Elliott Ash

Elliott is Assistant Professor of Law, Economics, and Data Science at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to joining ETH Zurich, Elliott was Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, and before that a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics.

He received a Ph.D. in economics and J.D. from Columbia University, a B.A. in economics, government, and philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin, and an LL.M. in international criminal law from the University of Amsterdam.

Elliott's research and teaching focus on empirical analysis of the law and legal system using techniques from applied micro-econometrics, natural language processing, and machine learning. His research has been published in the Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Politics, Georgetown Law Journal, and Review of Law & Economics.

Elliott’s research has earned grant funding from the National Science Foundation, Turing Institute, and Washington Center for Equitable Growth.