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. 

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Abdullah Almaatouq

Abdullah Almaatouq

Douglas Drane Career Development Associate Professor in Information Technology and Management

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Sinan Aral

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

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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