Chris Berg
Professor
RMIT University
Chris Berg is a professor of economics at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on regulation, technological change, political economy, and civil liberties, with particular interests in artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, privacy, and digital governance.
Berg is the author or co-author of 13 books, including “Artificial Intelligence: A Classical Liberal Approach,” “The New Technologies of Freedom,” “Understanding the Blockchain Economy: An Introduction to Institutional Cryptoeconomics,” and “The Classical Liberal Case for Privacy in a World of Surveillance and Technological Change.”
Berg co-founded the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub in 2017 and served as its co-director through 2024. He also co-founded and directed RMIT Digital3, an interdisciplinary research center focused on digital technologies and economic transformation.
Before joining RMIT, Berg spent more than a decade as a senior fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs and later served as an adjunct fellow. He was also a columnist for the Australian Broadcasting Corp. and Fairfax Media.
Berg earned a Ph.D. in economics and finance from RMIT University and a bachelor’s in history and politics from the University of Melbourne.
