Shalin Jyotishi

Shalin Jyotishi is an internationally recognized leader at the intersection of workforce, economic development, and science & innovation policy. He is the Founding Director of New America’s Future of Work and Innovation Economy (FOWIE) initiative–a non-partisan research, technical assistance, and journalism incubator focused on leveraging scientific progress and technological innovation to expand economic security and human flourishing.

He also serves as 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 worker voice in AI development and deployment, preceding ChatGPT’s catalytic 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 from 200+ institutions 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 held policy research positions at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the University of Michigan, served as a Visiting Scholar at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and founded a consultancy serving global nonprofits and philanthropies, 

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

Follow Shalin’s work on Forbes, social media, and shalinjyotishi.com.