Artificial intelligence promises to transform Europe’s economy. But which places stand to benefit: those that invent AI or those that put it to work?
Drawing on evidence from 191 European regions between 2022 and 2024, this talk explores the different geographies of AI invention and use. Regions with stronger demand for AI skills experienced faster growth in income per person and productivity, but no detectable change in employment. AI patenting, by contrast, showed no clear link with growth. Although the evidence captures only the early years of rapid AI expansion, it suggests that the economic benefits may depend more on where AI is used than on where it is invented. The talk considers what this means for regional development, inequality and policy in Europe.
Meet our speaker
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose is the Princesa de Asturias Chair and a Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He is the Director of the Cañada Blanch Centre at LSE. He was formerly the Head of the Department of Geography and Environment between 2006 and 2009. He is a past President of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (2015-2017) and served as Vice-President of the RSAI in 2014. He was also Vice-President (2012-2013) and Secretary (2001-2005) of the European Regional Science Association.
Meet our chair
Dr. Juan Viña is the President of the Cañada Blanch Foundation, the Centre’s partner institution. He is also a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Valencia. He previously served as director general at the University Hospital of Valencia’s Health Research Institute (2000-2012). He has also worked as a researcher at the University of Oxford’s Metabolic Research Laboratory, as assistant professor at Hershey Medical Center and as a visiting scholar at the Chicago Medical School’s Department of Physiology.
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