In 1976, after earning his doctorate, Maskin became a research fellow at
Jesus College, Cambridge University. In the following year, he joined the faculty at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1985 he returned to Harvard as the Louis Berkman Professor of Economics, where he remained until 2000. In 1987, he was a visiting fellow at
St John's College, Cambridge. During the 1990s he advised the
Bank of Italy on the operation of its
bond auctions. In 2000, he moved to the
Institute for Advanced Study in
Princeton, New Jersey. In addition to his position at the Princeton Institute, Maskin is the director of the Jerusalem Summer School in Economic Theory at
The Institute for Advanced Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2010, he was conferred an honorary doctoral degree in economics from The
University of Cambodia. In 2011, Maskin returned to
Harvard as the Adams University Professor and professor of economics and mathematics. Maskin has worked in diverse areas of
economic theory, such as
game theory, the economics of incentives, and contract theory. He is particularly known for his papers on
mechanism design/
implementation theory and
dynamic games. With Jean Tirole, he advanced the concept of
Markov perfect equilibrium. His research projects include comparing different electoral rules, examining the causes of inequality, and studying coalition formation. Maskin is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Econometric Society, and the
European Economic Association, and a Corresponding Fellow of the
British Academy. He was president of the
Econometric Society in 2003. In 2014, Maskin was appointed as a visiting professor at
Covenant University, Nigeria. In September 2017, Maskin received the title of
HEC Paris Honoris Causa Professor. He also served on the Social Sciences jury for the
Infosys Prize in 2018. Furthermore, he is the chairman of the advisory board of the
International Economics Olympiad. ==Political views==