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
Samuel J. Abrams
Research Areas
- Political behavior and participation
- Inequality and social policy
- Political history
- Leadership and presidential politics
- Federalism and institutions
Senior Fellow and Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy
Joseph Antos
Research Areas
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Affordable Care Act
- Single-Payer Health Insurance
- Uninsured
- Cost of Prescription Drugs
Senior Fellow
Leon Aron
Research Areas
- Russian domestic politics
- Russian foreign policy
- US-Russian relations
- Post-Soviet evolution: social
- cultural
- and economic aspects
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
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Michael Barone
Research Areas
- Politics
- American government
- Campaigns and elections
- American political system
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Robert J. Barro
Research Areas
- US economy
- Economic growth
- Monetary policy
- Tax and budget policy
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Michael Beckley
Research Areas
- US-China relations
- US-China competition
- American grand strategy
- US defense policy
- US alliances
- US-Asia relations
- China
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Eric J. Belasco
Research Areas
- Agricultural policy
- Farm subsidy programs
- Crop insurance
- Disaster aid
Senior Fellow
Andrew G. Biggs
Research Areas
- Social Security reform
- Public and private sector compensation
- State and local government pensions
Nonresident Fellow
Mason M. Bishop
Research Areas
- Workforce development
- Employment and job training program reform
- Career and technical education
Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Research Fellow
Jason Blessing
Research Areas
- Cybersecurity
- Military technological transformation
- US cyber defense policy
- NATO Transatlantic relations
Distinguished Senior Fellow Emeritus
Karlyn Bowman
Research Areas
- Public opinion
- Polls
- Politics and elections
- Demographic change
- AEI history
Senior Fellow
Hal Brands
Research Areas
- US defense strategy and policy
- US grand strategy
- US foreign policy
Senior Fellow
Elisabeth Braw
Research Areas
- Hybrid and gray-zone threats
- Non-kinetic threats
- Nordic/Baltic countries
- Germany
- United Kingdom
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Brickman
Research Areas
- Higher education
- Education reform
- Innovation in education reform
Senior Fellow
Alex Brill
Research Areas
- Health care policy
- US Economy
- Tax policy
- Retirement issues
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Labor markets
President Emeritus
Arthur C. Brooks
Research Areas
- Free enterprise
- Culture
- Politics
- Economic life in America
- Social entrepreneurship
- Philanthropy
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