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jabarian@cmu.edu | Curriculum Vitae | Scholar

Office 2118J | 5000 Forbes Ave, Hamburg Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

BIOGRAPHY

Assistant Professor of Economics and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy (tenure-track)
The Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science (by courtesy)

I study the transformative human, social, and economic impacts of AI and how institutions should respond. My research asks how increasingly capable AI develops, whose interests it serves, how it changes the way people live, work, create, and make decisions under complex uncertainty, and what new institutions are needed to serve human interests. My work is grounded in behavioral economics and experimental methods.

Before joining Carnegie Mellon, I was the Howard and Nancy Marks Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I received a  Ph.D. in economics from the Paris School of Economics and a  Ph.D. in philosophy from the Sorbonne, both in 2023.

Selected Awards & Fellowships
Google, Inaugural AI & Economy Researcher
Microsoft AI Economy Institute, Senior Fellow
J-PAL, Partnership for AI Evidence, Invited Researcher
Stigler Center, Affiliate Fellow
Chicago Booth, Thaler-Tversky Independent Research Award

Industry Partnerships & Research Programs
Agentic Hiring (with PSG Global Solutions)