Ben Schifman is a Senior Technology Policy Fellow at the Institute for Progress, where he focuses on emerging technology policy.

His interests include the connection between AI policy and energy, infrastructure, and "physical world" regulatory frameworks.

Previously, Ben served as an Attorney-Adviser at the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of the Solicitor, where he advised on energy law and policy.

Before that he worked as a Trial Attorney for the United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division where he litigated challenges to infrastructure projects and served as the Department’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) coordinator.

Ben has a Juris Doctor, with honors, from Columbia University School of Law and a bachelors degree, with honors, in Environmental Science and Political Science from Lewis & Clark College.