Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu is an Institute Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Acemoglu is one of the most cited economists in the world and a leading thinker on the labor market implications of artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and new technologies. His research covers a wide range of areas within economics, including political economy, economic development and growth, human capital theory, growth theory, innovation, search theory, network economics and learning. Dr. Acemoglu is the author of several books including the highly-praised “Why Nations Fail” and “Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy.” He has published in all the highest-ranked journals in economics and has received numerous awards and fellowships.
Daron Acemoglu Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Institute Professor of Economics
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Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics
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Lecturer in Economics
Academic History
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Ph.D., Economics
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M.S., Mathematical Economics and Econometrics
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B.A., Economics
Much of his work studies the political, economic and social origins of the differences in economic development across societies.
He has also explored the institutional and political evolution of nations and the role that technology plays in shaping economic growth.
His academic 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.
FELLOWSHIPS
Research Associate, Center for Economic Policy Research
Fellow, American Philosophical Society
Fellow, European Economic Association
Fellow, Econometric Society
Fellow, Society of Labor Economists
Member, Group of Thirty
RECENT RECOGNITIONS
2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
2021 CME Mathematical and Statistical Research Institute Prize
2019 Global Economy Prize
2018 Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize
2016 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2013 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize
2007 Carnegie Fellowship
2007 John von Neumann Award
2006 Turkish Sciences Association's Distinguished Science Award
2005 John Bates Clark Medal
2004 University of Chicago's T. W. Schultz Prize
2004 Sherwin Rosen Award
PUBLICATIONS
His book "Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy" received the Association of American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence.
The book also received the William Riker Prize for Best Book Published in Political Economy, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for Best Book Published on Government, Politics or International Affairs.
Why Nations Fail also received several prizes and awards, and was a New York Times bestseller in 2012.