Shalin Jyotishi

Shalin Jyotishi is a nationally recognized leader at the intersection of science, workforce, and economic development policy. He is the Founding Director of New America’s Future of Work and Innovation Economy (FOWIE) initiative, a non-partisan policy research, technical assistance, and journalism incubator focused on the interplay of science, workforce, and industrial policy. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Arizona State University and a Forbes Contributor.

Jyotishi’s insights have appeared in NPR, USA Today, Financial Times, Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Politico, and Fast Company. He has testified before Congress and is a frequent speaker at popular forums, including the United Nations, Davos, SXSW, and ASU-GSV. He is a co-author of a forthcoming MIT Press book on U.S. science & technology policy.

Previously, Jyotishi pioneered the World Economic Forum’s first initiative on AI and job quality, preceding ChatGPT’s debut in 2022. He oversaw labor economics research at the Burning Glass Institute and spearheaded initiatives at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities that equipped university executives with strategies and practices for place-based economic development.

For five years, Jyotishi served as CEO and Managing Publisher of the internationally acclaimed Journal of Science Policy and Governance, where he brokered global partnerships and doubled the editorial capacity and readership. He also held policy research positions at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the University of Michigan, founded a consultancy serving leading nonprofits and philanthropies, and served as Visiting Scholar at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Jyotishi has been appointed to advisory and governing boards the UN’s International Telecommunications Union, Bipartisan Policy Center, MIT Science Policy Review, InformationWeek, Education Writers Association, and the International Economic Development Council, and other organizations. He has been recognized as a Big Bets Fellow by the Rockefeller Foundation and a Term Member by the Council on Foreign Relations. Jyotishi earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Georgia and Arizona State University.