Dr. Peter Bergman is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-chair of the Education Technology Initiative at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He was recently named a Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow to start an Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for Housing. He founded and directs the Learning Collider social impact lab, which partners with large-scale technology companies and organizations to innovate, test, and scale interventions that promote social mobility.
Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Education, Housing, Policy design and delivery