Ian Goldin

Ian Goldin

Ian Andrew Goldin is a professor at the University of Oxford. He took up his most recent position as director of Oxford Martin School^[1] (formerly named James Martin 21st Century School) at the University of Oxford, in September 2006.^[2][3] He is the Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development, and holds a professorial fellowship at Balliol College,^[4] Oxford.^[5] He was born in South Africa.

Education

Goldin attended Pretoria Boys High School and Rondebosch Boys' High School, Cape Town^[6] and has a Bachelor of Arts|BA (Hons) and a BSc from the University of Cape Town, an MSc from the London School of Economics, an AMP from INSEAD and an MA and DPhil from the University of Oxford.

Career

Prior to 1996 Goldin was principal economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)^[7] in London, and program director at the OECD^[8] in Paris, where he directed the Development Centre's Programs on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development.

From 1996 to 2001 Goldin was chief executive and managing director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)^[9][10] and at that time also served as an adviser to President Nelson Mandela. He succeeded in transforming the Bank from an apartheid-era institution to become the leading agent of development in the 14 countries of Southern Africa. During this period, Goldin served on several government committees and boards, and was finance director for South Africa’s Olympic Games bid.

Goldin was director of development policy at the World Bank^[11] (2001–2003) and then vice president of the World Bank (2003–2006). He served on the Bank's senior management team, and was directly responsible for its relationship with the UK and all other European, North American and developed countries. Goldin led the Bank's collaboration with the United Nations and other partners. As Director of Development Policy, Goldin played a central role in the research and strategy agenda of the Bank, working closely with the Chief Economist, Lord Nicholas Stern, under the leadership of James Wolfensohn. During this period, Goldin was special representative at the United Nations and served on the chief executive board of the UN and the UN Reform Task Force.

Since 2006, Goldin has been director of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. The Oxford Martin School is the leading global scholarly centre of deep research into a broad range of future challenges. The school research faculty, more than 300 people drawn from over 100 academic disciplines, is seeking to find solutions to questions of health and medicine, energy and the environment, technology and society and ethics and governance. In 2012 it launched the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations, which is chaired by Pascal Lamy, with Goldin as the vice-chair. The Oxford Martin Commission published its findings in October 2013.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

In addition to his Oxford appointments Professor Goldin is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Sciences Po, Paris^[17] and serves on the Advisory Committee of ETH-Zurich^[18] and IDDRI (The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations), Paris. He is an Honorary Trustee of Comic Relief and on the Council for the Overseas Development Institute.

Other activities

Goldin has been engaged with governments and with other policy actors on development in Asia (notably, in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), Africa (worked in over 25 countries in Africa, including in Maghreb, Francophone Africa, and Southern and Eastern Africa), Eastern Europe (Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland), Latin America (notably, Mexico, Central America, Argentina, Chile and Brazil), the European Union, US, and Japan.

As a visiting lecturer, he has given lectures, workshops and seminars at the Universities of Oxford, Harvard, MIT, Columbia (New York), UC Berkeley, LSE, Sussex, Sorbonne (Paris 1), SciencesPo., Toulouse, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Tokyo, Cape Town, Witwatersrand, Dar es Salaam, Accra, Beijing, Tsinghua, Shanghai, Singapore, Thailand (TDRI), Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Fe, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Managua, Mexico DF, and to numerous foundations, think tanks and others.

He has initiated and directed a wide range of collaborative research programs including OECD/CEPR/Rockefeller Programs on “The Economics of Sustainable Development” and “Economic Reform, Trade and Development”.

Awards

Goldin has received wide recognition for his contributions to development and research. His awards include:

• France: “Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite”. (Awarded for Services to Development, 2000).^[19]
• National Productivity Institute: Gold Award. (Awarded for Management, 1999).
• World Economic Forum: Global Leader for Tomorrow. (Achievements in Development, 1998).

Publications

Goldin has published over 50 articles and 20 books, including:

• "Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance", with Dr Chris Kutarna St. Martin's Press, 2016^[20][21]
• "The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change and Ideas", OUP, 2016^[22][23][24]
• "The Butterfly Defect: How globalization creates systemic risk and what to do about it", Princeton University Press, 2014^{[25][26][27][28][29][30]}
• "Is the Planet Full?", Oxford University Press, 2014^{[31][32][33][34][35]}
• "Divided Nations: Why global governance is failing and what we can do about it", Oxford University Press, 2013.^{[36][37][38][39][40][41]}
• "Globalization for Development: Meeting New Challenges”, (with Kenneth Reinert), Oxford University Press, 2012^[42][43][44]
• "Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future", (with Geoffrey Cameron and Meera Balarajan), Princeton University Press, 2011.^{[45][46][47][48][49][50][51]}
• “Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration, and Policy”, (with Kenneth Reinert), World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan, Washington and Basingstoke, 2006, reprinted in 2007.^[52]
• “The Case For Aid”, (with Nicholas Stern and F. Halsey Rogers), World Bank, Washington, 2002
• “The Economics of Sustainable Development” (edited with Alan Winters), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995.
• Global Governance and Systemic Risk in the 21st Century (with Tiffany Vogel), Global Policy, 1(1), January 2010.
• Globalisation and Risks for Business, 360 Risk Insight Report, Lloyds, London, 2010.

References

1. Ford, Liz (2005-06-01). "Oxford institute to seek solutions to world's problems". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
2. Crace, John (2006-10-23). "Ian Goldin: Think global". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
3. "On the move...". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2016-04-21.
4. "Professor Ian Goldin | Balliol College, University of Oxford". www.balliol.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
5. "Professor Ian Goldin, Director]". UK: Oxford Martin School. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
6. Bonorchis, Renée (20 September 2006). "Inspiring Research At the Dreaming Spires to Benefit the Poor". Business Day. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
7. Baker, By Martin. "Man with a handle on how to survive the 21st century". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
8. "Le Président Nelson Mandela : quelques réflexions personnelles - Observateur OCDE". www.observateurocde.org. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
9. "Business leaders pay tribute to Mandela". Business Day Live. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
10. "The Evolution of the DBSA 2010". Issuu. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
11. "World Bank Global Practices — knowledge sharing made easier? | Devex". www.devex.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
12. Donnan, Shawn (2013-10-16). "Global institutions need revamp, Oxford Martin Commission warns". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
13. "Short-termism in business can perpetuate instability and risk". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
14. "Think long term to address world's biggest problems: report". The Conversation. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
15. "Why politicians need historians". The Guardian. 2014-10-07. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
16. Goldin, Ian (2013-10-25). "Report calls on business to take responsibility and think long-term". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
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18. "Advisory Board". www.riskcenter.ethz.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
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20. Bloomsbury.com. "Age of Discovery". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
21. "Ian Goldin and Christopher Kutarna - Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance - 7 Apr 2016 - Oxford Literary Festival". oxfordliteraryfestival.org. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
22. "The Pursuit of Development". global.oup.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
23. "Ian Goldin - The Pursuit of Development, Economic Growth, Social Change and Ideas - 8 Apr 2016 - Oxford Literary Festival". oxfordliteraryfestival.org. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
24. 21school (2016-03-21), 'The pursuit of development, economic growth, social change and ideas' with Ian Goldin, retrieved 2016-04-21
25. Goldin, Ian (2014-03-14). "The ‘butterfly defect’ at the heart of globalisation". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
26. "To preserve the benefits from globalization, global connectivity requires global coordination.". USAPP. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
27. "Globalization and Systemic Risk | The European Financial Review | Empowering communications globally". www.europeanfinancialreview.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
28. Donnan, Review by Shawn (2014-07-20). "A qualified defence of economic complexity". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
29. "The promise and the perils of globalisation: a conversation with Ian Goldin | Prospect Magazine". www.prospectmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
30. "Globalisation has created substantial benefits, but global governance must evolve to meet the challenges posed by new systemic risks". EUROPP. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
31. "Is the Planet Full?". global.oup.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
32. "Book Review: Is the Planet Full? edited by Ian Goldin". LSE Review of Books. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
33. "Food security in the twenty-first century | OUPblog". OUPblog. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
34. "World needs more people to stop population crash". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
35. "What do 7 Billion People Mean for our Global Future?". The Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
36. "Divided Nations: Why Global Governance is Failing, and What We Can Do About It by Ian Goldin". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2016-04-21.
37. "Divided Nations: Why Global Governance Is Failing, and What We Can Do About It". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
38. Atkins, Review by Ralph (2013-04-07). "An optimist’s view from the edge of the abyss". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
39. 21school (2013-03-22), Divided Nations: Why global governance is failing and what we can do about it, retrieved 2016-04-21
40. "Book Review: 'Divided Nations' by Ian Goldin". The Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
41. "Ian Goldin: 'Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be' (Wired UK)". Wired UK. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
42. "Globalization for Development". global.oup.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
43. "Can globalisation work for the poor? | Videos". Oxford Martin School. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
44. "Professor Ian Goldin - Globalization for Development | Global Policy Journal - Practitioner, Academic, Global Governance, International Law, Economics, Security, Institutions, Comment & Opinion, Media, Events, Journal". www.globalpolicyjournal.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
45. "Harnessing immigrant mobility means prosperity for all Canadians". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
46. "The future of mobility". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
47. "Why more migration makes sense". Retrieved 2016-04-21.
48. Lloyd, Review by John (2011-07-10). "An inexorable flow to richer lands". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
49. Staff, WSJ. "Five Reasons to Embrace Migrants". WSJ. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
50. "Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2016-04-21.
51. "Dominic Lawson: More migrants please, especially the clever ones". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
52. Author search results from palgrave.com

External links

• Professor Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford Martin School
• Ian Goldin at TED

Goldin is a regular speaker at WEF (World Economic Forum) and other events. Examples of his talks include:

• TEDGlobal, Oxford.
• World Economic Forum, Davos, 2016
• London School of Economics, 2015
• List of Goldin's videos on the Oxford Martin School website
• List of Goldin's presentations on the Oxford Martin School website