Susan Athey

Professor Susan Athey is The Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her research focuses on the economics of digitization, machine learning and causal inference, adaptive experiments, and marketplace design. She has worked on application areas such as online advertising, the news media, and digital technology for social impact. Athey is also a founding director of the Golub Capital Social Impact Lab at Stanford GSB and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. She has held academic appointments at Stanford, Harvard, and MIT, and has served as a long-term advisor to the British Columbia Ministry of Forests. She was the 2023 President of the American Economics Association and has contributed to numerous research projects and publications in economics and technology.

Susan Athey is an economics professor at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, specializing in market design, econometrics, auctions, news media, and online advertising. Her research focuses on causal inference, policy evaluation, and the application of machine learning in economics. Athey's work includes developing econometric methods for heterogeneous treatment effects, analyzing auction mechanisms, and exploring the impact of technology on markets. She has contributed to understanding the role of data in policy-making and the design of online advertising systems. Her publications often address the intersection of economics, statistics, and computational methods.