Daron Acemoglu

Dr. Daron Acemoglu is an esteemed economist and author. Dr. Acemoglu is the Killian Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the Economic Growth program of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research. He is also affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Center for Economic Performance, the Center for Economic Policy Research, and Microsoft Research Center. One of the most cited economists in the world, Dr. Acemoglu is a leading thinker on the labor market implications of artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and new technologies. His main areas of research include political economy, economic development and growth, network economics, human capital and technological innovation. He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, the European Economic Association, and the Society of Labor Economists, among others. Dr. Acemoglu’s work has been published in leading scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal Economics and Review of Economic Studies.