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Juan Grigera

Dr Juan Grigera

Senior Lecturer in International Development

Research interests

  • International development
  • Policy
  • Politics

Contact details

Biography

Dr Juan Grigera is a Senior Lecturer in International Development. He completed his PhD at the University of Buenos Aires with support from CONICET (Argentina). He completed a MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics.

Research

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Deindustrialisation
  • Social conflict

Juan authored the book, 'The diffusion of Artificial Intelligence' (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). Currently, he is also an active member of the editorial board of Historical Materialism (London) and Cuadernos de Economía Crítica (Argentina).

Teaching

Undergraduate

4YYD0002 History of the Global Economy
5YYD0018 Development Theory

Postgraduate

7YYD0024 Global Labour and Development

PhD Supervision

Juan supervises PhD students in the areas of the social and economic impact of Artificial Intelligence, and structural transformation and economic development of Latin America.

Research

Mind the gap
Poverty, Inequality & Inclusive Growth research group

Exploring the causes of poverty in emerging economies and the factors that prevent people from escaping it, including who remains vulnerable to economic slow-downs.

News

King's researchers comment on the outcomes of the UK AI Safety Summit

Members of the King’s Institute for AI community share thoughts on the AI Safety Summit outcomes

cartoon image of a person looking at an exclamation mark sign

Events

24MarCOVID-19 temp check Africa

Covid and Development: a roundtable discussion with members of the Department of International Development

'What has Covid revealed? And what will it result in?', with a focus on various Global South contexts.

Please note: this event has passed.

01Aprconstruction workers

Closing the gaps? Intersectional inequalities during the Workers’ Party administrations in Brazil (2003-2013)

Join Pedro Mendes Loureiro (University of Cambridge) for this talk on income inequality in Brazil.

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

Argentina debt crisis: IMF austerity plan is being derailed

The new government of Alberto Fernandez must now deal with Argentina's least favourite international organisation, writes Dr Juan Grigera.

The Argentine flag flies in the wind

Research

Mind the gap
Poverty, Inequality & Inclusive Growth research group

Exploring the causes of poverty in emerging economies and the factors that prevent people from escaping it, including who remains vulnerable to economic slow-downs.

News

King's researchers comment on the outcomes of the UK AI Safety Summit

Members of the King’s Institute for AI community share thoughts on the AI Safety Summit outcomes

cartoon image of a person looking at an exclamation mark sign

Events

24MarCOVID-19 temp check Africa

Covid and Development: a roundtable discussion with members of the Department of International Development

'What has Covid revealed? And what will it result in?', with a focus on various Global South contexts.

Please note: this event has passed.

01Aprconstruction workers

Closing the gaps? Intersectional inequalities during the Workers’ Party administrations in Brazil (2003-2013)

Join Pedro Mendes Loureiro (University of Cambridge) for this talk on income inequality in Brazil.

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

Argentina debt crisis: IMF austerity plan is being derailed

The new government of Alberto Fernandez must now deal with Argentina's least favourite international organisation, writes Dr Juan Grigera.

The Argentine flag flies in the wind