Francesca Gino
Francesca Gino (born ) is an Italian-American behavioral scientist. In June 2023, after an investigation concluded that she had falsified data in her research, she was placed on unpaid administrative leave from her position as Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS) and as head of HBS's Negotiation, Organizations and Markets (NOM) unit. Education and early career Gino grew up in Tione di Trento, Italy. She earned her Bachelor's degree at the University of Trento, Italy in 2001, and her MS and PhD at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa in 2004. During these studies, she came to Harvard Business School as a visiting fellow, and stayed on as a postdoctoral fellow after completing her Ph.D. Before joining Harvard University in 2010, she taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Carnegie Mellon University. Career Gino conducted research on rule-breaking, which she discusses in her 2018 book, Rebel Talent. She was also affiliated with Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation, and with Harvard University's Mind, Brain, Behavior Initiative. Between December 2016 and 2019, she served as editor-in-chief of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Gino, the co-author of many peer-reviewed articles, was