Zijun (June) Shi
I am an Associate Professor at the School of Business and Management and (jointly appointed) the School of Humanities and Social Science at HKUST. I lead the Behavioral Intelligence Lab. My work centers on modeling, analyzing, and explaining the behavior and choices of both humans and AI agents, leveraging econometrics, machine learning, causal inference, and psychology. My research has been recognized with the Paul E. Green Award and the Don Lehmann Award, and I have been named an MSI Young Scholar. ​
I received my Ph.D. in Industrial Administration and M.S. in Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University. I hold a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. ​​​​​​​​​
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Recruitment
Postdoc, PhD, and RA positions are available. We look for candidates who share our research interests and have relevant research experience. If interested, please email me a copy of your resume, transcripts, papers, and other relevant materials. ​​
Selected Grants and Awards
SBM Strategic Fund for Futuristic Business Research, PI, 2025~2028.
Hong Kong RGC Grant (General Research Fund), PI, 2024~2027, No.16505224.
Hong Kong RGC Grant (General Research Fund), Co-PI, 2024-2027, No.16506824.​
Hong Kong RGC Grant (General Research Fund), PI, 2023~2026, No.16501923.
MSI Young Scholars, 2023
Winner, AMA MR-SIG Don Lehmann Award, 2023
Winner, Paul E. Green Award, 2022
Dean’s Recognition of Teaching Excellence, 2020~2025
Fellow of the ISMS Early Career Scholars Camp, 2022
Hong Kong RGC Grant (General Research Fund), PI, 2022~2025, No. 16505122.
Hong Kong RGC Grant (Early Career Scheme), PI, 2021~2024, No. 26502121.
ISMS Doctoral Early-Stage Research Grants, Faculty Co-PI, 2024.
HKUST Business School Research Fund, PI, 2020.
MSI Research Grant, Co-PI, 2020.
HKUST Faculty Start-up Fund, Principal Investigator (PI), 2019.​​​​​
INFORMS Marketing Science Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2018
The Dipankar and Sharmila Chakravarti Doctoral Fellowship Award, 2017
Presidential Graduate Fellowship, 2017
AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2017
INFORMS Marketing Science Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2017
Deans Research Fund, 2016
William Larimer Mellon Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014-2018