Prof. Philippe Aghion is Centennial Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Fellow of The Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is one of the most prolific and influential economists of his generation. His main research is on economic growth and the theory of contracts and organizations. With Peter Howitt, he developed the so-called Schumpeterian Growth Paradigm, and extended the paradigm in several directions; much of the resulting work is summarized in his joint book with Howitt entitled "Endogenous Growth Theory". Aghion is the co-recipient of the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.

David Hémous received his PhD from Harvard University in 2012. He is a macroeconomist working on economic growth, climate change and inequality. His work highlights that innovation responds to economic incentives and that public policies should be designed taking this dependence into account. In particular, he has shown in the context of climate change policy that innovations in the car industry respond to gas prices and that global and regional climate policies should support clean innovation to efficiently reduce CO2 emissions. His work on technological change and income distribution shows that higher labor costs lead to more automation, and that the recent increase in labor income inequality and in the capital share can be explained by a secular increase in automation. He has also shown that innovation affects top income shares. He was awarded an ERC Starting Grant on 'Automation and Income Distribution – a Quantitative Assessment' and he received the 2022 'European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty'.

Diego Känzig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He also serves as an Associate Editor at the Journal of the European Economic Association. His research in macroeconomics examines how climate change and the low-carbon transition affect economic activity and welfare, how disruptions in energy markets, supply chains, and trade propagate through the economy, and how heterogeneity and expectations shape macroeconomic dynamics and policy transmission. A unifying theme is identification: while much empirical work relies on cross-sectional variation, Känzig uses time-series variation from financial markets, narrative records, and natural climate variation to identify the aggregate effects of major global shocks and policies.

Betsey Stevenson is a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. She serves on the Board of Directors of Lyft, Inc., and holds affiliations with NEBR, CEPR, the Ifo Institute, and the National Academy of Social Insurance. She previously served on the Biden-Harris Treasury transition team, on President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, and as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor, with earlier posts at Princeton and Wharton. Her research examines the labor market, women's labor market experiences, and the economic forces shaping the modern family and macroeconomy. She is coauthor of the Principles of Economics textbook series and is frequently featured in the media.