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Scott Duke Kominers is an Associate Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, cross-appointed in the Harvard Department of Economics. He is also an Affiliate of the Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, an Associate of the Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society, and a Research Economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, he was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows (2013-2017) and the inaugural Research Scholar at the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics at the University of Chicago (2011-2013).
Kominers received his AB in Mathematics summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 2009, followed by his PhD in Business Economics in 2011. His academic journey includes a Masters of Arts in Spring 2010 and completion of his dissertation 'Matching Models of Markets.'
Professor Kominers specializes in market design, developing economic analysis that provides practical solutions to real-world problems. His research spans matching markets, blockchain technology, Web3, NFTs, and inequality. He works at all stages of the economic design process—building underlying theory and technology, identifying new design applications, and working with practitioners to implement solutions to market failures. His recent book, The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create, explores the potential of NFTs in commerce and brand-building.
His recent publications show a strong trend toward blockchain applications, NFT market design, and the economic implications of Web3 technologies, while maintaining his foundational work in traditional market design and matching theory. His research increasingly bridges theoretical economics with practical marketplace applications, particularly in digital environments.
- AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize (2010)
- Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow (2015)
- Star Family Prize for Excellence in Advising (2016)
- Webby Award (2018) for Streetchange
- Western Economic Association International Best Economic Inquiry Article Award (2018)
Professor Kominers advises numerous companies on marketplace and incentive design, including Quora, Lunchclub, NCX, and OneChronos, as well as various crypto projects. He serves as an Editor of The Review of Economics and Statistics and on the Board of Editors of the Journal of Economic Literature. He co-leads the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity 'Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy' working group and was Vice-Chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Economics and Computation from 2019-2023. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Star Family Fund, the William F. Milton Fund, and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
He is Co-Principal Investigator of the Harvard Crypto, Fintech and Web3 Lab and actively involved in NFT communities including Forgotten Runes, Inkugami, SupDucks, and Truth/Goblintown. His interdisciplinary approach connects economics, computer science, and practical marketplace applications.
