Yanwei Sun

Welcome! I am a fifth-year (2022 Fall) PhD student of Analytics & Operations at Imperial Business School, where I am very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Jiahua Wu and Prof. Chiwei Yan. I was a visiting scholar at University of California, Berkeley during the 2024–2025 academic year, hosted by Prof. Chiwei Yan.

Broadly, I study marketplace design in settings where participants are self-interested and information is dispersed.

My recent research focuses primarily on markets for AI and markets with AI.

• In markets for AI, where AI itself is the product, I study how AI services should be priced and contracted.
• In markets with AI, where AI is a technology, I investigate the new possibilities this technology brings to markets. For example, AI agents can make decisions for people, and AI-driven predictions can reshape market structures.

I have also worked on information design in platform operations, especially the interplay between information and pricing, and dynamic service operations, including three-sided marketplaces (e.g., food delivery systems) and on-off systems.

I am on the 2026–2027 academic job market.