After Huiwen Gong’s inspiring talk on a feminist and forward-looking approach to EG, we have a little gathering of the female participants of UU summer school. Big applause to @K_J_Schaefer for the organization, and to Huiwen Gong and Carolina Castaldi for sharing time with the juniors!

1/15: In April, I resigned from OpenAI after losing confidence that the company would behave responsibly in its attempt to build artificial general intelligence — “AI systems that are generally smarter than humans.” openai.com/index/planning…

We're hiring!⏰⏰I and Thomas Elston from Blavatnik School of Government have been awarded the UKRI ESRC grant. We're seeking a Research Fellow/Assistant to join our team on a project tackling planning delays and housing shortages across England. Apply now! jobs.ac.uk/job/DIA830/res…

It was fun to present my JMP on AI and skill complementarity at @DRUIDsociety and an honour to be nominated for the Steven Klepper Award. Happy to see a full house of audiences and really appreciate the great feedback and conversations with DRUIDERs. Until next time! #DRUID2024

🇫🇷 Will a far-right government lead one of the EU’s largest members by the Paris Olympics? #Macron’s decision to call new legislative elections has been described as bold, reckless, and desperate. In truth, it’s a calculated risk with potentially higher rewards than inaction.

Thanks to the jet-lag, I’m able to enjoy the tranquility and stunning view of Chicago 5AM. Btw I’ll present my job market paper on AI and skill complementarity on Monday session 1669 at 16:45. Looking forward to meeting old and new friends there! #AOM2024 Academy of Management

Leaving Chicago with many fond memories-random encounters, great discussions, and lots of learning at Academy of Management! Exhausted, sleep-deprived but I’m glad I came in the end :)

Very proud that our one and only Ron Boschma has won the prestigious Prix Vautrin-Lud award, also known as the 'Nobel of Geography! I couldn’t have asked for a more supportive and inspiring supervisor throughout my PhD journey. Big congrats Ron! fig.saint-die-des-vosges.fr/prix-vautrin-l…

Am excited to be back to London to present my work on the creative destruction of AI on occupations at SPRINT Research Network special session Regional Studies Association winter conference! It’s been a while London, looking forward to meeting you there!

Excellent work! Universities need to reinvent themselves to better teach the frontier of skills that are complementary to AI. It’s sad to see many universities are still teaching students SPSS when there are much more possibilities in using Python, R or other AI-driven tools.

Victor Ambros was denied tenure at Harvard. But he was not a usual PI. The Harvard Crimson describes: 1⃣ He took an especially hands-on role in mentorship: “Duan recalled the experience of arriving in the U.S. for his Ph.D. as a non-native English speaker. Ambros spent time

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

The transformation ahead is immense and will reshape organizations in & out - but AI is our best shot at creating the best jobs humans ever had.

👉Winter School Geography of Innovation January 27-31 2025 Pavia organized by Università di Pavia & Università Bocconi visit tinyurl.com/paviawintersch… Deadline: November 24 Roberta Rabellotti Simona Iammarino 🇪🇺 @jeromevh Balázs Lengyel Rasmus Lema Valentina De Marchi #PhD #geoinno #winterschool

Ron Boschma, Marte C W Solheim and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose now joining in the discussion of Neil Lee ‘s new book at KÅKÅ|nomics

#AI is reshaping the #USA job market, but the impact is anything but uniform. Some jobs & regions thrive, while others face serious challenges. Eye-opening work by Ron Boschma, Dongmiao Zhang, & Pierre-Alexandre Balland presented at #RSAWinter—this isn’t just the future, it’s happening now.

AI adoption is associated with increases in employment and - for more complex occupations - increases in wages. Dongmiao Zhang at #RSAwinter Policies for Smart Specialisation SPRINT Research Network

Excellent winter school, highly recommended! Please apply.

Smart #growth and wage equality often pull in opposite directions. Nicola Cortinovis, Dongmiao Zhang & Boschma reveal in Regional Studies - @regionalstudies.bsky.social a policy dilemma in the Netherlands: how to reconcile greater innovation with the goal of achieving a more equitable society doi.org/10.1080/003434…

Officially Dr. Zhang! Many thanks to the best supervisors-Ron Boschma,Pierre-Alexandre Balland, ANDREA MORRISON for a happy PhD, and to my amazing committee -Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, kfrenken.bsky.social, Carolina Castaldi, Anna Salomons for the great questions! Pity to miss Davide Consoli , hope to catch up soon!