AI and Inequality: Joseph Stiglitz in discussion with Anton Korinek

Over the next decades, AI will dramatically change the economic landscape. It may also magnify inequality, both within and across countries. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, will join us for a conversation with Anton Korinek on the economic consequences of increased AI capabilities. They will discuss the relationship between technology and inequality, the potential impact of AI on the global economy, and the economic policy and governance challenges that may arise in an age of transformative AI.

The Impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme on multidimensional poverty of refugees in Turkey

This seminar is organised jointly with the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University and the UNDP Human Development Report Office. This seminar will be held online, registration on: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqdOqhrzIiHdwB9tVBGv8n0ru6Moah0MJG.

What do European citizens want the EU to be?

Annual Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture

This year’s Dahrendorf Lecture will be delivered online by Catherine de Vries (Bocconi University) and is titled: 'What do European citizens want the EU to be?'

Discussants: Matthew Goodwin (University of Kent/Legatum Institute) and Sophie Vériter (Leiden University).
Chair: Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony’s College, Oxford)

For further information please visit: https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/events/what-do-european-citizens-want-eu-be

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva & Ian Goldin in conversation: "Roadmap to the Sustainable Development Goals"

The global pandemic has derailed progress toward the SDGs as developing countries now balance long-term investments in health, education, roads, electricity, and water with spending to protect lives and livelihoods.

Bringing the SDGs within reach by 2030 will take a global effort from all stakeholders.

The UN CESCR's General Comment 25 on the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress

One of the remarkable aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been how brilliantly science has responded: in tracing the genome of the virus, in understanding how it spreads and in developing vaccines and medical treatments for COVID-19. Yet these scientific gains have not been available to all. Article 15(1)(b) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights guarantees that: “everyone has the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress.” And, of course, this right extends to all scientific discoveries.

The way forward for carbon pricing

This online event features as one of several this term which focusses on 'Political economy of European climate action', and is hosted by the European Political Economy Project (EUPEP) at the European Studies Centre.

Speakers: Ian Parry (IMF), Michael Mehling (University of Strathclyde; Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Chair: Daniel Hardy (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Discussant: Franziska Funke (Oxford Martin School)

For further information please visit: https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/events/way-forward-carbon-pricing
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