I am an economist studying the human, social, and economic impacts of AI and how institutions should respond. I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics and Technology at Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy with a courtesy appointment at the Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science.

My research examines how AI capabilities develop, whose interests AI systems serve, and how they change human behavior and decision-making. I draw on economic theory, philosophy, the humanities, and art to explore these questions, and respond by building empirical infrastructure and policy instruments.

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.

jabarian@cmu.edu | Curriculum Vitae

Selected Research

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AI Behavioral Science

with Matthew O. Jackson, Qiaozhu Mei, Stephanie W. Wang, et al.
2025 · SSRN
Revise and resubmit, Science Advances

Latest Recognitions

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Stigler Fellowship

George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Announced Jun 10, 2026

Upcoming Talks

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Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School's (CBS) AI in Business Initiative and the Economics Division · AI and Organizational Economics Seminar Series
Voice AI
Dec 4, 2026

Predict

Predict 2026
December 7-9, 2026

Chapman University

The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics
Apr 23, 2027

University of Maryland

Department of Economics
Apr 27, 2027

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