While recent controversies on automation and the future of work have improved our understanding of the possible employment impacts of new technologies, there are unclear implications - both for job holders and policymakers.
Of even greater concern is that their one-sided and partial nature - focusing as they do on only the negative employment impacts of automation and on automation to the exclusion of other structural trends (such as population aging, urbanisation and the green economy) - leads to defensive reactions and risks distorted policy responses.
This lecture will draw on the findings of the speaker's forthcoming new research at the UK innovation foundation, Nesta, on the future of skills in the US and UK workforces.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Hasan Bakhshi (Executive Director, Creative Economy and Data Analytics, Nesta)
Hasan leads creative and digital economy policy and research for Nesta, an innovation foundation based in London that 'backs new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time'. Hasan's recent work includes co-authoring the Next Gen Skills review of the video games and visual effects industries, which has led to wholesale reforms of the school ICT and computing curriculum in England, and the Manifesto for the Creative Economy, which sets out ten recommendations by which governments can help the creative economy grow. Hasan has a particular interest in data and experimental research methods.
Prior to joining Nesta, Hasan worked as Executive Director and Senior International Economist at Lehman Brothers, and as Deputy Chief Economist at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He has eight years’ experience as an economist at the Bank of England. Hasan has published widely in academic journals and policy publications on topics ranging from technological progress and economic growth to the economics of the creative and cultural sector. Hasan has a BA in Economics from Cambridge and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. He is also Adjunct Professor of Creative Industries at the Queensland University of Technology, and in 2013 was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Brighton for his work on economic policy for the creative industries. In the 2015 New Years Honours, he was awarded an MBE for services to the creative industries.
Please note this lecture will not be livestreamed.