Brian Rubineau

Brian Rubineau is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. His research focuses on Computational & Mathematical Modeling of Social Systems, Mechanisms of Inequality in Markets, Occupations & Organizations, Professional Socialization, and Social Network Analysis. His work explores how informal social dynamics contribute to inequalities in occupations and labor markets. His research has been published in journals such as Management Science, Organization Science, and American Sociological Review. He has received multiple competitive research grants and has held fellowships at the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University and the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.

Brian Rubineau is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at McGill University, focusing on inequality, social dynamics, social networks, and occupations & labor markets. His research explores how social structures and networks influence gender persistence in engineering, job segregation, and organizational change. He investigates the role of professional socialization, meritocratic ideologies, and network recruitment in shaping labor market outcomes. His work also examines the coevolution of networks and political attitudes, as well as the impact of status hierarchies on negative tie formation. Rubineau’s studies highlight the mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced and how organizations can adapt to address incongruence.