Ben Armstrong
MIT GOV/LAB Alumni
email armst@mit.edu
website https://www.benarmstrong.work/
Ben Armstrong was a PhD Candidate in Political Science at MIT and graduate research fellow with MIT GOV/LAB. His research examines how state government investments have helped U.S. cities transition from traditional manufacturing to high-technology industries. He also studies how new technologies shape local civic participation and how government regulates new products like Uber. Previously, Ben worked at Google Inc. and interned at the White House.