Our Scholars
AEI scholars are committed to making the intellectual, moral, and practical case for expanding freedom, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening the free enterprise system in America and around the world. Our work explores ideas that further these goals, and AEI scholars take part in this pursuit with academic freedom. AEI operates independently of any political party and has no institutional positions. Our scholars’ conclusions are fueled by rigorous, data-driven research and broad-ranging evidence.
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Nonresident Senior Fellow
Samuel J. Abrams
Research Areas
- Political behavior and participation
- Inequality and social policy
- Political history
- Leadership and presidential politics
- Federalism and institutions
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Michael Barone
Research Areas
- Politics
- American government
- Campaigns and elections
- American political system
Distinguished Senior Fellow Emeritus
Karlyn Bowman
Research Areas
- Public opinion
- Polls
- Politics and elections
- Demographic change
- AEI history
Senior Fellow
Timothy P. Carney
Research Areas
- Civil society
- Family
- Cronyism
- Localism
- Religion in America
- Economic competition
- Electoral politics
- Political corruption
Director of Domestic Policy Studies
Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity
Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity
Matthew Continetti
Research Areas
- Conservative politics
- Republican party
- American political thought and history
- The American conservative movement
Gerald R. Ford Nonresident Senior Fellow
Jay Cost
Research Areas
- American politics
- Elections
- Public opinion
Director, Survey Center on American Life
Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion
Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion
Daniel A. Cox
Research Areas
- Public opinion and survey research
- Political behavior
- American politics
- Religious and demographic change
- Youth culture and politics
Senior Fellow
John C. Fortier
Research Areas
- Congress
- Electoral College
- Elections
- Absentee voting
- Continuity of government
- US presidency
Senior Fellow and Asness Chair in Applied Liberty
Jonah Goldberg
Research Areas
- US politics and culture
- Media
- The conservative movement
- The progressive movement
Senior Fellow; Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy; Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies; and Editor in Chief, National Affairs
Yuval Levin
Research Areas
- Congress
- the presidency and the courts
- Political philosophy
- Law
- regulation
- and constitutionalism
- American social
- political
- and civic life
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Ramesh Ponnuru
Research Areas
- Conservatism
- National politics
- Public policy
- U.S. economy
Senior Fellow
Chris Stirewalt
Research Areas
- American politics
- Voting & political trends
- Public opinion
- Media
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Ruy Teixeira
Research Areas
- Political demography
- Voter turnout
- American electoral politics
- Party coalitions
Nonresident Fellow
Sean Trende
Research Areas
- Elections
- American political trends
- Voting patterns
- Demographics
Senior Fellow
Philip Wallach
Research Areas
- Congress
- Congressional reform
- The administrative state & regulation
- Regulatory policymaking
- Separation of powers