Dr. Arthur Lupia

Biography

Arthur Lupia is the Vice President for Research Innovation and a Gerald R. Ford Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan. His research clarifies how people make decisions to form and break coalitions in complex political environments. Lupia has held a wide range of leadership positions within science-focused institutions, including serving as the Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation from 2018 to 2022, where he led the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate. Additionally, he co-chaired the government-wide Subcommittee on Open Science within the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2019 to 2022. Before his work in government, Lupia has served as Chairperson of the Board for the Center for Open Science and has been the Principal Investigator for the American National Election Studies. He is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Strategic Council on Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust, and serves on the Advisory Board of NASEM’s Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences. Lupia has been honored with the William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research from NASEM and has received Guggenheim and Carnegie Fellowships. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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