Marina Chugunova

Hi! I am a behavioral and experimental economist working at the intersection of innovation, labor, and organizational economics. I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. 

My research is motivated by a central question: how can organizations remain productive in an environment of increasing labor scarcity? I address this question along two complementary lines. First, I study how individuals and organizations interact with emerging technologies—especially AI—and how these interactions shape behavior and decisions. Second, I examine labor-market disparities that lead organizations to underutilize talent. I focus on barriers that discourage women from entering and advancing in male-dominated fields. This includes both informal obstacles, such as anticipated discrimination, and structural barriers related to knowledge flows, organizational practices, and systemic issues such as sexual misconduct. 

To establish causal links and understand mechanisms, I employ a range of empirical methods, combining laboratory, online, and field experiments with survey and observational data.  My work often spans across disciplines and incorporates insights from psychology, philosophy, and other disciplines.  

You can contact me at firstname.lastname(at)ip.mpg.de and find my CV here.