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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: Pierre-Alexandre Balland (Utrecht University & AI Toulouse Institute)
In this hybrid seminar, Pierre-Alexandre Balland will review the growing use of economic complexity within different sections of the European Commission, EU member states, and EU regions. He will then highlight existing limitations and blindspots that the field seriously needs to address. Finally, Pierre-Alex will delve into new policy use cases that could benefit from a complexity angle in the near future.
Whether attending in person or virtually, please register in advance.
Paper Abstract: Economic complexity offers a powerful paradigm to understand key societal issues and challenges of our time. By focusing on the underlying structure of the economy and systemic interactions it offers new insights on growth, technological change, regional evolution, or inequality. As a result, policy makers around the world are increasingly using economic complexity heuristics and metrics to guide their decisions.