Ilan Strauss

Senior Research Associate, UCL IIPP. Leading research team on digital rents at UCL, IIPP, sponsored by the Omidyar Network. Published influential papers on algorithmic rents.
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg.
Dr. Ilan Strauss is a senior research associate at UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (London), where he leads the digital economy research team with Mariana Mazzucato (principal investigator) and Tim O’Reilly – funded by the Omidyar Network. His work investigates new theories of harm and competition in digital markets, with an emphasis on Big Tech’s digital platforms and ecosystems. Ilan is also the receipt of an Economic Security Project grant (jointly with Dr. Jangho Yang) looking at the role of acquisitions in Big Tech attaining dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.
llan is a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa (industrial policy). Previously, he taught macroeconomics at Rice University (Jones Graduate School of Business) and at New York University (Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies). Ilan has consulted for Airfinity (London), UNCTAD (Investment Division), the African Development Bank (AfDB), UNIDO, the ILO, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Ilan holds a Ph.D in economics from the New School for Social Research (New York) and an MSc in economics from SOAS (University of London, First Class). For recent information see: www.ilan-strauss.org