Faculty
The Global Economics and Management faculty engage in innovative research on international issues with the goal of influencing economic policy. Specific areas of focus include the global financial crises, contagion, the Euro-crisis, capital flows, capital controls, U.S. fiscal issues, economic and political developments, and international tax policy.
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Kristin J. Forbes
Hear name pronounced.Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management
Kristin Forbes is the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Global Economics at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.She has regularly rotated between academia and senior policy positions. From 2014-2017 she was an external member of…
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Yasheng Huang
Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management
Yasheng Huang （黄亚生）@YashengHuanghttp://www.yashenghuang.com/Yasheng Huang is a Professor and holds the Epoch Foundation Professorship of Global Economics and Management at MIT Sloan School of Management. From 2013 to 2017, he served as an Associate…
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Simon Johnson
Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship
SIMON JOHNSON is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he is head of the Global Economics and Management group. At MIT, he is also co-director of the Shaping the Future of Work…
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Athanasios Orphanides
Professor of the Practice, Global Economics and Management
Athanasios Orphanides is a Professor of the Practice of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also an Honorary Advisor to the Bank of Japan’s Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, a member of the Shadow…
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Eric So
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Global Economics and Management
Eric So is a financial economist and tenured professor in the Global Economics and Management group at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He joined MIT in 2012 after earning a PhD from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and a Master…
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Donald Roy Lessard
Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management, Emeritus
BiographyDonald R. Lessard is the Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and Professor of Systems Engineering, Emeritus, at MIT. He advises companies, governments, and universities and continues his research on global strategic…
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D Eleanor Westney
Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of International Management
Eleanor Westney's long-term research interest is learning across borders (i.e., how organizational patterns developed in one social context are adapted in other societies). She is currently working on the internationalization of R&D, particularly in…
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Joseph J. Battat
Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
Joseph Battat is a Senior Lecturer of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.He is also currently a Senior Consultant, the World Bank Group. Battat joined the World Bank Group in 1989 where he held a number of…
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Lecturer, Global Economics and Management (GEM)
Geoff Beckwith has been the Executive Director & CEO of the Massachusetts Municipal Association since 1992, leading the statewide nonprofit organization that works with all cities and towns to improve the effectiveness of local government. Geoff…
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David Birnbach
Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
David Birnbach is a Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where his focus is in the domains of action learning, technology innovation, and entrepreneurship. He is also an affiliate with MIT’s World Education Lab (J-WEL) where he works with…
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Lecturer, Global Organizations Lab
Adriana Bokel Herde joined Biogen as Head of Human Resources for Europe and Canada in June 2011. In November 2012, she took the responsibility for the integration of the HR Shared Service organization, including implementation of a new global HR…
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John C. Grant
Senior Lecturer, International Action Learning Programs (G-Lab, China/India Lab, GO-Lab)
John Grant is a Senior Lecturer in Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His focus is the intersection of the domains of strategy, entrepreneurship, and strategic management. His work at MIT Sloan supports the…
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Cathy Louise Iacobo
Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
Catherine (Cathy) Iacobo is a Lecturer in the Global Economics and Management Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and serves as a faculty mentor for the Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab), Healthcare Lab (H-Lab), and China/India Lab.Cathy…
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Michellana Jester
Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
Michellana Jester is a Lecturer and GLab Course Manager at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Charles Kane
Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management and Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Charles Kane is a Senior Lecturer in Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management Goup and also in the Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Kane is currently chairman of the One Laptop per…
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Shari Loessberg
Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Shari Loessberg is a Senior Lecturer in Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.She is an experienced entrepreneur and investor in established and emerging markets. She has…
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Jonathan Ruane
Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
Jonathan Ruane is a Lecturer in the Global Economics and Management group at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Research Scientist at MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE). His interests are at the intersection of digital technology,…
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Hiram Samel
Hear name pronounced.Senior Lecturer
Hiram Samel is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He teaches global strategy, scenario planning and GO Lab. Prior to returning to MIT Sloan, he was at the University of Oxford where he was an Associate Professor of…
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Anjali Sastry
Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
Anjali Sastry is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management.She is also a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School.Sastry explores practical aspects of organizational and managerial effectiveness in settings facing complex challenges and…
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Luis Videgaray
Hear name pronounced.Senior Lecturer
Luis Videgaray is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Director of MIT AI Policy for the World Project. Prior to coming to MIT, he served as the Foreign Minister and Finance Minister of Mexico. As Foreign Minister (2017-18…
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Research centers at MIT and MIT Sloan pursue solutions to the world’s most significant challenges. Through collaboration with other top researchers and business leaders, MIT Sloan faculty and students have a powerful impact on leading organizations and on everyday life.
Faculty in the Global Economics and Management Group are affiliated with the following research centers at MIT: