The Centre for Complex Systems Studies (CCSS) is hosting a lecture by Dr. Auke Rijpma on ‘GDP and well-being in the world economy since 1820‘.

This CCSS lunch meeting will take place in the CCSS Living Room (Minnaert building 4.16) from 12:00-13:00 hrs on Tuesday 18 June. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Dr. Auke Rijpma is an assistant professor in economic and social history, at the Faculty of Humanities (Utrecht University). He is interested in how economic growth results in widely shared gains in wellbeing. He takes a quantitative and computational approach to the historical record, and tracks how things like income, health, work, and inequality changed as economies grew and stagnated.

If you wish to attend the lecture, please find more information and sign up here before 15:00 on Monday 17 June.