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SUMMARY:Why Europe’s AI Talent Strategy Needs a Local Layer
DESCRIPTION:Academic Research Seminars\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this Academic Research Seminar\, Casey Weston will present his paper “The Talent Will Not Be Centralized: Why Europe’s AI Talent Strategy Needs a Local Layer.” \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Casey Weston\, Senior Manager\, Public Policy and Economic Graph at LinkedIn \n\n\n\nPaper Abstract: Europe’s AI competitiveness debate is conducted largely at the national and EU level\, yet the AI engineering talent it depends upon develops and moves locally. Using LinkedIn data on AI Engineering Talent concentration\, growth\, and migration across 202 European market areas\, this note assesses where and how local AI talent ecosystems form across the EU\, and the extent to which that clustering may align with national AI talent strategies. At the local level\, we observe three methods through which cities accumulate AI talent: cultivating it through research infrastructure (e.g. Braga)\, attracting it through favorable national migration policy and dense employment opportunities (e.g. Munich\, Barcelona)\, and/or retaining it against wage and tax competition from higher-cost neighbors (e.g. Brno\, Wrocław). We find that the resulting AI ecosystems may or may not align with national strategic intentions: Poland’s domestic capacity-building strategy successfully generated broad-based local momentum\, but France’s research strength has not translated into comparable local growth\, and Czechia’s struggles to convert local demand into compounding hubs for its robust talent pipeline. We conclude that while EU and national AI infrastructure investments may be necessary for AI sovereignty\, they are insufficient to realize the desired economic returns from the AI transition; converting these investments into durable economic benefit requires deliberately paired localized talent strategies. \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. \n\n\n\nThe 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 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/why-europes-ai-talent-strategy-needs-a-local-layer/
LOCATION:HYBRID WEXNER W-102\, HKS / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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SUMMARY:From Disaster to Discovery: The Regional Scientific Response to Katrina Hurricane Season
DESCRIPTION:Academic Research Seminars\n\n\nIn this Academic Research Seminar\, Salvatore Viola will present his paper “From Disaster to Discovery: The Regional Scientific Response to Katrina Hurricane Season.” The paper is co-authored by Ernest Miguelez and Rosina Moreno. \n\n\n\nPaper Abstract: This paper investigates how natural disasters shape the direction of science. Treating the 2005 U.S. hurricane season\, and Hurricane Katrina in particular\, as an exogenous shock\, we estimate its effects on regional scientific output and on specialization in hurricane- and climate change-related research. We assign OpenAlex publication data to U.S. Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and identify affected regions using housing damage reports. Difference-in-differences estimates show that affected regions were 14.9 percentage points more likely to specialize in hurricane-related research. This effect persisted for around six years post-disaster and occurred despite muted effects in climate change-related science and an overall decline in scientific output. Exploratory analyses suggest the effect was stronger in regions with higher pre-disaster relatedness density\, and that collaborations between affected and unaffected regions helped support scientific activity in affected areas. Our findings offer new evidence on the directional response of science to climate-related natural disasters. They also suggest that building research capacity around specific regional vulnerabilities\, supported by sustained funding\, may strengthen regional scientific resilience. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Salvatore Viola\, PhD student in Economics at the University of Barcelona \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Salvatore Viola is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Barcelona\, where he is affiliated with the Regional Quantitative Analysis Group (AQR-IREA). He works under the supervision of Rosina Moreno and Ernest Miguélez. His research interests include the geography of innovation\, the economics of science\, and high-skilled migration. His current work examines how migrant inventors spur regional diversification into green technologies and how natural disasters influence the direction of scientific research. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MSc in Economics from the University of Barcelona. \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/from-disaster-to-discovery-the-regional-scientific-response-to-katrina-hurricane-season/
LOCATION:Perkins Room – R-429 Rubenstein 4th floor
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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SUMMARY:The Effects of U.S. Public R&D on Global Growth
DESCRIPTION:Academic Research Seminars\n\n\nIn this Academic Research Seminar Ishan Nath will discuss his paper “The Effects of U.S. Public R&D on Global Growth” co-authored with Gustavo De Souza\, Andrew Fieldhouse\, Karel Mertens\, and Valerie Ramey. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Ishan Nath\, Assistant Professor of Public Policy\, Faculty Associate of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability \n\n\n\nAbstract: This paper provides the first causal estimates of the global social returns to U.S. public R&D. We use a narrative identification strategy to quantify the effects of exogenous shocks to U.S. R&D appropriations on the dynamic TFP response of 69 foreign economies from 1980–2019. A U.S. R&D appropriations shock equal to 1 percent of the federal R&D capital stock raises foreign TFP by approximately 1 percent after 12 years. This response is driven primarily by nondefense rather than defense R&D and is concentrated in non-OECD economies. These patterns are most consistent with diffusion occurring through openly accessible scientific content\, capital-embodied trade\, and technological leapfrogging by economies further from the global frontier. A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that the global social returns to U.S. public non-defense R&D are roughly twice as large as the domestic returns\, meaning the U.S. captures about half of these productivity benefits. When he is not thinking about economics\, Ishan can be found playing\, watching\, or talking about basketball.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Ishan Nath is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Faculty Associate of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. His research focuses broadly on climate change\, international trade\, and the macroeconomics of development. He currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of International Economics and the Review of Economics and Statistics\, and Research Director for Climate and the Environment at the International Growth Centre. Prior to joining Harvard\, Ishan worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and completed postdoctoral fellowships with the Climate Impact Lab at the University of Chicago and in the International Economics section at Princeton University. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago\, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford\, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar\, and a B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University. When he is not thinking about economics\, Ishan can be found playing\, watching\, or talking about basketball.  \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/the-effects-of-u-s-public-rd-on-global-growth/
LOCATION:Perkins Room (R429) – Rubenstein 4th Floor
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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SUMMARY:The Life Cycle of Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Academic Research Seminars\n\n\nIn this Academic Research Seminar\, Gaétan de Rassenfosse will discuss his paper “The Life Cycle of Ideas” co-authored by Philippe Aghion\, Antonin Bergeaud\, Luc Paluskiewicz and Raphael Wagon. \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. \n\n\n\nAbstract: Scientific publications have grown rapidly for decades\, but there is increasing concern that new ideas may be becoming harder to find. Opportunities may decline within established lines of research even as new lines continue to emerge. Here we show that the evolution of research topics in economics and chemistry\, two disciplines with very different research costs\, is consistent with this distinction. Using a machine-learning model\, we classify more than three million papers published between 1950 and 2020 into topics and follow their development over time. In both disciplines\, most topics gain prominence\, peak\, and then decline in their share of publications. Yet their absolute output continues to grow\, while text-based indicators of novelty and influence show little deterioration in the decades following topic emergence. New\, durable combinations of topics also appear at a broadly stable rate. These patterns suggest that the declining prominence of established topics can coexist with the continued expansion and renewal of scientific research. Such renewal may help sustain scientific activity even if opportunities within individual research lines diminish. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Gaétan de Rassenfosse\, Associate Professor and holds the Chair of Science\, Technology\, and Innovation Policy at EPFL in Lausanne\, Switzerland. \n\n\n\nBio: Gaétan de Rassenfosse is Associate Professor and holds the Chair of Science\, Technology\, and Innovation Policy at EPFL in Lausanne\, Switzerland. His research examines how intellectual property institutions and public policy shape innovation\, with particular interests in the patent system\, innovation measurement\, and the links between science and technology. His publications span economics\, management\, law\, and innovation studies\, appearing in journals including the Journal of Industrial Economics\, Strategic Management Journal\, Southern California Law Review\, Journal of Law and Economics\, Research Policy\, and Scientific Data. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Université libre de Bruxelles and writes The Patentist\, a newsletter connecting patent research with policy and practice. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/19281/
LOCATION:Perkins Room – Rubenstein 4th Floor R-429
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