Distinguished Visiting Speaker: Will AI boost economic growth?

March 9, 2026

• Title: Will AI boost economic growth? | Public Lecture
• Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Haskel | Professor of Economics at Imperial Business School, Imperial College London
• Date: Friday, March 13, 2026
• Time: 10:00 AM
• Room: LH1010

Summary

This lecture sets out what AI is and how it might, or might not, boost economic growth. We shall review how previous industrial revolutions affected economic growth and why AI might be different. We discuss too the business, social and policy implications of the AI revolution. The lecture takes an economic approach but will be accessible to all.

Biography

Jonathan Haskel is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, where he has been since 2008. He has previously taught at Queen Mary, University of London, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, USA and Stern School of Business, New York University, USA. His research interests are productivity and growth. He has published in academic journals and, with Stian Westlake, written two non-technical books, Capitalism Without Capital: the Rise of the Intangible Economy (Princeton, 2017) and Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy (Princeton, 2022).

In addition to his academic activities, he has been an External Member of the Reporting Panel of the Competition and Markets Authority (2001-2009); a non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority (2016-2022) and an External Member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (2018-2024).