Senior Academic Advisor

Robert Seamans (PhD, UC Berkeley) is a Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, Director of the NYU Stern Center for the Future of Management, and a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

Professor Seamans' research focuses on the economic consequences of AI, robotics and other advanced technologies. His research has been published in leading academic journals and been cited in numerous press outlets including The Atlantic, The Economist, Fox, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and others.

In 2015, Professor Seamans was appointed as the senior economist for technology and innovation on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.