Marc Aidinoff is a historian of science, technology, and the state. Currently an assistant professor in the Department of History of Science at Harvard University, Aidinoff researches the interplay between digital technologies and public policy in the United States. His book manuscript, Rebooting Liberalism: The Computerization of the Social Contract, 1974-2004, historicizes seemingly bedrock principles of U.S. statecraft, including the liberal social contract, by tracing the development and use of government information technologies for welfare administration. Across his work Aidinoff seeks to recognize both the distinct contemporary reality and long historical trajectory of artificial intelligence and automated systems to structure daily life. 

A strong believer in the value of historical inquiry and science studies to analyze and also to craft public policy, Aidinoff  served as Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor in the Biden-Harris White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he helped lead a team of 150 policymakers on key initiatives including the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and guidance to ensure federally funded research is publicly accessible. Previously, Aidinoff was as a domestic policy advisor in the Obama Administration and a strategic consultant with Blue Rose Analytics. 

Aidinoff is an affiliate of the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ and the Digital Due Process Clinic at Cornell University. His research has been supported by the University of Mississippi , the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress, the Charles Babbage Institute,  and the MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative, among others. 

Aidinoff completed his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and B.A. from Harvard College.