Anindya Sen

Fellow-in-Residence and inaugural Scholar in AI and Digital Policy

Expertise

Education

PhD, University of Toronto

Groups

Expertise Areas

Summary

Anindya Sen is Professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo where he has taught since 1999, and has been the Director of the Master of Public Service, Founding Director of the Graduate Diploma in Computational Data Analytics for the Social Sciences & Humanities (CDASH), and the Acting Executive Director of the Cybersecurity & Privacy Institute. In 2014 he was recognized for his innovations in teaching and mentoring of students with the University Award for Distinguished Teaching.

He has published research on the relationship between higher cigarette taxes and smoking, the impacts of market power on prices charged to consumers and firm level productivity and innovation, and the effects of higher minimum wages on employment and poverty. His current work has focused on: using advanced Machine Learning models in the analysis of non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccinations on the spread of COVID-19 and identifying best Emergency Room protocols to reduce readmissions from cardiac arrests; constructing welfare tests for socially efficient data sharing; the economics of data markets and privacy; studying human-computer interaction in the context of cybercrimes; and understanding societal trends in trust, and misinformation.

His research has been published in peer reviewed journals such as the Review of Income and WealthCanadian Journal of EconomicsJournal of Law and EconomicsJournal of Health EconomicsHealth EconomicsJournal of Medical Internet ResearchJournal of Regulatory EconomicsInternational Review of Law and EconomicsLabour Economicsand Canadian Public Policy, and has been extensively covered by The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, CBC, and The Toronto Star.

Latest Publications by Author

Cannabis Countdown: Estimating the Size of Illegal Markets and Lost Tax Revenue Post-Legalization

Anindya Sen, Rosalie Wyonch

Smokes, Smugglers and Lost Tax Revenues: How Governments Should Respond

Anindya Sen

Joint Venture: A Blueprint for Federal and Provincial Marijuana Policy

Anindya Sen

Peak Power Problems: How Ontario’s Industrial Electricity Pricing System Impacts Consumers

Anindya Sen

Uncorking a Strange Brew: The Need for More Competition in Ontario’s Alcoholic Beverage Retailing System

Paul Masson, Anindya Sen

Membership Application

Interested in becoming a Member of the C.D. Howe Institute? Please fill out the application form below and our team will be in touch with next steps. Note that Membership is subject to approval.

"*" indicates required fields

Please include a brief description, including why you’d like to become a Member.

Member Login

Not a Member yet? Visit our Membership page to learn more and apply.