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Spring 2026

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Coding interviews with Indian folk musicians

Aruna Ranganathan - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

This project examines the experiences of Qawwali musicians in India through open-ended interviews. We are in the early stages of analysis, so we are primarily looking for trends and creating categories from the data. So far we have identified broad effects of gender and identity on satisfaction and success...

 Social Sciences

Virtual Coworking: Analyzing LinkedIn Data

Aruna Ranganathan - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     

Virtual Coworking platforms (e.g. CoFocus, Focusmate, Flow Club, Groove) have experienced a surge in popularity during the pandemic, especially among students, remote workers, and entrepreneurs/solopreneuers. We are in the early stages of analysis, so we are primarily seeking additional employment and demographic information of virtual coworkers from their LinkedIn...

 Social Sciences

Productivity and Engagement in Remote Work Settings

Aruna Ranganathan - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

This project examines gender differences in productivity and engagement in remote work settings. Conducted with software testers in India, the experiment involves a comprehensive analysis of work patterns, interruptions, and productivity metrics in both remote and in-person settings. The study employs multiple data collection methods, including video observations, surveys...

 Social Sciences

AI-Powered Meta Research: Using LLMs to Analyze Methods in Top Management Papers

Aruna Ranganathan - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

This is a science-of-science / computational social science project examining how different empirical methods are used—and what impact they have—in papers published in leading management journals...

 Social Sciences

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