Expertise

Topics:  Artifical Intelligence, Workforce Demand and Supply Analytics, Technology Forecasting, Skill Demand, Workforce Supply Chains, Technology Choices, Operations Improvement

Industries: Health Care - Providers, Employment Services, Education/Learning

Christophe Combemale's research focuses on the implications of technology choices and process design for skill demand, and on workforce supply chain levers to meet industry skill demand needs. He is interested in how regional and national labor supply may constrain economic productivity and innovation, and solutions that enhance outcomes for workers and firms.

Combemale is an an expert contributor on labor and technology issues for an NSF-funded pilot program seeking to develop a National Network for Critical Technology Assessment. The program objective is to develop assessment capabilities for critical technologies for U.S. competitiveness and present insights to U.S. legislators. He also serves as a consultant to the Allegheny County Department of Human Services on workforce development and strategic programs, such as rate-setting for large-scale Medicaid reimbursements for behavioral health services.

In addition, Combemale has a research appointment at the Block Center for Technology and Society at CMU’s Heinz College.

Media Experience

Higher tariffs on Chinese computer chips may not lead to more U.S. engineering jobs  — Marketplace
In a still tight job market, “we don’t actually have a good sense of who’s available,” said Christophe Combemale, who researches engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon.

The services part of the economy is growing much faster than the part that makes things  — Marketplace
“That’s been the story of the U.S. labor market and occupational employment since the mid-2000s,” said Christophe Combemale, an assistant research professor of engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. “The overall share of U.S. manufacturing has been declining pretty consistently for decades.”