Dazed and Confused: How to Make Sense of the New Era of Geo Economics

Mon 9 March

Wolfson College

Celebrate International Women’s Day by joining a conversation on women’s leadership and expertise in guiding global resilience and navigating complexity.

In this timely talk, award-winning journalist and author Gillian Tett will explore why today’s world feels “dazed and confused,” as economics, geopolitics, and technology become ever more deeply intertwined. She will explore how global power, markets, and long-standing assumptions about the global economic system are being reshaped, and how the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is transforming decision-making, institutions, and societies.

The talk will be followed by a conversation chaired by the Wolfson College President, Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu.

Speaker:
In 2023, Gillian Tett was elected to serve as Provost to King’s College, Cambridge.

Gillian also writes weekly columns covering economic, financial, political, and social issues for the US Financial Times and is the co-founder of FT Moral Money, a newsletter that tracks the ESG revolution in business and finance.

From 2013 to 2019, Tett was the FT’s US Managing Editor, also serving as Assistant Editor for the FT’s markets coverage, Capital Markets Editor, Deputy Editor of the Lex column, Tokyo Bureau Chief and Correspondent, London-based economics reporter and a reporter in Russia and Brussels.

Before joining the FT, Gillian was awarded a PhD in Social Anthropology from Cambridge and in 2024, was awarded an OBE for her services to journalism.

Details:
This event is open to all and free to attend - please book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dazed-and-confused-how-to-make-sense-of-the-new-era-of-geo-economics-tickets-1980542689499?aff=oddtdtcreator

Access:
This event will take place in the Lee Hall which has step-free access and an accessible toilet.

Contact:
If you have any questions, please contact our events team - events@wolfson.cam.ac.uk

Cost: Free