Funded Researchers
Y. Karen Zheng
- George M. Bunker Professor
- Associate Professor of Operations Management
- Sloan School of Management
Yanchong (Karen) Zheng is the George M. Bunker Professor and an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her recent research focuses on two general topics: (I) the design of incentives, technologies, and behavioral interventions to enhance efficiency, welfare, and sustainability in food and agriculture systems, with a focus on smallholder supply chains; and (II) the role of information transparency in driving environmentally and socially responsible behaviors. In her research, Zheng employs a behavior-centric, data-driven, field-based approach, and she collaborates with both public and private partners on the ground to create positive impacts to society.
J-WAFS-funded projects
- Incentive design to promote long-term adoption of sustainable practices by smallholder farmers in India
- Improving smallholder farmers’ welfare with AI-driven technologies
- A data-driven approach to managing food security in global supply chains
News
- J-WAFS awards grants to two MIT solutions-oriented projects around water and food in India
- MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces inaugural MCSC seed award recipients
- J-WAFS PI Karen Zheng builds systems that help smallholder farmers
- J-WAFS PIs establish new initiative to transform supply chains and advance food safety