The MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future brings together expertise from a range of disciplines and departments, aiming to develop policy-relevant ideas and insights. We’re supported by various project funders and collaborators.
Co-Chair, MIT Task Force on the Work of the FutureFord Professor of Economics, MIT Department of Economics
Co-Chair, MIT Task Force on the Work of the FutureDibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Founder and CEO, Humatics Corporation
Executive Director, MIT Task Force on the Work of the FuturePrincipal Research Scientist
Executive Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Administrative Assistant II
IPC Administrator
Communications Team
MIT Task Force on the Work of the FutureAssociate Director
Communications Team, Media Contact
Co-Chair, MIT Task Force on the Work of the FutureFord Professor of Economics, MIT Department of Economics
John M. Deutch Institute Professor
Director, Stanford Digital Economy LabSenior Fellow, Stanford HAI and SIEPR
Professor Stanford Department of Economics
Grover Hermann Professor, Health Sciences and TechnologyProfessor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor of Mechanical Engineering Director, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP)
Director, MIT Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies
Sloan School of ManagementInternational Program Professor in Chinese Economy and Business
Professor, Global Economics and Management
Department of Urban Studies and PlanningAssistant Professor of Political Economy and Urban Planning
Sloan School of ManagementGeorge Maverick Bunker Professor of Management
Professor, Work and Organization Studies
Co-Director, Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research
Department of Mechanical EngineeringSamuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering
Co-Chair, MIT Task Force on the Work of the FutureDibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Founder and CEO, Humatics Corporation
Sloan School of ManagementNanyang Technological University Professor of Human Resources and Management
Media Lab; Institute for Data, Systems, and SocietyAT&T Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Executive Director, MIT Task Force on the Work of the FuturePrincipal Research Scientist
Executive Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Department of Electrical EngineeringDirector, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Andrew & Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Mechanical EngineeringVice President for Open Learning
Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and AstronauticsAssociate Dean, Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
Head of the Interactive Robotics Group of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Faculty Lead, Work of the Future Initiative
Sloan School of ManagementAssociate Professor of Applied Economics
Department of Political ScienceFord Professor of Political Science
Ronald Coase School Professor, London School of EconomicsDigital Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Materials Science and EngineeringMichael (1949) and Sonja Koerner Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Provost
Department of AnthropologyProfessor of Anthropology
Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore
Executive Chairman, Santander Group
President, Custom Rubber Corp.
Vice Chairman, Moelis & Company
Chairman of the Board, Robert Bosch GmbH
Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company
Former Governor of Michigan
President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Chairman and CEO, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School
Former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
President, South Central College, Minnesota
Founder and President Emeritus SEIU 775
Chairman and CEO, IBM Corporation
Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Technical Advisor and Member of the Board, Alphabet, Inc.
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Co-Chairman, Two Sigma
Professor Emeritus, MIT Economics
President, Ford Foundation
CEO, Amazon Worldwide Consumer
Chairman, Esquel Group
Lecturer, MIT
Founder, Chairman, and CTO, Rethink Robotics
Distinguished Senior Fellow in Law, Philosophy, and Political Science, University of California, BerkeleyFaculty Member, Apple University
Professor of Social & Ethical AI, Umeå University
Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Vice President & Director of Research, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment ResearchCo-Director, Labor Statistics Program, IZA
Principal Investigator, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Rose Professor Emeritus, MIT
Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillInterim Director, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Professor of Economics & History, Northwestern University
Director, Future of Work, Ford Foundation
Professor, Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Professor, Emeritus, MIT Economics
Executive Technical Advisor & CEO, Toyota
Executive Director, Industrial Performance CenterResearch Scientist
Executive Director, Work of the Future Initiative
Senior Research Associate
Aeronautics and AstronauticsPhD Candidate
MIT Technology & Policy Program, SM ‘21Research Assistant, MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future and Industrial Performance Center
Political SciencePhD Candidate
Aeronautics and AstronauticsPhD Candidate
Research Assistant, MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future and Industrial Performance CenterMIT Technology & Policy Program, SM '21
MIT Transportation, SM ’21
FellowSystem Design and Management
Senior Researcher, MIT Industrial Performance Center
Department of Urban Studies and PlanningPhD Candidate
Research Associate, Good Companies, Good Jobs
PhD Candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of ManagementProfessor, Information Technology; Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
Researcher & Project Lead Future Work Lab, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
Research Affiliate, MIT Sloan School of ManagementDigital Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and the Stanford Digital Economy Lab
Senior Policy and Research Analyst, pymetrics
Associate Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning, MCP '20Social Policy and Community Development Researcher and Advocate
Director of Data Science, pymetrics
Professor of Economics and Survey Methodology, University of MarylandCo-Director, Labor Statistics Program, IZA
Research Associate, NBER
Data Science Research Associate, pymetrics
Program Manager, MIT Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of ManagementPrincipal Research Scientist, Workforce Learning, Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (MIT J-WEL)
CEO and Founder, Pymetrics
Associate Professor, School of Management, University of BathFaculty Affiliate, Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT
Director, MIT Washington Office
Institute ProfessorMIT Department of Economics
Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaDigital Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and the Stanford Digital Economy Lab
Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Associate Professor, Michigan State University; Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
Head of Connected Manufacturing Systems. Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
Senior Lecturer, Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan
Graduate Research Assistant, Workforce Learning, Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (MIT J-WEL)
Healthcare Design Strategist
PhD, Student Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab