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Pedro Seguel

Pedro Seguel

Assistant Professor
DepartmentInformation Technology Management
EducationPhD
Phone416-979-5000 x 552487

Overview

Pedro Seguel's research focuses on understanding the evolution of technology and the changing landscape of IT job skills. He uses a combination of computational social sciences and traditional qualitative methods to study the factors behind digital innovation, the IT workforce, and developer communities. With an interdisciplinary background, he holds a Ph.D. (c) in Management of Information Systems from McGill University, an M.Sc. in Information Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. His research has been published in respected conference proceedings such as the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and the Academy of Management (AoM). Pedro also has extensive work experience in the industry as a consultant and in evaluating social projects.

At 果酱视频, he is involved in the 鈥淢igrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides鈥 research program, working on projects related to immigration services and technology. Pedro is interested in the ethical dimensions of AI and Green Software and advocates for the responsible and equitable integration of technology based on thorough research and practical insights.

Future of Work, Digital Innovation, Diffusion, Text data, Social Impact of IT, and Knowledge-sharing.

Publications (Peer-reviewed conference proceedings)
Seguel, P., Cohen, L., and Vaast, E. (2023). "鈥 ICIS 2023 Proceedings. 20.
Seguel, P. and Vaast, E. (2021). "" ICIS 2021 Proceedings 8.
Seguel, P. (2021). "" ICIS 2021 Proceedings 10. [ ]
Seguel, P. (2021). In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 16015). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Selected conference presentations
Cohen, L., Nguyen, J., Seguel, P. (2024) 鈥淭aking tasks to occupations: A statement and initial test of a theory of occupational task mobility.鈥 40th EGOS Colloquium, European Group for Organizational Studies, Sub-theme 71, Milan.
Myers, J., Kaynak, E., Seguel, P., Eren, D., Cohen, L. (2024). 鈥淩eskilling for the Future of Work.鈥 AOM Presenter Symposium Paper, Academy of Management.
Seguel, P. (2023). "". ICIS 2023 Technology, Research, Education, Opinion (TREOs), Dec.
Seguel, P. (2023). 鈥淭he Evolution of a Technical Skill: A Study of AI Demand Evolution in Job Labor Markets.鈥 Academy of Management Journal and HEC Paper Development Workshop, Montreal, Canada, Jun.
Seguel, P. (2022). "Talking about ethics and fairness: the evolution of community discourse on new risks in Artificial Intelligence." Montreal Symposium on IS Research, McGill University. []
Course code Course description
ITM 707 Strategy, Management and Acquisition
ITM 102 Business Information Systems

Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), and thus is connected to the Bridging Divides Program.

McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management 

  • Ph.D. Student Teaching Excellence Award, 2023.

International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS)

  • Selected participant in ICIS Doctoral Consortium 2023. 
  • Nominee for Best Short Paper Award 2021. 

Fulbright Commission

  • Fulbright Scholarship 2017-2019.