About the event
Join us for this lecture with Professor Daron Acemoglu, Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professor.
The Sanjaya Lall Visiting Professorship at the University of Oxford was created to honour the memory and academic legacy of Professor Sanjaya Lall (1940-2005). The distinguished scholarship scheme has run for over a decade, inviting some of the most prestigious international economists to the University.
Professor Daron Acemoglu is a world-renowned economist whose research focuses on political economy, economic development and the effects of institutions on growth. He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty.
The event has been organised by Oxford Saïd in partnership with the Sanjaya Lall Memorial Fund. As part of this visit, our Dean, Soumitra Dutta, will host a panel event, 'AI and the future of work'. More information and details on how to register is available More information and how to register.
Speakers
- Daron Acemoglu, Economist, MIT
- Andrew Stephen, Deputy Dean for Faculty and Research and L’Oreal Professor of Marketing, Saïd Business School
About Professor Sanjaya Lall (1940-2005)
Sanjaya Lall was a development economist and Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. Lall's research interests included the impact of foreign direct investment in developing countries, the economics of multi-national corporations and the development of technological capability and industrial competitiveness in developing countries.
One of the world's pre-eminent development economists, Lall was also one of the founding editors of the journal Oxford Development Studies and a senior economist at the World Bank (1965-68 and 1985-87).