Workshop 2A: Automation and Globalization
Session Number
Workshop 2A
Location
Academic Pit
Start Date
28-4-2017 10:00 AM
End Date
28-4-2017 11:15 AM
Abstract
Some economists argue that more jobs have been lost to robots than to globalization. Other countries, like Germany, have more robots per worker than the United States with very different results. The Automation and Globalization Project intends to trace the history of the changes in the United States due to automation (robots and computing) and globalization to provide a less abstract picture of recent trends but also a foundation with which to inform our understanding of policy in the future. This ongoing project will permit students the use of a range of disciplinary approaches to consider the impact of automation and globalization on Illinois and the United States, as well as how these compare to other parts of the world. Students interested in joining this SIR project for the 2017-18 academic year are strongly urged to attend this panel. We will need to seek out available sources, develop methods of analysis, and use our individual findings to inform the larger group involved in this research. During the workshop, participants will be presented with some data and cases in order to facilitate a discussion about the effects of these two forces on the contemporary world
Students participating in this workshop should bring their personal laptops.
Workshop 2A: Automation and Globalization
Academic Pit
Some economists argue that more jobs have been lost to robots than to globalization. Other countries, like Germany, have more robots per worker than the United States with very different results. The Automation and Globalization Project intends to trace the history of the changes in the United States due to automation (robots and computing) and globalization to provide a less abstract picture of recent trends but also a foundation with which to inform our understanding of policy in the future. This ongoing project will permit students the use of a range of disciplinary approaches to consider the impact of automation and globalization on Illinois and the United States, as well as how these compare to other parts of the world. Students interested in joining this SIR project for the 2017-18 academic year are strongly urged to attend this panel. We will need to seek out available sources, develop methods of analysis, and use our individual findings to inform the larger group involved in this research. During the workshop, participants will be presented with some data and cases in order to facilitate a discussion about the effects of these two forces on the contemporary world
Students participating in this workshop should bring their personal laptops.