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and , senior fellows at the ��ɫApp Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), are among this year to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The Academy in 2024 to honor their exceptional achievements in advancing knowledge and applying knowledge to the problems of society.

When announcing the new members, Academy President David W. Oxtoby said, “We honor these artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors for their accomplishments and for the curiosity, creativity, and courage required to reach new heights. We invite these exceptional individuals to join in the Academy’s work to address serious challenges and advance the common good.”

Bridging scholarship and policy

Ho, the William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law in the ��ɫApp Law School and professor of political science in the School of Humanities and Sciences, is also professor, by courtesy, of computer science in the School of Engineering, a senior fellow at ��ɫApp’s (HAI) and director of the (RegLab).

His scholarship centers on quantitative empirical legal studies and focuses on administrative law, regulatory policy, and antidiscrimination law. 

In his policy work, he serves on the  (NAIAC), advising the White House on AI policy; as Senior Advisor on Responsible AI at the U.S. Department of Labor; on the  (CNSTAT) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine; as a Public Member of the  (ACUS); and as Special Advisor to the .

With the RegLab, Ho has developed high-impact projects through partnerships with a range of government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Labor.

His recent research, for instance, found disproportionate audits of Black taxpayers and has spurred IRS reforms. And he has and before the on governance matters related to AI.

Probing gender-related impacts and implications 

Niederle is the Pauline K. Levin-Robert L. Levin and Pauline C. Levin-Abraham Levin Professor in the Department of Economics in the School of Humanities and Sciences.

Her groundbreaking work in experimental economics and research of gender differences in the labor market has received international attention. In 2021, she the Oskar Morgenstern Medal for her achievements in the field of economics. She was the fifth recipient of the medal and the first woman to receive the honor.

Niederle’s research has shed light on behaviors and competitive factors underlying gender differences in education choices and labor market outcomes. In a  published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2014, for instance, Niederle and her co-authors measured the competitiveness of roughly 400 ninth-graders from schools in Amsterdam using the "Niederle-Vesterlund" design.

Niederle also investigates the policy implications of her research findings. One of her recent papers explores the .

Ho and Niederle are now among the illustrious Academy members who came before them, including Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Margaret Mead, and Martin Luther King, Jr., among many others.

“With the broad diversity of members elected this year, we are continuing to expand on the commitment to excellence and wide-ranging expertise established by our founders,” said the Academy’s Board Chair, Goodwin Liu, associate justice of the California Supreme Court. “The honor of election comes with an invitation for new members to rededicate themselves to the common good by advancing the Academy’s nonpartisan, cross-disciplinary work in the arts, democracy, education, global affairs, and science.”

Read the for the full list of ��ɫApp scholars named this year to the Academy.