for meaningful human engagement.
Digital Assets
Examining the impact of blockchain technology in hierarchical organizations. Research explores selective tokenization and strategies for real-world business adoption and scalability.
Featured Publications
The promise of a decentralized internet: What is Web3 and how can firms prepare?
2023
By: Alex Murray, Dennie Kim, and Jordan Combs
Synthetic stakeholders: Engaging the environment in organizational decision-making
2024
By: Jen Rhymer, Alex Murray, and David Sirmon
Navigating the challenges of generative technologies: Proposing the integration of artificial intelligence and blockchain
2024
By: Jordan Brewer, Dhru Patel, Dennie Kim, and Alex Murray
FAQ
The Intelligent Futures Lab (IF Lab) is an interdisciplinary expert research group at the University of Oregon dedicated to understanding how emerging technologies are transforming work, organizations, and systems of governance. We study how artificial intelligence, blockchain, and related digital technologies are reshaping coordination, authority, and value creation, with particular attention to the human consequences of these shifts.
Participation is open to students of all disciplines, faculty, and industry partners. Whether you’re technical (engineering, CS, data science) or non-technical (business, law, communications), there are opportunities to contribute. Undergraduates, graduate students, and doctoral candidates are all encouraged to get involved.
Yes! Donations help fund student research assistantships, conference travel, equipment, and open-access publication costs. To contribute, please contact us at iflab@uoregon.edu and we can connect you with the appropriate University of Oregon giving channel.