Ben is an associate professor at Harvard Business School in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit.

Edelman is a graduate of Harvard University. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Economics at Harvard University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an A.M. in Statistics from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College (summa cum laude). He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

Ben studies the economics of online markets.

His work combines software engineering with legal and economic analysis, aiming to understand both how online markets function and also how they might improve.

Ben's current research explores the public and private forces shaping Internet architecture and business opportunities.

He has written about the implications of growing market concentration in Internet search and resulting risks for advertisers.

Ben led the fight against deceptive advertising software, "spyware" and "adware."

As an attorney, Ben has brought class action litigation vindicating the rights of minors to get refunds when they buy digital trinkets from Apple and Facebook, and protecting advertisers from worthless and unwanted ad placements in popups and worse.

As a Student Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Ben analyzed the formative documents and activities of ICANN, ran Berkman Center webcasts, and developed software tools for real-time use in meetings, classes, and special events.

He oversaw ICANN Public Meeting webcasts and operated the technology used at ICANN's first twelve quarterly meetings.

Ben's consulting practice focuses on preventing and detecting online fraud (especially advertising fraud).

Representative clients include the ACLU, AOL, the City of Los Angeles, the Future of TV Coalition, the National Association of Broadcasters, Microsoft, the National Football League, the New York Times, Universal Music Group, the Washington Post, and Wells Fargo.

Ben teaches an MBA elective course entitled The Online Economy, a survey of all manner of online business.

Ben's teaching includes real-time on-screen chalkboard-style notes using a software tool he offers to other interested instructors.