The Resilient Economy Lab in the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh researches how technology is reshaping skill demands and altering the future of work. Our interdisciplinary team explores the intersection of technology, economics, and workforce development to provide insights into the evolving landscape of employment and skills. We prioritize creative data-driven analysis that cuts through buzz and hyperbole to achieve real-world actionable insights.
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The lab is run by Prof. Morgan R. Frank from Pitt's Department of Informatics and Networked Systems. He also maintains external affiliations with Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab and MIT's Media Laboratory. Morgan's research has appeared in top academic journals, including Science, Nature Communications, and PNAS, and yielded policy impact through presentations at US Federal Reserve Banks and expert testimony for the Canada House of Commons. The Resilient Economy Lab is highly collaborative with both industry and policy actors. The Lab currently maintains relationships with FutureFit AI, Revelio Labs, and the Open Syllabus Project. The Lab's research has influenced policy design in Canada's House of Commons and received discussion in the Biden Administration's Council of Economic Advisors annual report. Current academic collaborations include researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Chapman University, and Case Western Reserve University. |
Interested in collaborating or getting involved? Then reach out: mrfrank@pitt.edu
Authors: Morgan R. Frank, YY Ahn, Esteban Moro
Under review in PNAS Nexus (preprint)
Authors: Takahiro Yabe, Bernardo Garcia Bulle Bueno, Morgan R. Frank, Alex Pentland, and Esteban Moro
Authors: Alireza Javadian Sabet, Sarah Bana, Renzhe Yu, Morgan R. Frank
Nature Scientific Data, 2024
Authors: Morgan R. Frank, Esteban Moro, Tobin South, Alex Rutherford, Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, Bledi Taska, Iyad Rahwan
Nature Cities, 2024
Authors: Junghyun Lim, Michael Aklin, Morgan R. Frank
Nature Communications, 2023
Authors: Yutong Zhang, Shihong Ling, Edmond Awad, Morgan R. Frank, Na Du
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024
Authors: Peter Sheridan Dodds, Joshua R. Minot, Michael V. Arnold, Thayer Alshaabi, Jane Lydia Adams, David Rushing Dewhurst, Tyler J. Gray, Morgan R. Frank, Andrew J. Reagan, and Christopher M. Danforth
EPJ Data Science, 2023
Authors: Esteban Moro, Morgan R. Frank
Santander X Xpert, 2023
Authors: Hung Chau, Sarah H. Bana, Baptiste Bouvier, Morgan R. Frank
PLOS One, 2023
Authors: Ivy Luo, Morgan R. Frank, Sandro Claudio Lera
Under review at the Journal of Business Ethics (BUSI) (preprint)
Authors: Ziv Epstein, Aaron Hertzmann, Memo Akten, Hany Farid, Jessica Fjeld, Morgan R. Frank, Matthew Groh, Laura Herman, Neil Leach, Robert Mahari, Alex ``Sandy'' Pentland, Olga Russakovsky, Hope Schroeder, Amy Smith
Science, 2023 (white paper and companion website)
Authors: Haohui Caron Chen, Xun Li, Morgan R. Frank, Xiaozhen Qin, Weipan Xu, Manuel Cebrian, Iyad Rahwan
Authors: Shahad Althobaiti, Saud Alghumayjan, Morgan R. Frank, Esteban Moro, Ahmad Alabdulkareem, Alex 'Sandy' Pentland
Frontiers in Big Data, 2021
Authors: Esteban Moro*, Morgan R. Frank*, Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, Alex Rutherford, Manuel Cebrian, Iyad Rahwan (*authors contributed equally)
Nature Communications, 2021
Authors: Weipan Xu, Xiaozhen Qin, Xun Li, Haohui Chen, Morgan R. Frank, Alex Rutherford, Andrew Reeson, Iyad Rahwan
Authors: Ryan J. Gallagher, Morgan R. Frank, Lewis Mitchell, Aaron J. Schwartz, Andrew J. Reagan, Christopher M. Danforth, Peter Sheridan Dodds
EPJ Data Sciences, 2021
Authors: Inho Hong, Morgan R. Frank, Iyad Rahwan, Woo-Sung Jung, Hyejin Youn
Science Advances, 2020
Authors: Morgan R. Frank, David Autor, James E. Bessen, Erik Brynjolfsson, Manuel Cebrian, David J. Deming, Maryann Feldman, Matthew Groh, Jose Lobo, Esteban Moro, Dashun Wang, Hyejin Youn, Iyad Rahwan
Authors: Morgan R. Frank, Dashun Wang, Manuel Cebrian, Iyad Rahwan
Authors: Ahmad Alabdulkareem*, Morgan R. Frank*, Lijun Sun, Bedoor AlShebli, Cesar Hidalgo, Iyad Rahwan (*author contributed equally)
Science Advances, 2018
Authors: Morgan R. Frank, Lijun Sun, Manuel Cebrian, Hyejin Youn, Iyad Rahwan
Authors: Morgan R. Frank, Nick Obradovich, Lijun Sun, Wei Lee Woon, Brad L. LeVeck, Iyad Rahwan
Science Advances, 2018
2020-2023
Now at Zillow
2021-2022
Visiting Student. Now at MassMutual Data Science.
2020-2021
Research Intern. Now doing Web Development & Data Visualization for the University of Pittsburgh.