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Tanjim Hossain

Professor

University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Management

BIO

Tanjim Hossain is the Chair and a Professor of Marketing in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with a cross-appointment to the Marketing Area at the Rotman School of Management. He is also cross appointed to the Department of Economics. He serves as the Director of Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman (BEAR) centre. His main research interests include behavioural economics, quantitative marketing, and industrial organization, especially using field and laboratory experiments to test the validity of theoretical predictions in the real world. His research has been published in American Economic Review, Management Science, Marketing Science, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies and other top journals in Economics and Marketing. , and has been featured in The Economist, USA Today, and other news outlets. He has received multiple awards for excellence in refereeing and serves on the editorial board of Management Science.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2020 - present
  • Chair
    University of Toronto, Department of Management - UTM, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2021 - present
  • Director
    BEAR - Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman, Canada1 Jul 2024 - present
  • Director, Master of Management of Innovation
    University of Toronto, Institute for Management & Innovation (IMI), Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2021
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2020
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2009 - 30 Jun 2014
  • Assistant Professor
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Economics, Hong Kong, China23 Aug 2004 - 30 Jun 2010

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Chief Scientist
    BEAR - Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2024
  • Associate
    PricewaterhouseCoopers1 Jun 1999 - 1 Aug 1999

DEGREES

  • Ph.D.
    Princeton University, Princeton, United States1999 - 2004
  • B.S.
    University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, United States1995 - 1999
  • B.A.
    University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, United States1995 - 1999

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