Fiona Chen

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Business Economics at Harvard University. My research is in labor economics, with a focus on the economics of AI. I received my B.S. in Mathematics and in Economics from MIT.

In Winter of 2026, I am visiting the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.

You can reach me at fionachen@g.harvard.edu and access my CV here.

Research

Artificial Intelligence in the Firm
with James Stratton

Policy and Service

I am a Research Fellow at the Social Finance Institute, where I work on practitioner-oriented research projects on the economics of AI.

I also serve on the MIT Corporation, and formerly served in various policy roles at MIT while as a student. An example of work I have done in this capacity is assisting in writing MIT's Values Statement.