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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Senior Fellow
Timothy P. Carney
Research Areas
- Civil society
- Family
- Cronyism
- Localism
- Religion in America
- Economic competition
- Electoral politics
- Political corruption
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
Nonresident Fellow
Ross Douthat
Research Areas
- American politics
- American society and culture
- Religion
- Family life
Senior Fellow
Christine Emba
Research Areas
- Gender and sexuality
- Feminism
- Masculinity
- Youth culture
- Social norms
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Robert P. George
Research Areas
- Moral and political philosophy
- Constitutional law
- Civil liberties
- Bioethics
- Philosophy of law
Senior Fellow and Asness Chair in Applied Liberty
Jonah Goldberg
Research Areas
- US politics and culture
- Media
- The conservative movement
- The progressive movement
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Allen Guelzo
Research Areas
- American history
- Abraham Lincoln
- Civil War
- Statesmanship
- Civic education
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Leon R. Kass
Research Areas
- Marriage & family
- Social mores
- Bioethics
- Ethics & human flourishing
- Liberal education
- American citizenship
Senior Fellow
Joshua T. Katz
Research Areas
- Higher education
- Language and culture
- The classical tradition
- The humanities
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
F. A. Hayek Chair Emeritus in Cultural Studies
Charles Murray
Research Areas
- Society and culture
- Universal basic income
- Genomic social science
Senior Fellow
Christine Rosen
Research Areas
- American history
- Society and culture
- Technology and culture
- Feminism
Senior Fellow
Christopher J. Scalia
Research Areas
- Arts and humanities
- Literature
- Culture
- Higher education
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Diana Schaub
Research Areas
- American political thought and history
- Abraham Lincoln
- Frederick Douglass
- African American political thought
- Montesquieu
Nonresident Fellow
Thomas Smith
Research Areas
- Political theory
- History of Western political theory
- Higher education
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Christina Hoff Sommers
Research Areas
- Gender politics
- Feminism
- Free speech in universities
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Daniel Stid
Research Areas
- Civil society
- Philanthropy
- Democratic governance
Senior Fellow
Jenna Silber Storey
Research Areas
- Political philosophy
- Civil society
- Classical schools
- Higher education
Nonresident Fellow
Tunku Varadarajan
Research Areas
- US Politics/Political Economy
- Society and Culture
- Political Ideologies
- Immigration and integration
- US Constitution
Nonresident Fellow
Thomas Chatterton Williams
Research Areas
- Identity and race
- The multiethnic society in America and Europe
- The liberal tradition in America and France