Robert Seamans (economist) Last updated May 24, 2025 Education and career Seamans earned his B.A. in English from Reed College in 1996,where he wrote a senior thesis on Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales ,followed by an MBA from Yale School of Management in 2001. [ 6] He completed an M.A. in Economics at Boston University in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Business Administration at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business in 2009. [ 7] His dissertation received UC Berkeley's Best Dissertation in Competition Policy award. [ 8]
Joining NYU Stern in 2009 as an Assistant Professor of Management,Seamans became Associate Professor in 2015 and granted tenure in 2017. [ 9] He attained full professorship in 2023. [ 10] Since 2020,he has directed NYU Stern 's Center for the Future of Management and served as Academic Director of the Black in Business Program from 2023 to 2024. [ 11] He is also serving as professor of economics (by courtesy). [ 12]
Seamans holds affiliations with institutions,including the Brookings Institution as a Non-resident Senior Fellow,Accenture Research’s Thought Leadership Advisory Council,and the Center for Democracy and Technology ,where he previously served as a Non-resident Fellow. [ 3] He is also affiliated with Princeton University ’s Center for Information Technology Policy . [ 7]
Seamans served as Senior Economist for Technology,Innovation,and Competition Policy on the White House Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama administration from 2015 to 2016. [ 1] His policy work focused on issues such as artificial intelligence ,robotics ,broadband access ,and technology competition and regulation . [ 13]
Personal life Seamans is married and resides with his family in New York. His grandfather,Robert C. Seamans Jr ,was an administrator at NASA . [ 21]
Selected publications Seamans, Robert; Raj, Manav; Felten, Edward W. (2023). "Occupational Heterogeneity in Exposure to Generative AI" . SSRN Electronic Journal . doi :10.2139/ssrn.4414065 . ISSN 1556-5068 . Seamans, Robert; Buffington, Catherine; Goldschlag, Nathan; Li, J. Frank; Miranda, Javier; Brynjolfsson, Erik (2023-05-01). "Robot Hubs: The Skewed Distribution of Robots in US Manufacturing" . AEA Papers and Proceedings . 113 : 215– 218. doi :10.1257/pandp.20231038 . ISSN 2574-0768 . Seamans, Robert; Cook, Lisa; Atkins, Rachel (2021-07-05). "Discrimination in lending? Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program" . Small Business Economics . 58 (2): 843– 865. doi :10.1007/s11187-021-00533-1 . ISSN 0921-898X . PMC 8255164 . Seamans, Robert; Rietveld, Joost; Meggiorin, Katia (September 2021). "Market Orchestrators: The Effects of Certification on Platforms and Their Complementors" . Strategy Science . 6 (3): 244– 264. doi :10.1287/stsc.2021.0135 . ISSN 2333-2050 . Seamans, Robert; Furman, Jason (2019). "AI and the Economy" . Innovation Policy and the Economy . 19 : 161– 191. doi :10.1086/699936 . ISSN 1531-3468 . Seamans, Robert C. (2013). "Threat of entry, asymmetric information, and pricing" . Strategic Management Journal . 34 (4): 426– 444. doi :10.1002/smj.2017 . ISSN 1097-0266 . Seamans, Robert; Zhu, Feng (2017). "Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies" . Strategy Science . 2 (2): 83– 99. doi :10.1287/stsc.2017.0027 . ISSN 2333-2050 . References 1 2 Riback, Chris (2019-08-05). "Robert Seamans, NYU -- AI and the Economy" . Working Capital Review . Retrieved 2025-04-25 . ↑ Omeokwe, Amara. "AI Could Spur an Economic Boom. Humans Are in the Way" . WSJ . Retrieved 2025-04-25 . 1 2 "Robert Seamans" . Brookings . Retrieved 2025-04-25 . ↑ Maclay, Kathleen (2015-08-28). "Four Berkeley grads join White House Council of Economic Advisers" . Berkeley News . Retrieved 2025-04-25 . ↑ "We Robot 2019" . robots.law.miami.edu . Archived from the original on 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2025-04-26 . ↑ "Robert Seamans" . sites.bu.edu . Technology & Policy Research Initiative. Retrieved 2025-04-25 . 1 2 "CITP Luncheon Speaker Series: Robert Seamans" . www.cs.princeton.edu . CS. Retrieved 2025-04-25 . ↑ "Business & Public Policy Dissertations & Placements" . Berkeley Haas . Retrieved 2025-04-25 . ↑ Pethokoukis, James (2019-03-29). "Will Artificial Intelligence Change the Economy for the Better? A Long-read Q&A with Robert Seamans" . American Enterprise Institute - AEI . Archived from the original on 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2025-04-25 . ↑ "Thinking about Generative AI: A Discussion with Professor Robert Seamans - NYU Stern" . www.stern.nyu.edu . Retrieved 2025-04-26 . ↑ https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/Oxford%20Future%20of%20Professionals%20Roundtable%20Booklet.pdf Robert Seamans Robert Seamans (PhD, UC Berkeley) is a Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, Director of the NYU Stern Center for the Future of Management, and a nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings. ↑ "NYU Stern - Robert Seamans - Professor of Management and Organizations" . www.stern.nyu.edu . Retrieved 2025-04-26 . ↑ Tyrrell, James (2022-12-21). "Technology News" . TechHQ . TechHQ Latest Technology News & Analysis. Retrieved 2025-04-26 . ↑ "Introducing the new series: The economics and regulation of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies" . Brookings . Retrieved 2025-04-26 . 1 2 Wu, Yan; Peçanha, Sergio. "Opinion | Type in your job to see how much AI will affect it" . Washington Post . Retrieved 2025-04-26 . ↑ Beleckis, Jonah (2023-11-20). "Are robots taking Wisconsin jobs? Not quite, new research shows" . WPR . Retrieved 2025-04-26 . ↑ Comunale, Mariarosaria; Manera, Andrea (2024-03-22). "The Economic Impacts and the Regulation of AI: A Review of the Academic Literature and Policy Actions" . IMF Working Papers . 2024 (065). doi :10.5089/9798400268588.001.A001 . ↑ "Robot census: Gathering data to improve policymaking on new technologies" . Brookings . Retrieved 2025-04-26 . ↑ Miller, Claire Cain; Cox, Courtney (2023-08-24). "In Reversal Because of A.I., Office Jobs Are Now More at Risk" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-04-25 . ↑ "Discussion: View Thread - Strategic Management" . str.aom.org . Retrieved 2025-04-26 . ↑ Bernstein, Adam (2008-07-01). "Robert Seamans Jr., 89; Scientist Led Push for Manned Space Flights" . The Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2025-04-26 . This page is based on this
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