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The Growth Lab's Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.
Speaker: Christophe Combemale, Assistant Research Professor, Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
Location: WEXNER W-434 A.B. (Harvard Community) / Zoom
Whether attending in person or online please register in advance.
Speaker Bio:
Christophe Combemale's research focuses on the implications of technology choices and process design for skill demand, and on workforce supply chain levers to meet industry skill demand needs. He is interested in how regional and national labor supply may constrain economic productivity and innovation, and solutions that enhance outcomes for workers and firms.
He co-leads the Workforce Supply Chains Initiative at the Block Center for Technology and Society. Last year, he was the workforce research lead for an NSF-funded pilot program seeking to develop a National Network for Critical Technology Assessment. The program developed assessment capabilities for critical technologies for U.S. competitiveness, to offer insights to U.S. legislators and other policy stakeholders.
Combemale is also the CEO of Valdos Consulting, a firm specializing in techno-economic modeling to support market, technology, and workforce strategy. Combemale and team currently apply these domains on behalf of federal, academic and private clients in health and human services, technology services as well as advanced manufacturing including semiconductors, robotics, electric vehicles, and defense industrial applications.