PhD
Information Technology
MIT Sloan’s Information Technology PhD group fosters cutting-edge research on the economic, business, and organizational impacts of digital technologies. Students are expected to master information technologies and information theory principles, exploring their organizational and economic implications. The group addresses research questions related to the digital economy, organizational transformation, and new business models, leveraging the interdisciplinary expertise of faculty from economics, management science, computer science, organizational behavior, and psychology. Notable faculty include John Horton, who focuses on labor markets and digital platforms; Manish Raghavan, who examines the societal impacts of computational tools; and Thomas Malone, who studies collective intelligence and organizational design.
Research from Information Technology Faculty
The top 10 MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter articles of 2025
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AI’s missing ingredient: Shared wisdom
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We are in the fourth wave of artificial intelligence. In his new book, Alex Pentland says understanding AI from the 1960s, 1980s, and 2000s can help us develop technology that supports shared wisdom.
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Select Information Technology Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
Abdullah Almaatouq
Douglas Drane Career Development Associate Professor in Information Technology and Management
Abdullah Almaatouq is a computational social scientist and the Douglas Drane Career Development Associate Professor in Information Technology and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Abdullah’s research focuses on improving cooperation,…
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Sinan Aral
David Austin Professor of Management
Sinan Aral is a global authority on business analytics; award-winning researcher; entrepreneur, and venture capitalist who is ranked among the top 50 management scholars in the world and was rated the World’s “Top Digital Thinker” in 2021. He is the…
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John J. Horton
Chrysler Associate Professor of Management
John Horton is the Chrysler Associate Professor of Management and an Associate Professor of Information Technologies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Horton's research focuses on the intersection of labor economics, market design, and…
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Example PhD Thesis Topics
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Alex Moehring (2024)
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Zanele Munyikwa (2024)
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Emma Wiles (2024)
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Sebastian Steffen (2022)
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David Holtz (2021)