Kwame Robinson
Faculty areas of expertise
Community-based economies, co-designed information systems, automation and AI
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Biography
Kwame Porter Robinson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan's School of Information. His research was focused on ways of doing our economy differently, or community-based economies, using co-designed information systems using automation and AI.
His research emphasizes the bottom-up creation of community enterprise technology within the broader field of digital sustainability in information systems, supporting alternative approaches to economic systems.
Robinson got his start as a civilian data scientist in the Department of Defense, and transitioned to running my own data science consulting company, working with large philanthropies, non-governmental organizations, and state departments. After briefly working for a civic technology start up, he returned to academia for my Ph.D. This blend of public sector, entrepreneurial, and academic experiences informs his approach to information systems and technology design.