New Fellows’ spotlight

Professor Carl Benedikt Frey Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work, Oxford Internet Institute; Director, Future of Work and Oxford Martin Citi Fellow, Oxford Martin School; Fellow of Mansfield College

Will machines equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) render human workers redundant? Is work as we know it about to be terminated? Does remote work spell the end of urbanisation? Why has the internet failed to accelerate research productivity and breakthrough innovation? And is AI a centralising technology that threatens worker autonomy?

As an economist interested in how technology is reshaping our societies, I will be focusing my research on these questions among others. At the Oxford Martin School, I lead a team investigating the broader labour market impacts of AI, and at the Oxford Internet Institute, I teach a core module on the Frontiers of Social Data Science, exploring the role of data in society, and how big data can be used to answer many of the burning questions of our time.

Dr Reuben Ng Inaugural Principal’s Visiting Fellow at Mansfield in partnership with Schmidt Futures’ International Strategy Forum (ISF) Fellowship scheme; Behavioural and Data Scientist and Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

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As a distinguished Behavioural and Data Scientist and Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Reuben Ng brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the College community. His expertise spans ageism, social gerontology, and quantitative social science.

In addition to his new role as the Principal’s Visiting Fellow at Mansfield, and his post at Singapore, Dr Ng is Lead Scientist at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk. He holds a PhD in Epidemiology & Public Health from Yale University.

Principal Helen Mountfield KC expressed her enthusiasm about Dr Ng’s appointment:

‘I’m delighted that, thanks to the generosity of the International Strategy Forum by Schmidt Futures, we are able to welcome the fascinating and dynamic Professor Reuben Ng as an ISF Visiting Fellow this year. Dr Ng joins us from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the University of Singapore, where he specialises in the use of big data to identify public attitudes and to inform public policy.’