7th Hahn Lecture

Mercoledì, 29 Maggio, 2024 - 12:00

 

Professor Partha Dasgupta (Cambridge, UK, London School of Economics, Stanford) is globally recognized as one of the leading experts in the economics of inequality, poverty, environmental economics, and biodiversity. He is a Fellow of Saint John’s College, Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics, and Trinity College (Cambridge). He holds memberships in some of the world’s most prestigious academic institutions, including the British Academy, the Royal Society, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

 

Over the course of his distinguished career, Professor Dasgupta has received numerous international prizes and honorary doctorates from institutions such as Wageningen University, University of Bologna, Tilburg University, Catholic University of Louvain, Harvard University, and University of York. He has authored several influential books and published extensively in top academic journals. Notably, in 2021, at the request of HM Treasury, he produced the groundbreaking “The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review,” which has become a cornerstone reference for global economic perspectives on the future of our planet.

 

Professor Frank Hahn (Birmingham, London School of Economics, Cambridge, Siena) is regarded as one of the most influential economic theorists of the 20th century. His work made significant contributions to the theory of economic equilibrium and the role of money in the economy. Professor Hahn also gained widespread attention for initiating a letter, signed by over 300 economists, that critiqued Margaret Thatcher’s economic policies. Throughout his career, he mentored many of today’s leading economists. His collaborations with some of the foremost figures in economics helped shape the discipline, and during his tenure at the University of Siena, he played a key role in developing the PhD program in Economics and contributing to the department’s broader scientific activities.