Ningzi Li

Biography

Ningzi Li is a professional research specialist at the Data Science Insitute (DSI) and adjunct assistant professor at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. She studies cognition of decision-makers in the formation and consequences of organizational strategies, aiming to advance managerial cognition, stakeholder theory, and behavioral theory of the firm.

On one front, she studies financial and non-financial disclosures, such as earnings calls and sustainability reports, asking how distinct communication content or style shape stakeholder perceptions under different market conditions. On another front, she studies patents filed by firms, questioning how managers choose to take risks in knowledge generation. Throughout her projects, she uses natural experiments and various language models to gather rich empirical evidence.

Li earned a doctoral degree in sociology from Cornell University and received B.A. in sociology and economics from Tsinghua University. Prior to joining UofC, she taught at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.