# Research
**Source**: https://cre.mit.edu/research/
**Parent**: https://cre.mit.edu/special-topics-courses/
## Fundamental Research
### PI Groups & Labs
- Albert Saiz
[Urban Economics Lab](https://urbaneconomics.mit.edu/)
- David Geltner
[Price Dynamics Platform](http://pricedynamicsplatform.mit.edu)
- Andrea Chegut, Dennis Frenchman, David Geltner
[Real Estate Innovation Lab](https://realestateinnovationlab.mit.edu/)
- Siqi Zheng
[Sustainable Urbanization Lab](https://www.sul.mit.edu)
- Kairos Shen
[Real Estate Transformation Lab](https://cre.mit.edu/research/real-estate-transformation-lab/)
[MIT/CRE SSRN & Working Paper Series Opens in a new tab/window](https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/mit-center-real-estate-res/)
[CRE Research Seminar: David Lagakos, BU](https://cre.mit.edu/events/cre-research-seminar-soon-hyeok-choi-rochester-institute-of-technology/) MIT/CRE Research Seminar March 10, 2026
[MIT/CRE SSRN & Working Paper Series Opens in a new tab/window](https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/mit-center-real-estate-res/)
[CRE Research Seminar: David Lagakos, BU](https://cre.mit.edu/events/cre-research-seminar-soon-hyeok-choi-rochester-institute-of-technology/) MIT/CRE Research Seminar March 10, 2026
## Applied Research
Meaningful, actionable pathways for a profitable, sustainable and just real estate industry.
### Multi-PI Research Cluster
[Asia Real Estate Initiative](/research/asia-real-estate-initiative/)
[Climate and Real Estate](/research/climate-real-estate/)
[3 Questions: Measuring the financial impact of design in the built environment](https://cre.mit.edu/news-insights/3-questions-measuring-the-financial-impact-of-design-in-the-built-environment/)
In The News
August 19, 2025
[Call for Papers: MIT Symposium on Technology & Real Estate (with special…](https://cre.mit.edu/news-insights/call-for-papers-mit-symposium-on-technology-real-estate-with-special/)
In The News
April 26, 2025
[3 Questions: Measuring the financial impact of design in the built environment](https://cre.mit.edu/news-insights/3-questions-measuring-the-financial-impact-of-design-in-the-built-environment/)
In The News
August 19, 2025
[Call for Papers: MIT Symposium on Technology & Real Estate (with special…](https://cre.mit.edu/news-insights/call-for-papers-mit-symposium-on-technology-real-estate-with-special/)
In The News
April 26, 2025
## Researchers
Our accomplished research staff are hard at work uncovering new pathways toward a sustainable, equitable and technology-savvy commercial real estate industry.
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- [Post Tenure Professors](/people/?roles=Faculty%7CProfessor%7CSenior+Lecturer%7CLecturer%7CPost-tenure+Professor%7CVisiting+Professor+on+Core+Team%7CAssociate+Professor)
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- [Principal Research Scientists](/people/?roles=Faculty%7CProfessor%7CSenior+Lecturer%7CLecturer%7CPost-tenure+Professor%7CVisiting+Professor+on+Core+Team%7CAssociate+Professor)
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- [PhD Students](https://cre.mit.edu/people/?roles=Researchers%7CPrincipal+Research+Scientist%7CResearch+Scientist%7CPost-doc%7CPhD+student%7CResearch+Affiliate%7CResearch+Assistant)
- [Visiting Researchers](/people/?roles=Visiting+Researchers%7CVisiting+Professor%7CVisiting+Scholar%7CVisiting+Student)
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