Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class.

“The Age of the City is the book we need now…

essential reading for political and business leaders and each
and every one of us who cares about and wishes to help
create a better collective future.”

Published June 2023
Minouche Shafik, President and Vice-Chancellor,
London School of Economics and Political Science

A sweeping survey….that will persuade you

Published June 2023
Sasskia Sassen, Professor, Columbia University, author of The Global City

“compellingly readable…essential
and enjoyable guide for all our lives”

Published June 2023
Lord Norman Foster of Thames Bank

“A compelling, holistic and well-balanced narrative…
full of insights… cover to cover, a great read”.

Published June 2023
Peter Frankopan, Oxford Professor and author of
The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed

“A fresh, clear-eyed and timely analysis"

Published June 2023
Tim Marshall, author of Prisoners of Geography

“An absorbing journey"

Published June 2023

Latest:

How cities made us — and shape our future, Financial Times (28 December 2023)

Ian Goldin: Waves of Change, New Constellations (24 November 2023)

FT Best Books of 2023 – Economics, Financial Times (15 November 2023)

Oxford Martin School researchers explore Generative AI’s impact, Oxford Martin School (25 September 2023)

The age of the city has not ended–but its inequality is fueling the backlash against metropolitan elites, Fortune (20 September 2023)

Wird die Zukunft in unseren Städten entschieden? (Will the future be decided in our cities?), 48 Forward (7 September 2023)

“Why the Wealth of the Nation lies in our Biggest Cities”, The Scotsman (3 July 2023)

City Talks: The Cauldrons of the Future, Centre for Cities (29 June 2023)

“How to Reduce the Damage Done by Gentrification”, The Guardian (29 June 2023)

World Business Report, BBC News (28 June 2023)

Age of the City: Why our Future will be Won or Lost Together, Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin, (22 June 2023)

“Cities are central to our future – they have the power to make, or break, society’s advances”, The Conversation (22 June 2023)

Book talk: ‘Age of the City: why our future will be won or lost together’ with Prof Ian Goldin, Oxford Martin School (16 June 2023)

The Death of Globalisation?, BBC Analysis (27 Feb and 5 March 2023)

Urban Rebirth: Economic Considerations for Reconstruction in Kharkiv and Ukraine, Edward Glaeser and Ian Goldin (December 2022)

Europe under intense pressure, Ian Goldin Opinion Piece, Los Angeles Times (18 September 2022)

‘Demography is not destiny’, Financial Times (8 August 2022)

‘Why is productivity slowing down?’, Journal of Economic Literature (17 June 2022)

Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World’, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (15 March 2022)

‘Talking about radical change with Ian Goldin’, Thinking the Unthinkable Podcast with Nik Gowing (9 February 2022)

‘Demographic changes as China’s birth rate drops to record low’, Al Jazeera (17 January 2022)

Getting ready for the 100-year life: Rethink Population, BBC Radio 4 (7 January 2022)

Is Demography Destiny?: Rethink Population, BBC Radio 4 (3 January 2022)

‘Citi GPS : Can Productivity Reduce Risks of a Debt Ratchet?’, Global Insights, Citigroup (29 December 2021)

Inequality is polarizing the world, The World Today (3 December 2021)

Covid-19 has made fighting inequality more critical than ever, Financial Times (6 September 2021)

Impacts of COVID-19: global systems with Ian Goldin, Frontiers Policy Labs Podcast (7 June 2021)

From Global Crisis to a Better World, TED Talk (29 June 2021)

Fire, tsunami, pandemic: how to ensure societies learn lessons from disaster – podcast (from 27:45), The Conversation Weekly (24 June 2021)

Bridges to the future, Royal Society for Arts (22 June 2021)

How the pandemic could save us, VoxEU (20 June 2021)

The future of globalisation, CNBC Squawk Box (16 June 2021)

Rescue by Ian Goldin — Covid crisis as catalyst, Financial Times (9 June 2021)

‘Business as usual’ will only bring us more pandemics, this Oxford economist says, Fortune (7 June 2021)

Biography

Professor Ian Goldin is Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford and the Director of the Oxford Martin Research Programmes on Technological and Economic Change, Future of Work and Future of Development. He is a Professorial Fellow at the University’s Balliol College. From 2006 to 2016 he was the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School.

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