image: Professor Joshua Gans is the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. He studies innovation, entrepreneurship, and business strategy and his research focuses on how firms and markets adapt to technological change, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and digital platforms. He is the author or co-author of numerous books including Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction which explore the economics of artificial intelligence. He Is the Chief Economist of the Creative Destruction Lab and a co-founder of All Day TA. At the University of Toronto, he holds cross-appointments to the Department of Economics and The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. He also holds a cross-appointment at Melbourne Business School. He holds affiliations with the NBER, Schwartz-Reisman Institute, Acceleration Consortium, e61 Institute and Luohan Academy. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia.
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September 5, 2025
Rotman School Professor Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Toronto – An economist at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
Prof. Joshua Gans, whose research primarily focuses on understanding the economic drivers of innovation and scientific progress, is a fellow in the Class of 2025 for the Academies of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science who have been elected by their peers for their outstanding scholarly, scientific, or artistic achievement. Recognition by the RSC is the highest honour an individual can achieve in the Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences in Canada. The class will be inducted at a ceremony in November.
“This is wonderful recognition for a remarkable researcher, teacher and colleague,” says Dean Susan Christoffersen of the Rotman School, who also holds the William A. Downe BMO Chair in Finance. “Professor Gans is a prolific researcher in his field with his work having many practical implications especially in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. He has been a valued mentor to numerous entrepreneurs and scientists participating with their ventures in the Creative Destruction Lab.”
Prof. Gans is the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a Professor of Strategic Management at the Rotman School. He studies innovation, entrepreneurship, and business strategy and his research focuses on how firms and markets adapt to technological change, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and digital platforms. He is the author or co-author of numerous books including Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction which explore the economics of artificial intelligence. He Is the Chief Economist of the Creative Destruction Lab and a co-founder of All Day TA. At the University of Toronto, he holds cross-appointments to the Department of Economics and The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. He also holds a cross-appointment at Melbourne Business School. He holds affiliations with the NBER, Schwartz-Reisman Institute, Acceleration Consortium, e61 Institute and Luohan Academy. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia.
Founded in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) comprises The Academy of Arts and Humanities, The Academy of Social Sciences, The Academy of Science, and The RSC College. The RSC recognizes excellence, advises the government and the larger society, and promotes a culture of knowledge and innovation in Canada and with other national academies around the world.
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