From political economy to AI governance

9 October 2026

Niclas Berggren has been interviewed by the Public Choice Society about his academic journey into public choice. For almost three decades, Niclas Berggren has been a familiar face at the Public Choice Society's (PCS) conferences. He is a board member of the Public Choice Society, a researcher at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm, and program director for Institutions, Markets, and Entrepreneurship.

In a recent conversation with PCS, he reflected on the ideas that sparked his interest in political economy, the researchers who shaped his career, his research on AI governance in science, and why PCS conferences are still a great forum for young researchers.