Dr. Karsten Hansen

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Biography

Karsten Theil Hansen is a Professor of Marketing at the UC San Diego Rady School of Management, holding the Duane Nelles Jr. Endowed Chair in Corporate Governance. His research primarily focuses on the application of Bayesian learning and machine learning artificial intelligence frameworks to understand human behavior in markets. Professor Hansen teaches courses in Rady's Master's in Business Analytics program. Prior to his current position, he was an Associate Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University, where he participated in the Marketing Science Institute's Young Scholar program and served as the Kraft Research Professor. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics at Brown University, where he was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and the Abramson Award for Exceptional Dissertation Progress. His expertise includes Computational Social Science and Bayesian Statistics.

Research Interests

Bayesian Learning Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Human Behavior Markets

Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

— Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Associate Professor

— Present

Northwestern University • Evanston, IL

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).