Brent Skorup
- Senior Research Fellow
Brent Skorup is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His research areas include transportation technology, telecommunications, aviation, and wireless policy.
He serves on the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, the Texas DOT’s Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Task Force, and the Texas DOT's Urban Air Mobility Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project.
The White House, the FCC, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and a dissenting opinion at the Illinois Supreme Court have cited his research. In addition to economics and law journal publication, he has authored pieces for National Affairs, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Wired, Air Traffic Management magazine, Regulation magazine, and elsewhere. He’s appeared as a TV and radio interview guest for news outlets like C-SPAN, NPR, CBS News, ABC News, and CNBC Asia.
Brent has a BA in economics from Wheaton College and a law degree from the George Mason University School of Law, where he was articles editor for the Civil Rights Law Journal. He was a legal clerk at the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and at the Energy and Commerce Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Before joining Mercatus, he was the Director of Research at the Information Economy Project, a law and economics university research center.
Latest Work
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AI Alignment and Future Threats | Digital Spirits
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Comments to NTIA on the National Spectrum Strategy
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AI Alignment and Future Threats | Discourse
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Freight’s Worst Easter Candy, Trucking Downturn Turns 1 and Acquisitions | FreightWaves’ “What the Truck?”
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Introducing AI Progress | Digital Spirits
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Introducing AI Progress | Discourse
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FAA Holds Safety Summit After Uptick in Close Calls | Fox News 5
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Are Drone Highways Gaining Momentum? | Drone Radio Show
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Making Transportation Faster, Cheaper and Safer | Discourse
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Federal Advanced Air Mobility and Unmanned Aerial Systems Policy
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AI Alignment and Future Threats | Digital Spirits
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Comments to NTIA on the National Spectrum Strategy
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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AI Alignment and Future Threats | Discourse
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Freight’s Worst Easter Candy, Trucking Downturn Turns 1 and Acquisitions | FreightWaves’ “What the Truck?”
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Introducing AI Progress | Digital Spirits
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Introducing AI Progress | Discourse
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FAA Holds Safety Summit After Uptick in Close Calls | Fox News 5
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Are Drone Highways Gaining Momentum? | Drone Radio Show
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Making Transportation Faster, Cheaper and Safer | Discourse
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Federal Advanced Air Mobility and Unmanned Aerial Systems Policy
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Federal Advanced Air Mobility and Unmanned Aerial Systems Policy
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What Should States and Cities Do with the New Broadband Money from DC?
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Is Your State Ready for Drone Commerce? The 2022 State-by-State Scorecard
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6 (Tied) | Georgia
- | Is Your State Ready for Drone Commerce? The 2022 State-by-State Scorecard Is Your State Ready for Drone Commerce? The 2022 State-by-State Scorecard
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26 (Tied) | Hawaii
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT | State and Local Broadband Solutions: A Menu of Options
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Drone Policy and Industrial Policy in the United States and China: Comparisons and Recommendations for American Lawmakers
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Planepooling: It’s Time to Reinvent Regional Air Travel
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Planepooling and Air Taxis for Post-COVID Aviation
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State Drone Laws Frequently Asked Questions
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Freight’s Worst Easter Candy, Trucking Downturn Turns 1 and Acquisitions | FreightWaves’ “What the Truck?”
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FAA Holds Safety Summit After Uptick in Close Calls | Fox News 5
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Are Drone Highways Gaining Momentum? | Drone Radio Show
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FAA Grounds Flights After Notice to Air Missions System Goes Down | ABC News Radio
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FAA System Outage Causes Air Travel Chaos Across the U.S. | Fox News 5 (DC)
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FAA Grounds Planes | Bloomberg Radio
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How Do Regulations Affect Delivery Drones? | The Federalist Society
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Policy Reform for Progress | CSPI Podcast
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Drones | The Lars Larson Show
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Comments to NTIA on the National Spectrum Strategy
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
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Response to Sen. Thune Broadband Oversight Inquiry
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The FCC Should Reexamine the Economics of Pole Use in Light of New Technology
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The FCC Should Consider Authorizing Broadband Vouchers to Rural Households
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West Virginia's Efforts to Welcome the Drone Industry Are Commendable
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New Hampshire Should Clarify the Legality of Collecting Phone and Internet Records
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Clarifying the Law Can Help New Hampshire Protect Its Citizens’ Privacy
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Texas Fares Well With Drone Policy and Has Potential to Become a Leading Locale for the Drone Industry
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Prioritize Fast and Accurate Diagnostic Testing in the Short Term
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AI Alignment and Future Threats | Digital Spirits
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AI Alignment and Future Threats | Discourse
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Introducing AI Progress | Digital Spirits
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Introducing AI Progress | Discourse
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Making Transportation Faster, Cheaper and Safer | Discourse
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Censored | Discourse
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4 Keys to Getting Rural Broadband Right | Governing
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Government Indecision is Strangling the Drone Industry | Tribune News Service
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