Carl Benedikt Frey

Carl Benedikt Frey holds several prestigious positions, including Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and Fellow of Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He also serves as the Director of the Future of Work Program and as an Oxford Martin Citi Fellow at the Oxford Martin School. His academic and professional pursuits have led him to make significant contributions to the discourse on automation and its implications for the workforce, as evidenced by his influential 2013 study, "The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerization?", which proposed that 47% of U.S. jobs were at risk of automation.

As an author, Frey has made notable contributions to literature on technological evolution and its societal effects. His book, "The Technology Trap," drew comparisons between historical and modern technological revolutions and was recognized as a Financial Times Best Book of the Year, also securing the Richard A. Lester Prize from Princeton University for the most significant contribution to labor economics. His book "How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations" was published by Princeton University Press in 2025.

Beyond his academic and literary pursuits, Frey is a regular contributor to op-eds in major newspapers and magazines, including The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. His work has been cited over 22,500 times according to Google Scholar, and featured in over 100 news outlets, including The Economist, The New York Times, and Time Magazine. Furthermore, Frey is a member of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) hosted by the OECD, and has served as an advisor and consultant to international organizations including the G20, OECD, European Commission, United Nations, and several Fortune 500 companies.