Technology innovation policy

Technology innovation is fundamental to our global economic prosperity, social equity and inclusion, and well-being. Our work in this area is unique in that it addresses these problems from ‘inside the black box’ of technology.

We combine engineering with sociology, economics, and behavioral social science to seek technological, institutional, and policy solutions that are socially beneficial and problem-focused. In doing so, we use and develop new tools through a cutting-edge mix of quantitative and qualitative methods tailored to the technological problem of focus.

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Baruch Fischhoff

Howard Heinz University Professor
Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology

Email: baruch@cmu.edu

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Erica Fuchs

Kavčić-Moura Professor
Engineering and Public Policy

Director
National Network for Critical Technology Assessment

Email: erhf@andrew.cmu.edu

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Paulina Jaramillo

Trustee Professor
Engineering and Public Policy

Courtesy Appointment
CMU-Africa

Email: paulina@cmu.edu

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Valerie Karplus

Professor
Engineering and Public Policy

Associate Director
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

Email: vkarplus@andrew.cmu.edu

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Jeremy Michalek

Professor
Engineering and Public Policy, Mechanical Engineering

Email: jmichalek@cmu.edu

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M. Granger Morgan

Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, Heinz College

Email: granger.morgan@andrew.cmu.edu

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Jon Peha

Professor
Engineering and Public Policy

Courtesy Appointment
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Email: peha@cmu.edu

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Marvin Sirbu

Professor
Engineering and Public Policy, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tepper School of Business

Email: sirbu@cmu.edu

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Jay Whitacre

Trustee Professor in Energy
Engineering and Public Policy, Materials Science and Engineering

Email: whitacre@andrew.cmu.edu

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Kate Whitefoot

Associate Professor
Engineering and Public Policy, Mechanical Engineering

Courtesy Appointment
Heinz College

Email: kwhitefoot@cmu.edu

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