Assistant Professor, Social Research and Public Policy
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BA Universidad de los Andes (Chile); MA Universidad Católica de Chile; PhD Cornell University
Research Areas: Economic Sociology; Organizations; Social Networks; Computational Social Science
Mario D. Molina is an Assistant Professor in the Social Research and Public Policy program. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Cornell University an MA in Sociology from Universidad Catolica de Chile, and a BA in Philosophy from Universidad de los Andes in Chile.
His research interests are in economic sociology, organizational theory, and computational social science. He broadly considers how organizational structures and network dynamics impact beliefs about unequal rewards and prosocial behaviors, focusing on the mechanisms that feed back to sustain or disrupt social systems. His research has appeared in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Organization Science, and the Annual Review of Sociology, among others.