Michael Kremer

Michael Kremer is the University Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics. He directs the Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago and chairs the Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture.  He is Scientific Director of USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures.

Kremer is the 2019 co-recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Presidential Faculty Fellowship, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Kremer’s work focuses on innovation, including in education, health, water, finance, and agriculture.  He has also worked extensively on how to design institutions to accelerate innovation, including through Advance Market Commitments and open, tiered, evidence-based social innovation funds.