About the job
Harvard Business School (HBS) is actively searching for several Predoctoral Research Associates to commence in Summer 2026. These positions will involve collaborating closely with assigned faculty members across diverse academic units.
- Accounting & Management
- Business, Government and the International Economy
- Entrepreneurial Management
- Finance
- General Management
- Marketing
- Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
- Organizational Behavior
- Strategy
- Technology and Operations Management
Research topics may encompass a variety of fields, including but not limited to: labor economics, marketing economics, disclosures and taxation in private equity/venture capital, the influence of gender stereotypes on decision-making, industrial organization and digital platform market design, media economics, emerging financial technologies, political economy and empirical corporate finance, R&D strategy and innovation economics, corporate social responsibility related to climate change and gender diversity, asset pricing in political and market contexts, micro-geographic influences on innovation, behavioral economics, intergroup inequity, and technology strategy.
Current faculty hiring includes:
- Livia Alfonsi
- Tomomichi Amano
- Brian Baik
- Katherine Coffman& Joshua Schwartzstein (paired together)
- Zoe Cullen
- Renata Gaineddenova
- Quan Le
- Jung Koo Kang& Shirley Lu (paired together)
- Elisabeth Kempf
- Maxwell Miller
- Mike Norton and more!

