
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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Brazilian soccer legend Pelé dies
Sujai Shivakumar in The World — December 29, 2022
The U.S.-China Chip Ban, Explained
Sujai Shivakumar in IEEE Spectrum — November 21, 2022
US struggles to mobilise its East Asian ‘Chip 4’ alliance
Sujai Shivakumar in Financial Times — September 12, 2022
Fishing for CHIPS What the new semiconductor law will do for the economy and supply chains.
Sujai Shivakumar in Washington Examiner — August 4, 2022
Is US Industrial Real Estate Ready For A Chip Boom?
Sujai Shivakumar in LAW360 — July 27, 2022
The Semiconductor Effect
Sujai Shivakumar in The Wire China — June 5, 2022
Biden Helping China Plunder American Tech Companies | Opinion
Sujai Shivakumar in Newsweek — April 12, 2022
Democrats Look to Recapture Middle America with High-Tech Manufacturing
Sujai Shivakumar in Newsweek — March 8, 2022
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The China Innovation Challenge: A Conversation with Professor Jonathan Barnett
Transcript by Sujai Shivakumar and Andrei Iancu — January 23, 2023

Book Event: Chris Miller's "Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology"
Event by Sujai Shivakumar , Charles Wessner , and Chris Miller — January 11, 2023

Toward a New Multilateral Export Control Regime
Commentary by Sujai Shivakumar , Charles Wessner , and Hideki Uno — January 10, 2023

Inclusive Innovation: Challenges and Paths Forward
Event by Sujai Shivakumar , Tom Guevara , and Andrei Iancu — December 6, 2022

Manufacturing and Workforce
Commentary by Sujai Shivakumar — October 25, 2022

Moore’s Law and Its Practical Implications
Critical Questions by Gregory Arcuri and Sujai Shivakumar — October 18, 2022

Reshoring Semiconductor Manufacturing: Addressing the Workforce Challenge
Report by Sujai Shivakumar , Charles Wessner , and Thomas Howell — October 6, 2022

Renew SBIR, Just Defend the Recipients against China
Report by Charles Wessner and Sujai Shivakumar — September 14, 2022

Can Semiconductor Reshoring Prime a U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance?
Commentary by Sujai Shivakumar , Charles Wessner , and Tom Howell — September 1, 2022

Streamlining the Permitting Process for Fab Construction
Commentary by Phillip Singerman , Sujai Shivakumar , Gregory Arcuri , and Hideki Uno — August 29, 2022
