Alex Mechanick researches problems that sit at the intersection of economics, law, and public policy.

Angela Hawken is dedicated to interdisciplinary, practitioner-centered partnerships with state and local agencies and nonprofits to implement and test policies, practices, and new technologies.

Bhaven N. Sampat is an economist focusing on the economics, law, history, and political economy of science and technology.

Christian Fong is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Government Policy and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Effective Lawmaking.

Francesca Molinari is a leading authority in econometric theory and applied econometrics.

Gillian K. Hadfield's research focuses on innovative design for legal, regulatory, and technical systems for AI, computational models of human normative systems, and building AI systems that understand and respond to human values and norms.

Levon Barseghyan’s work, both theoretical and empirical, is aimed at uncovering mechanisms that shape economic behavior and how such behavior is affected by market structure, economic policies and political institutions.

Lindsey Currier’s research focuses on urban economics, industrial organization, and public economics, with a particular interest in transportation and infrastructure.

Megan Kang is a sociologist who studies crime and violence in America and their impact on daily life.

Michael Clemens is one of the world's foremost experts on the economic causes and effects of migration.

Nathaniel Baum-Snow is an urban economist with interests including housing and real estate, transportation, the operation of urban labor markets, and local economic development.

Caputo’s work focuses on frontier AI regulation, legal alignment, open source AI, and how to build governance institutions for the AI era.

Peter Arcidiacono is a labor economist best known for his work in three areas: college major choice, affirmative action in higher education, and structural estimation of dynamic discrete choice models.

Rebekah Jones is a political scientist who studies how local political institutions shape the allocation of public goods—and how those distributions, in turn, affect how groups experience and participate in democratic systems.

Seth Lazar is a leading voice in the moral and political philosophy of artificial intelligence, bridging traditional philosophical ethics with contemporary technological challenges.

DeLuca conducts mixed-methods studies that incorporate qualitative research into experimental or quasi-experimental designs. Some of her work focuses on the long-term effects of programs to help low-income families relocate to safer neighborhoods and better schools through housing vouchers.

Steven Teles is a political scientist focused on the intersection of political economy, public policy, political parties and ideology.

William Howell has written widely on separation-of-powers issues and American political institutions, especially the presidency. He currently is working on research projects on separation of powers issues, the institutional foundations of effective government, and emergent threats to democracy.

Zoë Hitzig is currently at the Anthropic Institute, where she works at the intersection of economic research and frontier AI development.