Our Scholars
AEI scholars are committed to making the intellectual, moral, and practical case for expanding freedom, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening the free enterprise system in America and around the world. Our work explores ideas that further these goals, and AEI scholars take part in this pursuit with academic freedom. AEI operates independently of any political party and has no institutional positions. Our scholars’ conclusions are fueled by rigorous, data-driven research and broad-ranging evidence.
Find a scholar by policy area:
Nonresident Senior Fellow
John Bailey
Research Areas
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- AI applications to education
- K–12 issues
- Innovation policy
Senior Fellow
Claude Barfield
Research Areas
- International trade policy
- Science and technology policy
- The functioning of the GATT/WTO system
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Studies
Clay Calvert
Research Areas
- First Amendment law
- Free speech controversies
- Regulation of social media platforms
- Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Jeffrey Eisenach
Research Areas
- Telecommunications
- Internet regulation
- Competition and policy issues in the IT sector
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Bronwyn Howell
Research Areas
- Telecommunications regulatory policy
- Tech industry competition
- Internet regulation
- Technology and innovation
- Telecommunications policy in Australia and New Zealand
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Mark Jamison
Research Areas
- Telecommunications
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Technology & business
- Technology & the economy
Nonresident Fellow
Ajit Pai
Research Areas
- Technology & innovation
- Telecommunications regulatory policy
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Bret Swanson
Research Areas
- Technology and the US economy
- Internet policy
- Spectrum policy
- Artificial intelligence
- Web3 and crypto
- Health-tech innovations
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Shane Tews
Research Areas
- Cybersecurity
- Digital privacy
- Data protection
- Internet governance
- 5G
- Internet of Things
- Digital economic policy
- Emerging tech
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Metaverse
- Cryptocurrency & NFTs