Sujai Shivakumar directs the Renewing American Innovation (RAI) Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he also serves as a senior fellow. Dr. Shivakumar brings over two decades of experience in policy studies related to U.S. competitiveness and innovation. Previously, he directed the Innovation Policy Forum at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and led major studies of U.S. policies supporting advanced manufacturing, small business growth, workforce development, and entrepreneurship. He was also a lead contributor to a seminal National Academies study of strategies adopted by U.S. states and regions to foster entrepreneurship, drive technology transfer, and encourage regional high-tech ecosystems. He also helped prepare National Academy of Public Administration studies on laboratory technology transfer and the management of space situational awareness.
Reflecting his expertise in innovation policy, Dr. Shivakumar has testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and has been quoted in leading publications such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. His academic background includes a doctorate in economics from George Mason University and service as an Earhart Foundation scholar at the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University Bloomington, where he authored The Constitution of Development (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and coauthored with Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom The Samaritan’s Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2005). During his tenure at the National Academies, he contributed to over 50 assessments of U.S. and foreign innovation programs.
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In the News
U.S. boosts chipmaker GlobalFoundries as China worries mount
Sujai Shivakumar in Nikkei — February 21, 2024
Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains
Sujai Shivakumar in Issues in Science and Technology — November 28, 2023
Japan Has Fallen Far Behind in the Chipmaking Business. It’s Plotting a Comeback.
Sujai Shivakumar in Barron's — November 2, 2023
U.S. needs to invest in training, recruiting to expand semiconductor workforce
Sujai Shivakumar in Marketplace — August 25, 2023
Would-be U.S. chipmakers fret over environmental approval
Sujai Shivakumar in National Journal — July 26, 2023
GOP senators: Computer chip money underwriting 'woke' agenda
Sujai Shivakumar and Charles Wessner in Chron — March 2, 2023
Lobbyists to Biden: Unless you want to cede to China, relax microchip rules
Sujai Shivakumar in Politico — February 27, 2023
Understanding the current chip glut
Sujai Shivakumar in The World — December 29, 2022
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Renewing the U.S. Innovation System
Evolving Tech: Innovation, Competition, and Change
Understanding imec: The Global Center for Cooperative Research in Semiconductors
Event — March 19, 2024
The Albany NanoTech Complex: A National Asset
Event — March 12, 2024
Investing in Leading-Edge Technology: An Update on CHIPS Act Implementation
Event — February 26, 2024
Balancing the Ledger: Export Controls on U.S. Chip Technology to China
Report by Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner, and Thomas Howell — February 21, 2024
The French Model for Cooperative Semiconductor Research: Lessons from CEA-Leti
Report by Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner, and Thomas Howell — February 16, 2024
Emerging Policy Issues for Foundational Semiconductors
Event — February 5, 2024
2024 Global Forecast: Winning the Economic and Tech Race
Digital Report by James Andrew Lewis, Emily Benson, William Alan Reinsch, Sujai Shivakumar, Joseph Majkut, Ben Cahill, Ilaria Mazzocco, Craig Cohen, and Alex Kisling — January 30, 2024
Proposed Federal Use of March-in Rights Would Weaken American Innovation
Blog Post by Sujai Shivakumar and Thomas Howell — December 20, 2023