Daron Acemoglu, a professor at the Institute and the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at MIT, received the award in 2023. WZB Social Science Center Berlin A.SK Prize for Social Sciencesone of the most endowed international social science awards.
Acemoglu received the award for “his enormously influential work on, among others, the decisive role of institutions in capitalist economies, on the forces of states and societies that must negotiate a balance to guarantee freedom, and on the uses and risks of automation. .”
In announcing the award, the international jury praised Acemoglu’s fundamental contributions to labor economics, macroeconomics and political economy.
“As his research spans both political science and economics, Daron Acemoglu has become a leading expert on the determinants of economic growth,” the international jury wrote.
“I feel incredibly humbled and humbled to have been selected as a winner of the A.SK Prize for Social Sciences,” says Acemoglu. “The WZB has been unwavering in its support and promotion of high-quality social sciences, and I consider myself fortunate and privileged to have been included in its illustrious list of past recipients.”
Acemoglu began teaching at MIT in 1993 and has been honored throughout his distinguished career for his work in macroeconomics, political economy, labor economics, development economics, and economic theory. Acemoglu co-leads MIT’s Shaping the Future of Work initiative, along with MIT economists Professor David Autor and Professor Simon Johnson.
Earlier this year, Acemoglu published “Power and Progress: Our 1,000-Year Struggle for technology and Prosperity”, co-written with Simon Johnson. Acemoglu has warned of the potential social, economic and political harm of allowing ai to go unregulated.
The A.SK Prize for Social Sciences is endowed with 100,000 euros. Acemoglu will receive the award at a live-streamed ceremony in Berlin on November 14.
Previous recipients of the award include MIT economist Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics, and co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). , which received the honor in 2015.
