Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy and Seeds of Disaster, which Wall Street Journal called "a vivid profile of men and women who have succeeded under harsh conditions... with a lively writing style, and the analysis is lightened with personal anecdotes and pop-culture references." In 2015, Auerswald co-authored Depopulation: An Investor's Guide to Value in the Twenty-First Century with Joon Yun. The book discusses the challenges and opportunities investors can anticipate in the coming era of declining global population. Auerswald was a student at the 1993 Complex Systems Summer School at the Santa Fe Institute, where he worked with Stuart Kauffman on an application of evolutionary biology to economics. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation grant for continued work in this area. Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization In 2006, Auerswald and Iqbal Z. Quadir co-founded Innovations (journal), an academic journal that focuses on entrepreneurial solutions to global challenges. It is published quarterly by the MIT Press. he journal features cases authored by exceptional innovators; commentary and research from leading academics; and essays from globally recognized executives and political leaders. It is jointly hosted at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government, Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and MIT's Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship. Working with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Innovations produced special editions for the 2008 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum and the 2008 World Economic Forum on the Middle East (in Arabic and English). The journal has also produced special issues in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Gates Foundation, SOCAP, GSMA, the Lemelson Foundation, and other nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. In 2016 the journal expanded into Policy Design Lab, a consulting company dedicated to prompting the creation and implementation of evidence-based policies that advance society. The same year Auerswald co-led the release of Innovations Online, with Sharon Benzoni. Digital Land Records and Entrepreneurship In 2013, Auerswald co-authored "Integrating Technology and Institutional Change" with Jenny Stefanotti. The paper focuses on the design and deployment of digital property rights. The essay argues that the current technological environment provide opportunities to improve economies in developing countries by digitizing property records. In 2017 Auerswald cofounded Zilla Global LLC, a company focused on using the digitization of land records as a way to create jobs in the developing world. He co-leads Zilla with Dr. Gitanjali Swamy. The stated purpose of