Ben Green

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy

The social and political impacts of government algorithms.

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Ben Green is an Assistant Professor of Information and Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Through his research, writing, and advocacy, Ben contributes practical lessons for achieving a world in which AI improves society rather than exacerbating inequality and oppression. He has published op-eds in outlets including The New York TimesThe Wall Street Journal, and The Hill, and has been quoted in newspapers such as The New York TimesThe Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of two books from the MIT Press: Algorithmic Realism: Data Science Practices to Promote Social Justice(2026) and The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future (2019). 

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Location

Ann Arbor

Methodologies

Data Mining / Graph-Based Methods and Networks / Machine Learning

Applications

Engineering /

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Faculty