About MIT Sloan

MIT Sloan welcomes Dean Locke

Richard M. Locke, John C Head III Dean
A scholar of international labor standards and comparative political economy, Locke began his appointment as dean in July 2025. This also marked his return to MIT, where he previously served as the Class of 1922 Professor of Political Science and Management and the Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship for 13 years, as well as MIT Political Science department head and MIT Sloan’s deputy dean. Locke began his career as an assistant professor of international management at MIT in 1988.

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A Message from Dean Locke

Welcome to MIT Sloan! Centered in MIT's ecosystem brimming with bold ideas and inspiring expertise, MIT Sloan demonstrates the transformational power of applying rigorous education and scholarship to affect meaningful change across all levels and sectors of society.  

In a time of persistent local and global challenges affecting nearly every aspect of the human condition, MIT Sloan has what the world needs: 

• World-class faculty conducting groundbreaking research at the intersection of management, technology, and innovation.
• Deep partnerships across academic disciplines that focus on key MIT priorities such as climate change, generative artificial intelligence, the future of work, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare innovation.
• Brilliant, curious students who come to MIT Sloan both to advance their careers and develop the skills and mindset to make a difference in the world.
• Committed and engaged staff members who, in their work every day, help the school be the best version of itself.
• An extraordinary global network of alumni who are transforming organizations, industries, and communities through principled, innovative leadership. 

These assets position MIT Sloan to chart the future—to shape how new technologies will reconfigure industries and careers; how new enterprises will be created, financed, and operated; how individuals will work and live; and how national economies will develop and adapt. Because at MIT Sloan, we do more than engage in teaching and research; we roll up our sleeves to move ideas forward and innovate solutions to challenges great and small. 

Richard M. Locke, John C Head Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management 

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