Seth Rachlin

Seth Rachlin is a social scientist, business leader, and entrepreneur currently active as a researcher and teaching professor. His research and teaching focuses on the challenges posed to social, economic, and political institutions by innovations in technology and by climate change.

Prior to turning to academia, Dr. Rachlin enjoyed a 30-year career in the consulting industry. He founded, built, and negotiated the sale of two companies to publicly traded entities. He served as a senior executive for a global systems integrator. And he has provided strategic counsel to more than 100 Fortune 500, middle market and early-stage companies in the financial services and technology sectors.

Dr. Rachlin is an acknowledged and widely quoted thought leader on topics concerning the intersection of risk and technology. He is a frequent conference speaker and a sought-after industry expert, regularly providing commentary to leading business press vehicles such as The Economist, The Financial Times, S&P Market Intelligence, and Reuters wire service.

Dr. Rachlin is currently Assistant Teaching Professor of Social Data Science in the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Arizona State University. He assumed this full-time position in 2023 having taught part-time at ASU, the University of Arizona and at the University of Chicago since 2021.