Monday, May 13, 2019

31 May 2019: Public lecture on "Globalization, Robotics and the Future of Work"

Richard Baldwin
Graduate Institute in Geneva

Organised by:
Centre for International Trade and Development (CITD), School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

Abstract:
While globalization and robotics, “globotics”, will eventually make a better world, it will create explosive social challenges along the way. Digital technology is allowing “white-collar robots” to displace many service-sector workers and professionals while at the same time enabling “telemigration” where talented, low-cost workers sitting abroad displace domestic office workers. If displaced office workers join with already displaced factory workers, the result could be a destabilizing upheaval. To avoid this, Prof. Baldwin asserts that governments must use the tools they have to slow the pace and make the competition from globots seem fairer.

Date: May 31, 2019
Time: 10:15 A.M.

Venue:
Room No 128,
School of International Studies (SIS) II (New Building),
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi-110067 (India)

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