Event

Valedictory Lecture: Technology Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Governance: A Retrospective of 40 years

Date
26 Feb 2026
Time
17:00 UK time
Speakers
Professor Hugh Whittaker
Where
St Antony's College, Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Series
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Audience
Public
Booking
Not required
From microelectronics in the 1980s to AI in the 2020s, technological innovation has played a major role in reshaping economies and employment. As have financialization and its ideological partner neoliberalism. Reflecting on 40 years of research focused especially on Japan, this presentation will also consider possible futures.

With commentaries from Simon Deakin (Cambridge), Mari Sako (Oxford) and Tim Sturgeon (MIT).