Impacts of COVID-19: global systems with Ian Goldin
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In this episode Jean-Claude discusses the challenges of globalization with Professor Ian Goldin. They talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic revealed some underlying fault lines - but also some strengths - in the global system.
Professor Goldin shares his hopes that the world will not return to ‘business as normal’ but will learn from the pandemic and will have a greater understanding of systemic risks in the future. He warns against integrated global systems with disconnected politics and hopes for 'more globalization of understanding'.
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Professor Ian Goldin
Professor Ian Goldin was the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School from September 2006 to September 2016.
He is currently Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development, Senior Fellow at the Oxford Martin School and is responsible for programmes on the Future of Work, Technological and Economic Change, and Future of Development.
Jean-Claude Burgelman
Jean Claude Burgelman is Professor of Open Science Policy at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and former Head of Unit for Open Science Policy at the European Commission, hosts in-depth conversations and analysis with leading experts in policy, business, and academia on the lessons and legacy of COVID-19.
He is the editor in chief for Frontiers’ Policy Labs.
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