Arun Sundararajan, PhD

Professor, Researcher, and Sharing Economy Pioneer

Dr. Arun Sundararajan is a globally-recognized authority on the sharing economy and crowd-based capitalism.

He is also a Professor and Faculty Fellow at New York University. Arun is the author of The Sharing Economy and his research studies how digital technologies transform business, government, and civil society. He has published op-eds and commentary in such publications as Time, the New Yorker, The New York Times, Wired, Le Monde, Harvard Business Review, and the Financial Times. Professor Sundararajan has received numerous recognitions for his scholarship, including Best Paper, Google Faculty, and Thinkers50 2015 Radar Thinker awards.

FAVORITE COLOR
Red and Blue

SUPER POWER
Empathy

A SONG THAT STIRS MY HEART AND PUTS ME IN A GREAT MOOD
“Exodus” by Edith Piaf

FAVORITE QUOTE
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi