Curriculum Vitae
A PDF version of my CV is available for download.
Education & Experience
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Sept 2025 – present
Northeastern University
Doctoral Research Assistant
Defense Industrial Base Institute
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2025 – 2030 (expected)
Northeastern University
Ph.D. Student, Political Science
Boston, MA
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Aug 2021 – present
MIT Open Learning
Head of Product
Workforce Learning, MIT Horizon
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Oct 2020 – July 2021
Amazon
Team Manager
Alexa Skills Kit, International Data
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June 2019 – Oct 2020
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
Manager
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June 2018 – June 2019
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
Community Manager
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Oct 2017 – June 2018
Western Extremism Project
Research Analyst, Data Analytics
Brandeis University
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2018
Brandeis University
M.A. Sustainable International Development
Waltham, MA
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2018
Brandeis University
M.A. Conflict Resolution and Coexistence
Waltham, MA
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Feb 2015 – June 2018
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
Project Assistant
Climate CoLab
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2012 – 2016
Emmanuel College
B.A. Political Science, Magna Cum Laude
International Relations & Comparative Politics
Working Papers & Publications
Bachmann, A., König, A., Laubacher, R., & Kong, D. (2023). Using collective intelligence to assess the future with the Pandemic Supermind. In S. Boucher, C. A. Hallin, & L. Paulson (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance (ch. 39). Routledge. [DOI]
Bagiati, A., Salazar-Gómez, A. F., Bachmann, A., Kennedy, K. D., & Breazeal, C. (2023). AI for leadership: Implementation and evaluation of an AI education program. In Proceedings of the 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), Dublin, Ireland. [PDF]
Laubacher, R., Bachmann, A., Kennedy, K., & Malone, T. W. (2023). Supermind Design for inventing smarter organizations: Applying a new organizational design approach in a professional services setting. SSRN. [SSRN]
Laubacher, R., Giacomelli, G., Kennedy, K., Kong, D., Bachmann, A., Kramer, K., Schlag, P., & Malone, T. W. (2020). Using a Supermind to design a Supermind: A case study of university researchers and corporate executives co-designing an innovative healthcare concept. SSRN. [SSRN]
Mataix, C., Lumbreras, J., Romero, S., Alméstar, J. M., Moreno, J., Mazorra, J., Kennedy, K., Bachmann, A., Azcárate, J., Cristóbal, Á., & Ferré, R. (2020). Opportunity to foster urban innovation through universities: The case of Madrid. In Sustainable Development Goals and Institutions of Higher Education (pp. 111–119). Springer. [DOI] [PDF]
Conference Presentations
Minds and Tech: AI Solutions
Toulouse, France — Speaker
2019
Overcoming Top-Down Nationalism with Collective Governance
New York State Political Science Association (NYSPSA)
2019
A Comparative Analysis of Demographic Stratification and Roles in “Homegrown” Jihadist Organizations
Conference of the Research Area “Migration and Diversity” — Paper presentation (co-author)
2018
The Socioeconomic Divide: The Differences Between Development in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
American Association of Geographers — Paper presentation
2017
The Socioeconomic Divide: The Differences Between Development in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Northeastern Political Science Association — Graduate panelist
2016
The Socioeconomic Divide: The Differences Between Development in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Boston College Growing Apart Conference — Paper presentation
2016
Environmental Politics: EU ETS
Northeastern Political Science Association — Undergraduate panelist
2015
Awards & Honors
Semi-Finalist, NYU Policy Case Competition
India–Pakistan border security
2017
Distinction in the Field
Emmanuel College, Department of Political Science
2016
Pi Sigma Alpha
National Political Science Honor Society
2015
Honorable Mention
Northeast Regional Model Arab League
2013
Dean's List
Emmanuel College
2012 – 2016
Methods
Languages
The timeline design on this page is adapted from Martin Saveski's personal site, with thanks.