Funded Researchers

Karen Zheng standing outside against a lush landscape

Y. Karen Zheng

  • Sloan School Career Development 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.

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