• Generative Artificial Intelligence: Powering Domestic Economic Growth, December 2, 2024 1:30 p.m. EST

    As the potential for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) expands, so does the interest in harnessing GenAI in facilitating and stimulating economic growth. In this half-day conference, leading academics and public and private industry experts will consider pressing questions related to GenAI’s potential to support economic development and its implications for the workforce.

    Category: News

  • Edgeworth Economics Open House Recruiting Event

    Posted on 9/24/2024: We are excited to announce that we will be hosting an open house recruiting event this year for all students graduating with their bachelor’s or master’s degrees between now and June 2025. We would love to have Georgetown University students attend! Please feel free to pass this information along to students and have them reach out to me directly, or RSVP using the link in the attached PDF. The event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, October 24th from 3:00pm – 5:00pm EST. Individuals who wish to attend will be able to speak to current consultants, tour our DC office, and learn more about economic consulting and Edgeworth specifically. There will be food/refreshments for attendees as well.

    Category: Undergrad Opportunities

  • GU Data Science & Analytics Accelerated Program Info Session

    Posted on 9/23/2024: Are you interested in data science? Are you wondering how you can use data in connection with your academic major to build a better world? Do you want to learn how to take data science classes in your senior year that will count toward your bachelor’s degree and your master’s degree?
    If you’re a junior, sophomore, or freshman, join the GU Data Science & Analytics program on September 30 for an on-campus information session to learn more about our Accelerated Master’s Program!
    If you’re a senior, you are also welcome to attend to learn more about the Data Science & Analytics MS Program!
    Pizza will be served. Please RSVP with your GU email address, https://forms.gle/tTA3GqxgPCDoa7tG6.

    Category: Undergrad Opportunities

  • Artificial Intelligence and Democracy, Sept. 9, 2024 5:00 – 6:30 pm, Healey Family Student Center Social Room and Online

    The challenges to democratic societies of mis- and dis-information—always present—appear greater in the Information Age. With artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities advancing quickly, some commentators have warned of an acute, existential threat. Others, however, are more sanguine about the danger AI presents. In this panel discussion, leading academic experts and senior professionals will discuss the level of peril, highlight the role of AI, and consider how it may affect the upcoming U.S. presidential election, as well as other events key to the future of democracy.

    This event is co-sponsored by the Georgetown University Global Economic Challenges Network, the Knight-Georgetown Institute, the Communication, Culture, and Technology Program, the Center for Digital Ethics, and the Tech and Public Policy Program.

    Category: Events

  • Professor Garance Genicot discusses economic mobility in developing countries

    We don’t know much about economic mobility in developing countries compared to the wealthier, data-rich societies which have been the subjects of so much recent research. What does the data tell us so far, and what is important to find out? In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Debraj Ray and Garance Genicot tell Tim Phillips why measuring upward mobility in low- and middle-income countries is both difficult and important, and what their research is revealing about the impact of growth on that mobility.

    Category: News

  • Professor Bouton co-authors primer on Ranked Choice Voting

    Professor Laurent Bouton co-authored a primer on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) evaluating the claim that RCV is better than currently used systems at choosing a broadly popular winner and encouraging political moderation. Reviewing existing research, they find support for this claim. However, survey research indicates that US voters are less comfortable with RCV than with other electoral schemes, raising questions about the public acceptance of a broader reform.

    Category: News

  • The Longevity Imperative: A Conversation with Andrew Scott, LSE 4/23/24 @ 5:30pm

    The Longevity Imperative: Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives (2024) by Andrew Scott outlines the fundamental changes needed in our health system, the economy, and the financial sector in order to seize the advantages of longer lives. In this conversation, Georgetown University Professor Carole Roan Gresenz and author Andrew Scott will discuss some of the changes needed and consider how investing in our new longer futures can achieve better outcomes and stimulate economic growth.

    Category: News

  • New Directions in the Fight Against Poverty: Honoring Martin Ravallion’s Legacy

    In October, Georgetown University and the World Bank hosted a conference: “New Directions in the Fight Against Poverty: Honoring Martin Ravallion’s Legacy”. You can find the recording of the conference is also available.

    Category: News

  • Economists at Georgetown and other leading Universities Partner to Transform Policy Making Research

    A new partnership between economists at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Princeton and Yale seeks to transform the way economic research informs and shapes policy making.

    “The United Programs for Political Economy Research network, or UPPER, promotes political economy research and training through collaboration across many different political economy centers,” said Laurent Bouton, a co-founder of the organization and an economist in the College of Arts & Sciences.

    This new partnership is enlisting the help of interested economic researchers from across the country to revitalize political economy research through informed policy briefs, a pre-doctoral fellowship program and innovative in-person programming. Already, UPPER has published two policy briefs and welcomed its first cohort of fellows. The most recent brief, which focuses on how to trace and properly disclose corporate money in politics, was published last month. More information here, https://upperesearch.org/.

    Category: News

  • Our Global Economy: How to Move from Inequality to Shared Prosperity?

    The Georgetown University Global Economic Challenges Network, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université Libre de Bruxelles) – Public Policy House will host an academic conference on Thursday, December 14, 2023 from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST both online and in-person at the Thon Hotel EU, Brussels (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CET) entitled, “Our Global Economy: How to Move from Inequality to Shared Prosperity?”

    Category: News