MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy explores how people and businesses will work, interact, and prosper in an era of profound digital transformation. We provide the underlying research and thought leadership so important in identifying positive action for individuals, corporations, foundations, and governments.

Our work is focused on six primary areas:

Misinformation & Fake News Professor Dave Rand
Labor Economics & Marketplaces - Professor John Horton
The Human-Machine Interface - Professor Renee Richardson Gosline
Social Networks & Digital Experimentation - Professor Dean Eckles
Human AI - Professor Sandy Pentland
Tech for Good - IDE Co-director Andrew McAfee

http://ide.mit.edu

Sinan Aral is the new Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. Sinan Aral is the David Austin Professor at MIT Sloan and Director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy. He is a leading expert on Social Networks, Social Media and Digital Strategy. His research focuses on social contagion, product virality and measuring and managing how information diffusion in social networks affects us and our economy.

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