PhD
Marketing
MIT Sloan’s Marketing group equips students with a deep understanding of behavioral and management science theories and methods, drawing from disciplines such as behavioral science, economics, operations research, and statistics. The group benefits from the pioneering work of faculty members like Duncan Simester, who explores consumer behavior and pricing strategies; Juanjuan Zhang, known for her research on social interactions and marketing; and Catherine Tucker, who investigates digital marketing and privacy issues. This collaborative environment fosters innovative research that addresses key challenges in marketing, including customer satisfaction and the psychological aspects of consumer behavior.
Research from Marketing Faculty
What Slave-Trading Systems Are We Part of Today?
In this article, Micheil Banoub shares his personal confrontations with the history of slavery through his travels. He highlights the role of systems and ecomonies in enforcing ideology, unconsciously creating many passive observers and unintentional system participants. He claims, "If history teach...
13 MIT startups to watch in 2026
The 2026 MIT delta v Demo Day showcased startup innovations in biotechnology, healthcare, AI, cybersecurity, robotics, finance, and manufacturing.
On the 21st Century ROAD to Housing: What Congress Accomplished in 2026 and What Remains to Be Done
The latest rare bipartisan success in federal housing policy offers families scant immediate relief on housing affordability but could accelerate change at other levels of government, says Edward L. Golding.
What 3 new MIT Sloan professors have learned about AI
New faculty members are thinking about how AI can help decision-making, the value of adversarial AI agents, and the skills workers need in the AI era.
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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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Sharmila C. Chatterjee
Senior Lecturer, Marketing
Sharmila C. Chatterjee is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and is the Academic Head for the MBA Track in Enterprise Management (EM) launched at MIT Sloan in Fall 2012. Chatterjee teaches the graduate course in B2B Marketing and is deeply engaged in…
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Xi Chen
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Matthew Cashman (2024)
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Keyan Li (2024)
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