Philip Brookins

Philip Brookins is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. He holds a BPF Dean’s Fellowship and serves as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard's Laboratory for Innovation Science. His education includes a Ph.D. in Economics from Florida State University.

His research focuses on game-theoretic modeling of competitive behaviors in constrained information environments, with particular emphasis on contest dynamics, team-based competition, and experimental validation of economic theories. Primary domains include personnel economics, microeconomic theory, and behavioral experiments.

Dr. Brookins advises multiple graduate and undergraduate students, including dissertation committees and honors thesis supervision. His publications demonstrate consistent focus on competition design, information asymmetry, and group decision-making under uncertainty.

Honors include sustained recognition as a Harvard Visiting Fellow since 2017 and the BPF Dean’s Fellowship since 2022. Research has been supported by competitive grants including Innovate UK and Australian Research Council projects.