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:
Senior Fellow
John C. Fortier
Research Areas
- Congress
- Electoral College
- Elections
- Absentee voting
- Continuity of government
- US presidency
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Aaron Friedberg
Research Areas
- China
- US-China relations
- Great-power competition
- US foreign and defense policy
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Joseph B. Fuller
Research Areas
- Jobs
- The future of work
- Workforce development
- Workforce training
- Higher education
Research Fellow
Scott Ganz
Research Areas
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic management
- Utilities regulation
- Financial regulation
- Pharmaceutical regulation
- Quantitative methods and machine learning
- Organizational design
Nonresident Senior Fellow
R. Richard Geddes
Research Areas
- Infrastructure public and private partnerships
- US postal system and delivery policy
- Corporate governance
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Robert P. George
Research Areas
- Moral and political philosophy
- Constitutional law
- Civil liberties
- Bioethics
- Philosophy of law
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Joseph W. Glauber
Research Areas
- Agricultural / farm policy
- Farm Bill
- Crop insurance
- Agricultural subsidies
Senior Fellow and Asness Chair in Applied Liberty
Jonah Goldberg
Research Areas
- US politics and culture
- Media
- The conservative movement
- The progressive movement
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Barry K. Goodwin
Research Areas
- US agricultural policy
- Federal crop insurance program
Senior Fellow
Scott Gottlieb
Research Areas
- Pharmaceutical policy
- Cost of prescription drugs
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health care reform
- Political and clinical trends in medicine
- Medical innovation
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Phil Gramm
Research Areas
- Social Security reform
- Health care Reform
- Tax reform
Nonresident Senior Fellow
William C. Greenwalt
Research Areas
- Defense industrial base
- Defense management issues
- Defense acquisition & procurement reform
- Export control reform
- Defense technology policy & innovation
Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Research Areas
- China and East Asia
- Indo-Pacific security
- Authoritarianism & democracy in Asia
Nonresident Fellow
William Haun
Research Areas
- Constitutionalism
- Religious liberty
- First Amendment issues
- Self-government
Senior Fellow and Director, Education Policy Studies
Frederick M. Hess
Research Areas
- K–12 – Higher education
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
R. Glenn Hubbard
Research Areas
- Health care policy
- Poverty
- Finance
- Financial markets & institutions
- Tax & budget issues
Senior Fellow, Domestic Policy Studies
Howard Husock
Research Areas
- Municipal government
- Urban housing policy
- Civil society
- Philanthropy
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Mark Jamison
Research Areas
- Telecommunications
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Technology & business
- Technology & the economy
Senior Fellow and Director of the Critical Threats Project
Frederick W. Kagan
Research Areas
- Defense and national security issues
- American military
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Leon R. Kass
Research Areas
- Marriage & family
- Social mores
- Bioethics
- Ethics & human flourishing
- Liberal education
- American citizenship