Anand Bhardwaj

Faraj, S., Renno, W., & Bhardwaj, A. (2022) AI and Uncertainty in Organizing. in Mark A. Griffin & Gudela Grote (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Uncertainty Management in Work Organizations. Oxford Academic.

Faraj, S., Perez-Torrents, J., Mantere, S., & Bhardwaj, A. (2026) A Time for Monsters: Organizational knowing after large language models. Strategic Organization

Conference Papers, Symposia, and Presentations

[WINNER: HCM Division Best Student-Led Paper] Bhardwaj, A.; Faraj, S. (2026) A quality of mercy is not trained: Practice vs. representation of care in artificial intelligence. Academy of Managment Annual Meeting 2026 Paper Session (Healthcare Managment divisiono). Philadephia, US

[ORGANIZER] Brelmaier, C; Bhardwaj, A. (2026) Intelligent Organizing: Strategy and Organization in the AI age. Academy of Managment Annual Meeting 2026 Professional Development Workshop (STR, OMT, CTO, TIM divisions). Philadelphia, US

Sadek, J.; Nason, R.; Bhardwaj, A (2026) So the SEC wont let me be: Regulators' jurisdictional battle over cryptocurrency. Academy of Managment Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, US

[ORGANIZER] Bhardwaj, A; Segal, E.; Bansal, T. (2026) Systems Thinking for Wicked Problems in Organizations and Society. Administrative Sciences Asssociation of Canada (ASAC) Professional Development Workshop. Calgary, AB

[CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHT] Bhardwaj, A.; Faraj, S. (2025) A quality of mercy is not trained: The imagined vs. the practiced in healthcare process-specialized AI. Symposium on Model Accountability, Sustainability and Healthcare 2025. MILA Quebec AI Institute, Montreal, Canada

Bender, G.; Faraj, S.; Bhardwaj, A. (2025) Implementation of AI in Precision Medicine. Symposium on Model Accountability, Sustainability and Healthcare 2025. MILA Quebec AI Institute, Montreal, Canada

Bhardwaj, A. (2025) Knowings that Matter: Recognizing and Including Organizational Knowledge in AI development. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025 Paper Session (Communications, Digital Technology, and Organizations division). Copenhagen, Denmark

Bhardwaj, A.; Faraj, S. (2025) Coordinating Frontline Expertise in a Multi-Front Crisis. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025 Paper Session (Healthcare Management division). Copenhagen, Denmark

[INVITED PANELIST] Osterlund, C.; Erikson, I. (2025) What AI Models Can Reveal About the Changing Organization of Healthcare. Panel Symposium. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

[INVITED PANELIST] Karacic, T.; Elmholdt, C.; Mehrizi. M. (2025) How to Study Expertise and Emerging Technology In and Around Organizations. Professional Development Workshop, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bhardwaj, A. (2025) Performing Excel as Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software. Interpretive Data Science (IDeaS) Workshop 2025. Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa.

Bhardwaj, A. (2025) Articulating Expert Knowledge in Healthcare AI development. Interpretive Data Science (IDeaS) Workshop 2025. Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa.

Bhardwaj, A.; Faraj, S. (2024) Artificial Intelligence in the Operating Room: Doing expertise and expert systems in healthcare. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024 Showcase Symposium (Organized by Bhardwaj, A. and Karacic, T.): Entangling Expertise and AI at work: Tales from the Field. Chicago, Illinois

Bhardwaj, A.; Faraj, S. (2024) Leading from the Frontline: Autonomy and Improvisation in a hospital during times of crisis. Academy of Managment Annual Meeting 2024 Paper Session (Healthcare Management). Chicago Illinois

Bhardwaj, A; Faraj, S. (2024) AI and the OR schedule: Entangling artificial intelligence and expertise in healthcare coordination. European Group on Organizational Studies Colloquium 2023: Sub-theme 63: Rethinking Organizational Knowledge in Unsettling Times: People, Technology, and Knowing. Hosted by University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy

Bhardwaj, A; Faraj, S. (2024) The AI of the Beholder: How local expertise arrangements shape AI. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference 2024. Hosted by Universite de Sherbrooke, Montreal

Bhardwaj, A; Faraj, S. (2024) Entangling Expertise and AI in the OR. Montreal Business Schools PhD Symposium 2024. Hosted by John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal

Bhardwaj, A.; Faraj, S. (2023). The AI of the Beholder: How explanations of AI produce AI. European Group on Organizational Studies Colloquium 2023: Sub-theme 11: Explaining AI in the context of organizations. Hosted by University of Cagliari, Italy

Faraj, S.; Bhardwaj, A.; Malas, K.; Brunet; F. (2023). Marching to Many Beats: Plural temporality in a hospital's COVID-19 response. European Group on Organizational Studies Colloquium 2023: Sub-theme 11: The Role Institutions, Networks, and Communities in Extreme Contexts. Hosted by University of Cagliari, Italy

Faraj, S.; Bhardwaj, A. (2023) A quality of mercy is not trained: The entanglement of AI and ethics in operating room scheduling. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2023 Presenter Symposium: Navigating the ethical terrain of AI technologies: A practice based view. Boston, Massachusets

Bhardwaj, A. (2023) Improvising Coordination and Coordinating Improvisations during the COVID pandemic. Montreal Business Schools PhD Symposium 2023. Hosted by l'Ecole des Sciences de la Gestion, Université de Québec à Montréal.

Pearman, E. ; Faraj, S.; Bhardwaj, A.; Samad, H. (2023) Waiting for Go, Doc: Navigating the datascape of healthcare access in Quebec. Desautels Integrated Management Fellowship Annual Showcase, McGill University

Faraj, S.; Bhardwaj, A; Malas. K (2022) How a Major Canadian Tertiary Care Center Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2022 Presenter Symposium: Relationships and Resilience in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Seattle, Washington

Bhardwaj, A. (2022) A Rudderless Ship: How Leadership Transitions can affect Organizational Innovation. Montreal Business Schools PhD Symposium 2022. Hosted by HEC Montreal

PDW (2021) Supporting Non-Traditional Research Career Paths in the Academy. PDW Facilitator. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021.

Bhardwaj, A.; Faraj, S. (2021) Triaging Breaches: A hospital’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. European Group on Organizational Studies Colloquium 2021: Sub-theme 14: The Role of Temporality and Coordination in Extreme Contexts. Hosted by Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Bhardwaj, A.; Faraj, S. (2020 - Accepted) The flow and evolution of knowledge across academic collaboration networks. European Group on Organizational Studies Colloquium 2020: Sub-theme 34: New Approaches to Organizing Collaborative Knowledge Creation. Hosted by University of Hamburg

Other, Misc.

Bhardwaj, A. (2026) AI and OR Scheduling: Entangling Knowledge and Artificial Intelligene in Healthcare. Doctoral Dissertation Monograph. McGill University

Bhardwaj, A. (2013) Effects of Life History and Genome Architecture on ssRNA Virus Evolution and Extinction. Three Essay Doctoral Dissertation. Emory University

Bhardwaj, A. (2013) Demographic and Adaptive Evolution of RNA Viral Populations. Conference Presentation, Society for the Study of Evolution Conference. Snowbird, UT

Bhardwaj, A. (2013) Dynamics of Replication & RNA Viral Sensitivity to Demographic Extinction. Conference Poster. Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference at Penn State University, University Park, PA

Bhardwaj, A. (2012) Is RNA Virus Evolution Regulated by Threshold-like Phenomena? Conference Poster. Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Bhardwaj, A. (2011) Evolution in RNA Viruses along a Latitudinal Gradient. Conference Poster. Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Teaching and Supervision

Copenhagen Business School, Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen: 2026 - Present

Lecturer

Programming, Algorithms, and Data Structures (Masters), Fall 2026
Frontiers of Digital Healthcare (Masters), Fall 2026

McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, Montreal: 2019 - 2026

Lecturer, Course Designer

Emerging Technologies: Organizing and Societal Stakes (Undergraduate), Winter 2023

Designer and Facilitator

The Organizational Consequences of Modern Data Science (Executive Workshop, Computational Data Systems Initiative) , Winter 2024

Research Supervisor: Marcel Desautels Integrated Management Student Fellowship Program: 2021 - 2026

Ten undergraduate research fellows; Qualitative, quantitative, and computational methods

Guest Lecturer

Developing AI in Organizations; for Emerging Technologies: Organizing and Societal Stakes (Undergraduate) - Offered by Prof. Samer Faraj: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Demystifying AI for Managers; for Special Topics in Technology Entrepreneurship (MBA) - Offered by Prof. Samer Faraj: 2023
AI in Healthcare; for Innovation In Healthcare (Executive Ed.) - Offered by Prof. Samer Faraj: 2024, 2025
Demystifying Simulations; for Systems Thinking and Sustainability- Offered by Prof. Anna Kim: 2021, 2024, 2025
Causal Loops and Dynamic Models; for Social Context of Business - Offered by Ms. Hanieh Mohammedi: 2022, 2023

Teaching Assistant

Emerging Technologies: Organizing and Societal Stakes - Offered by Prof. Samer Faraj: Winter 2022
Systems Thinking for Sustainability - Offered by Prof. Anna Kim: Fall 2021
Social Network Analysis for Social Science Research - Offered by Prof. Brian Rubineau: Winter 2022, 2024

Research Assistant

Group on Complex Collaboration, lead by Prof. Samer Faraj

Emory University, Laney Graduate School, Atlanta: 2008-2013

Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant for Prof. Leslie A Real

Service

Division Coordinator: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Technology and Innovation Management Division (TIM) 2025-2026

Division Editor: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Technology and Innovation Management Division 2024-2025

Division Student Representative-at-Large: Academy of Management (AOM), Communications, Digital Technology, and Organizations Division (CTO) 2022-2024

Organizer/Volunteer: The Montreal Business Schools PhD Symposium 2023

Vice President (Academic): Desautels Doctoral Students Society, McGill 2021-2022

Peer Reviews: Reviewed 7 manuscripts for: European Journal for Information Systems, Information Systems Research, Information & Organization, Organization Studies, Organization Science 2023-Present

Conference Peer Reviews: Reviewed 68 manuscripts for Academy of Management, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), European Conference on Informations Systems (ECIS), and Administrative Sciences Assocation of Canada annual meetings 2020-present

Awards

Academy of Management Healthcare Management (HCM) division 2026 Best Student-Led Paper Award: A Quality of Mercy is Not Trained: Practice vs. Representation of Care in Artificial Intelligence

Desautels Doctoral Student Society 2024 Teaching Excellence Award

Montreal Business Schools PhD Symposium 2024 Best Research Paper: AI of the Beholder: How expertise arrangements produce AI. Hosted by John Molson School of Business, Concordia University

Montreal Business Schools PhD Symposium 2022 Best Research Paper: A Rudderless Ship: How Leadership Transitions can affect Organizational Innovation. Hosted by HEC Montreal

Professional Experience

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen: 2026 - Present

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Digitalization

Accenture Digital, Atlanta: 2014 - 2019

Enterprise Digital Transformation and Applied AI Lead: Ultra High Value Clients, North America Communications, High-Tech, and Telecommunications Verticals.

The Emory University Library, Atlanta: 2006-2007

Reference and Technology Assistant

The Emory Wheel, Atlanta: 2006-2007

Editorials Illustrator for college weekly paper

Education

PhD in Management. Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal

Defended: March 2026

Area: Strategy and Organization Theory

Thesis: AI and OR Scheduling: Entangling knowledge and artificial intelligence in healthcare

This study, based on a comparative ethnography, examines how differences in local expertise arrangements and coordination practices lead to divergences in how an AI is conceived, developed onsite by a common technology developer, and enrolled in the scheduling of operating rooms (ORs) at two comparable ultra-specialty hospitals in the same public healthcare system .

PhD in Ecology. Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta

Defended: December 2013

Area: Population Biology, Ecology, & Evolution; Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Thesis: The Impact of Demographics and Life History Characteristics on RNA Virus Evolution and Extinction

This study, based on a self-developed multi-level agent-based model and large-N bioinformatic analysis, contributed to disease ecology, population genetics, and computational systems biology by developing a branching-process based theoretical model of RNA viral "repeated bottleneck" travel and survival over a realistic rugged evolutionary fitness landscape.

Bachelor of Science. College of Arts and Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta

Biology Major. Graduated December 2007

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