The Vancouver School of Economics is hosting economist Dr. Philippe Aghion for a free lecture entitled “Innovation, Inequality, and Social Mobility,” as part of the 2016 Woodward Lecture Series in CHEM B250, 2036 Main Mall.
Faculty, staff and students of the Faculty of Arts are invited to attend, no registration required. Further event details may be viewed here.
Professor Philippe Aghion is Chair of Economics of Institutions, Innovation & Growth at Collège de France, holds appointments at the LSE and Stockholm University, and previously at Harvard. Prof. Aghion is a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
With Peter Howitt, he pioneered the ‘Schumpeterian Growth’ paradigm, which was subsequently used to analyze the design of growth policies and the role of the state in the growth process. In 2001, Dr. Aghion received the Yrjo Jahnsson Award for the best European economist under the age of 45.
