Information Economics

Related Faculty

Joshua Blumenstock

Associate Professor
Alumni (PhD 2012)

Development Economics, Data Science, Machine Learning, Econometrics, ICTD

John Chuang

Professor

Bio-sensory computing; brainwave authentication; information economics and policy

Steven Weber

Professor (I School and Dept. of Political Science); Faculty Director, Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

International politics, international business, and the information economy; Cybersecurity; Behavioral economics within Information Systems

Recent Publications

Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It

Sep 26, 2009

Legally Speaking: The dead souls of the Google book search settlement

Jul 1, 2009

Exploring Digital Content in the Age of Peer-to-Peer

Jul 1, 2009

Universal Access to Information

Oct 1, 2005

Information Economics news

Tremendous Vision: Historic Gift Establishes $1M Ph.D. Endowment at I School

Jun 29, 2021

Founding Dean Hal Varian commits $500,000 to establish a doctoral endowment at the UC Berkeley School of Information.

An image of Arnobio Morelix and his book 'Rebooted'

New Book by Data Science Alumnus Looks at the Post-Pandemic Economy

Apr 19, 2021

Rebooted: An Uncommon Guide to Radical Success and Fairness in the New World of Life, Death, and Tech, by Arnobio Morelix, examines the opportunities and challenges that are on the horizon for businesses in the post-pandemic economy.

Meet Our 2020 Award-Winning Junior Faculty

Apr 29, 2020

Several young faculty have receive presitigous awards and fellowships in 2020: Aditya Parameswaran, Josh Blumenstock and David Bamman.

Josh Blumenstock Awarded NSF Career Award for ‘Welfare-Centric’ Machine Learning

Mar 18, 2020

The award will support Blumenstock’s work on a new paradigm of algorithmic decision-making that prioritizes social impact.

Chris Hoofnagle Explains Shoshana Zuboff’s ‘Surveillance Capitalism’

Dec 11, 2019

Deirdre Mulligan Wary of “Unknown Fund” and Blockchains

Nov 14, 2019

Bloc by Bloc. Image courtesy of Harvard University Press.

Steven Weber Deconstructs the Future, Bloc by Bloc

Oct 22, 2019

In his newly published book, Bloc by Bloc, Professor Steven Weber explores the future of the global enterprise as international tensions reach new heights.

Steven Weber on the Decaying Tech Ties Between U.S. and China

Oct 14, 2019

Concerns regarding Beijing's censorship and human rights record continue to disrupt tech-industry ties between the U.S. and China.

Hal Varian Named AEA Distinguished Fellow

Apr 30, 2015

Hal Varian, professor emeritus and former dean of the School of Information, has been named a 2015 Distinguished Fellow by the American Economic Association.

Why Surveillance Leads to Government Corruption

Jul 11, 2014

Once a pervasive surveillance infrastructure is in place, a government will always have an incentive to abuse that power, according to new research.