Nima Haghpanah, Minjae Kim and Jamie Tucker-Foltz have joined the university.
The economist moves from the University of Houston, where she held a professorship, and will lead the Georgia Policy Labs.
The economist currently oversees the organization’s western hemisphere department.
Those receiving the accolade this year include Gabriel Zucman, David Atkin and Sandra Black.
She took up a professorship at Johannes Kepler University Linz on Oct. 1.
They received the award for their work on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.
The $75,000 prize rewards research that explores the relationship between long-term, interdisciplinary thinking and radical innovation.
The role has remained vacant since Fiona Scott Morton withdrew last summer following French opposition to her appointment.
The Stanford professor will provide economic advice to the consulting firm’s commercial AI division.
David Byrne, Katharine Kemp and Flavio Menezes join the statutory body.