A Community of Work and Employment Scholars
The MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is home to a highly collaborative mix of thought leaders from MIT Sloan as well as from other departments across the Institute, including Economics, Political Science, Anthropology, and Urban Studies and Planning. Together, we build on and advance MIT’s tradition of intellectual leadership on work and employment topics.
IWER Co-Directors
![Emilio J. Castilla](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/profile-images/2024/02/08/profile-image-41313.png?h=7f412c8f&itok=HOMDlPei)
Emilio J. Castilla
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
NTU Professor of Management
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Erin Kelly
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies
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![Anna Stansbury](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/profile-images/2024/04/02/profile-image-101679.jpeg?h=fbf7a813&itok=IM2JjWUk)
Anna Stansbury
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Class of 1948 Career Development Assistant Professor
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Nathan Wilmers
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Sarofim Family Career Development Associate Professor
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Thomas Kochan
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, Emeritus
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Paul Osterman
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Nanyang Technological University Professor Emeritus
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Susan Silbey
Anthropology Program
Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities
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Mary Rowe
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Work and Organization Studies
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Robert B. McKersie
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Management
Learn MoreAffiliated Faculty and Researchers
Ben Armstrong
MIT Industrial Performance Center
Research Scientist and Executive Director, MIT Work of the Future Initiative
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Nicholas A. Ashford
School of Engineering Professors
Professor of Technology & Policy Director, Technology & Law Program
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David Autor
MIT Department of Economics
Ford Professor of Economics
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Lotte Bailyn
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
T Wilson (1953) Professor of Management, Emerita
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Jared R. Curhan
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Gordon Kaufman Professor of Management
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Barbara Dyer
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Research Affiliate
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Roberto Fernandez
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Professor; William F. Pounds Professor in Management
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Robert Gibbons
Economics
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management
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Amy Glasmeier
MIT Department of Urban Planning
Professor of Economic Geography and Regional Planning
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Simon Jäger
MIT Department of Economics
Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Chair Assistant Prof. of Economics
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Kate Kellogg
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
David J. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation
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Frank Levy
MIT Department of Urban Planning
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Emeritus
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Jackson G. Lu
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Sloan School Career Development Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies
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Wanda Orlikowski
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Management
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Michael J. Piore
MIT Department of Economics
David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus
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Hazhir Rahmandad
Management Science
Schussel Family Professor of Management Science
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Ray Reagans
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Management
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Ben Ross Schneider
MIT Department of Political Science
Ford International Professor of Political Science & Director, MIT Brazil program
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Kathleen Thelen
MIT Department of Political Science
Ford Professor of Political Science
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J. Phillip Thompson
MIT Department of Urban Planning
Associate Professor of Political Science and Urban Planning
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Zeynep Ton
Management Science
Professor of the Practice, Operations Management
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Postdoctoral Researchers
![Yaminette Díaz-Linhart](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2023-08/Diaz-Linhart_Yaminette_Fall22_Head_Shot%20cropped.jpg?h=ec6407c0&itok=6JdPrmB-)
Yaminette Díaz-Linhart
Postdoctoral Associate, IWER and Work and Organization Studies
Díaz-Linhart's research focuses on worker voice.
Learn MoreIWER PhD Students
![Soohyun Roh](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2021-08/soohyun.jpg?h=7b9e4ac6&itok=p5gJU01y)
Soohyun Roh
B.A. Economics and Sociology; M.A. Sociology
Learn More![K. MacKenzie Scott](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2018-08/headshot_dome.png?h=7f412c8f&itok=1E4h56N5)
K. MacKenzie Scott
B.A. Economics and French; M.P.A.
Learn More![Di Tong](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2022-09/Tong_Di_220901_web.jpg?h=63c6bd69&itok=0j0Y58JV)
Di Tong
B.A. English Language and Literature; M.A. Computational Social Science
Learn MoreIWER Staff
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Martha Mangelsdorf
Director of Strategic Communications
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Dahye Kim
Assistant Director, IWER
Learn MorePredoctoral Researchers
![Michael J. Davies](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2023-11/Michael%20Davies%20headshot%2011%202023.png?h=a61f5ce9&itok=bKofxgSk)
Michael J. Davies
Technical Associate
Learn MoreGrace DeHorn
Technical Associate/Project Manager
DeHorn works on the Warehouse Work, Health, and Well-being Study at IWER.
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Jiawei Tang
Technical Associate
Learn MoreClimate Change and Migrant Workers
Research by New York University (NYU) professor Natasha Iskander, who is an alumna of the MIT IWER PhD program, finds that there are companies targeting regions experiencing climate stress when recruiting migrant workers.
IWER Alumni
Graduates of the IWER PhD program have gone on to take up faculty positions in universities all over the world.