Hal R. Varian Dean of the School of Information Management and Systems at UC Berkeley, with joint appointments in the Haas School of Business and the Department of Economics. Published numerous papers in economic theory, econometrics, industrial organization, public finance, and the economics of information technology. Taught at MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Michigan and other universities. Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the Econometric Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Senior Advisor to, and former deputy director of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission.
Research focuses on international political economy and public policy.