Technology

Events

ESG, Purpose, Character & Leadership

December 2023 – January 2024 | Toronto, London, New York

The LRI recently held a series of three invitation-only roundtables in partnership with the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, Ivey Business School. The series focused on the challenges facing executives and policy makers vis-à-vis purpose, character and leadership in relation to ESG and the future of work, with the LRI contributing insights from the long-run experience.

Big Tech: Monopoly’s Second Moment? The Evolution and Trajectory of Government Policy and Corporate Strategy

2 October 2020 | Online Conference

The digital behemoths of the 21st century are increasingly viewed as the new monopolies. How do we create policies that balance the needs of innovators, consumers, and national jurisdictions?

INFORMATION REVOLUTIONS

24 May 2018 | Roundtable, Belfast, UK

How will firms, markets and regulators respond to the emerging challenges and opportunities of the 21st century information revolution? Can we draw on historical precedents to help guide us?

Articles

UCL Scholars and a Cup of Tea: E5, E6, E7, E8

Join Dr. Judy Z. Stephenson in her latest tea break discussions with UCL scholars: Excluded workers and human rights; How to prevent disasters; Rethinking Britain in India; and Jeremy Bentham, the British philosopher, economist, jurist, legal reformer and founder of modern utilitarianism.

Professor Judy Stephenson: Big ideas and a cup of tea (E2, E3, E4)

LRI Director and UCL professor Judy Stephenson continues her engaging dialogues with leading UCL scholars, inviting viewers to connect with some of today’s most compelling academic voices.

A Cup of Tea: The Human Consequences of AI

In this new University College London Press series, host and LRI Director Judy Stephenson asks 10 serious questions of some of UCL’s leading academics. Over this particular cup of tea, Professor Stephenson explores the human-AI connection with anthropology Professor Daniel Miller. Noting that AI is becoming increasingly anthropomorphised, the discussion explores how we assign meaning and value to technology as we integrate it ever more deeply into our lives.