Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson, one of the most-cited authors in the economics of information, dedicated three decades to the faculty at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, where he directed the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and the MIT Center for Digital Business. After earning his Ph.D. in Managerial Economics from MIT Sloan School of Management in 1991, he was appointed Schussel Family Professor of Management in 2001. His early influential work explored the productivity contributions of information technology, organizational capital, and other intangible assets in economic growth.

His commitment to public discourse on the future of work continues, most recently co-chairing the National Academies of Sciences committee on ‘Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work,” which released its findings in 2024, further solidifying his position as a leading authority on the intersection of technology, economics, and society.