Magnus van Haaren

PhD candidate in Management
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam

I study how organizations make decisions and sustain participation when authority is shared. My research combines longitudinal data on decentralized autonomous organizations with theory and computational models to examine how people, rules, and algorithms shape collective action.

vanhaaren@rsm.nl
Magnus van Haaren at Rotterdam School of Management

Selected research

What the Vote Leaves Behind

Preference-Outcome Histories and Later Direct Ballots

With Helge Klapper and Daan Stam

Using longitudinal DAO voting records, we examine how members’ preference-outcome histories relate to whether and when they vote again.

Work in progressLongitudinal analysis · DAOs

Time-Symmetric Authority

Anticipated Evaluation, Power, and Collective Search

With Daan Stam

We model how anticipated evaluation affects present authority, collective search, and participation. The results identify consequences and boundary conditions, without establishing a general performance advantage.

Working paperAgent-based simulation

Algorithmic Allies

Decentralized Autonomous Agents in the Era of Grand Challenges

With Murat Tarakci

A theory of how code-based authority and autonomous execution could enable or constrain coordination across organizational boundaries in addressing societal grand challenges.

Theory paperConceptual research

Conference contributions