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
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
NTU Professor of Management
Learn MoreErin Kelly
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies
Learn MoreIWER Faculty
Anna Stansbury
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Class of 1948 Career Development Assistant Professor
Learn MoreNathan Wilmers
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Sarofim Family Career Development Associate Professor
Learn MoreThomas Kochan
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, Emeritus
Learn MorePaul Osterman
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Nanyang Technological University Professor Emeritus
Learn MoreSusan Silbey
Anthropology Program
Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities
Learn MoreMary Rowe
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Work and Organization Studies
Learn MoreRobert 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
Learn moreNicholas A. Ashford
School of Engineering Professors
Professor of Technology & Policy Director, Technology & Law Program
Learn MoreDavid Autor
MIT Department of Economics
Ford Professor of Economics
Learn MoreLotte Bailyn
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
T Wilson (1953) Professor of Management, Emerita
Learn MoreJared R. Curhan
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Gordon Kaufman Professor of Management
Learn MoreBarbara Dyer
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Research Affiliate
Learn MoreRoberto Fernandez
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Professor; William F. Pounds Professor in Management
Learn MoreRobert Gibbons
Economics
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management
Learn MoreAmy Glasmeier
MIT Department of Urban Planning
Professor of Economic Geography and Regional Planning
Learn MoreSimon Jäger
MIT Department of Economics
Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Chair Assistant Prof. of Economics
Learn MoreKate Kellogg
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
David J. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation
Learn MoreFrank Levy
MIT Department of Urban Planning
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Emeritus
Learn MoreJackson G. Lu
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Sloan School Career Development Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies
Learn MoreWanda Orlikowski
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Management
Learn MoreMichael J. Piore
MIT Department of Economics
David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus
Learn MoreHazhir Rahmandad
Management Science
Schussel Family Professor of Management Science
Learn MoreRay Reagans
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Management
Learn MoreBen Ross Schneider
MIT Department of Political Science
Ford International Professor of Political Science & Director, MIT Brazil program
Learn MoreKathleen Thelen
MIT Department of Political Science
Ford Professor of Political Science
Learn MoreJ. Phillip Thompson
MIT Department of Urban Planning
Associate Professor of Political Science and Urban Planning
Learn MoreZeynep Ton
Management Science
Professor of the Practice, Operations Management
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Postdoctoral Researchers
Yaminette Díaz-Linhart
Postdoctoral Associate, IWER and Work and Organization Studies
Díaz-Linhart's research focuses on worker voice.
Learn MoreDylan K. Nelson
Postdoctoral Fellow, Work and Organization Studies
Nelson is researching how job upgrading can accelerate economic mobility.
Learn MoreIWER PhD Students
Arrow Minster
B.A. Economics; M.A. Economics
Learn MoreSoohyun Roh
B.A. Economics and Sociology; M.A. Sociology
Learn MoreK. MacKenzie Scott
B.A. Economics and French; M.P.A.
Learn MoreDi Tong
B.A. English Language and Literature; M.A. Computational Social Science
Learn MoreIWER Staff
Martha Mangelsdorf
Director of Strategic Communications
Learn MoreDahye Kim
Assistant Director, IWER
Learn MoreVisiting Scholars
Emma Zang
Visiting Scholar at MIT IWER, Spring 2024
Emma Zang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yale University, where she is also an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health.
Predoctoral Researchers
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.
Learn MoreKyra Rodriguez
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Technical Associate
Learn MoreJiawei 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.