Ian Goldin

{{Short description|South African-born British professor director of the Oxford Martin School}} {{Multiple issues| {{Promotional|date=January 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2022}} {{External links|date=January 2022}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Ian Goldin | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Professor Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = Ian Goldin in 2012 | birth_name = Ian Andrew Goldin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|03|03}}<ref name=whoswho/> | birth_place = [[Pretoria]], [[South Africa]] | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause =  | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | siglum = | pronounce = | citizenship =  | nationality =  | fields = [[Globalization]]<br>[[Development studies]] | workplaces = {{Plainlist| * [[University of Oxford]] * [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] * [[World Bank]] * [[OECD]] * [[Development Bank of Southern Africa]]}} | patrons = | education = [[Pretoria Boys High School]]<br> [[Rondebosch Boys' High School]] | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * [[University of Cape Town]] (BSc, BA) * [[London School of Economics]] (MSc) * [[University of Oxford]] (DPhil, MA) * [[INSEAD]] (AMP)}} | thesis_title = Coloured preference policies and the making of coloured political identity in the Western Cape region of South Africa, with particular reference to the period 1948 to 1984 | thesis_url = https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44OXF_INST/35n82s/alma990116522470107026 | thesis_year = 1984 | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = [[Oxford Martin School]] | awards = [[Ordre national du Mérite]] (2000) | spouse = {{Marriage|Theresa Webber|1992}} | partner =  | children = | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | signature =  | signature_type =  | signature_alt = | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = }} '''Ian Andrew Goldin''' (born 1955)<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon | title = Goldin, Prof. Ian Andrew | id =U249395 | year = 2024 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U249395 | edition = 176th |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|isbn=9781399409452|oclc=1402257203|pages=2736}}</ref> is a South African-born British professor at the [[University of Oxford]] in England, and was the founding director of the [[Oxford Martin School]].<ref name=problems>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/jun/01/highereducation.science|title=Oxford institute to seek solutions to world's problems|last=Ford|first=Liz|date=2005-06-01|language=en-GB|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Professor Ian Goldin |url=https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-ian-goldin/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk|publisher=Oxford Martin School |language=en}}</ref><ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref><ref name=scopus>{{Scopus id}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/oct/24/highereducationprofile.highereducation|title=Ian Goldin: Think global|last=Crace|first=John|date=2006-10-23|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/on-the-move/205958.article|title=On the move...|website=timeshighereducation.com|publisher=[[Times Higher Education]]|date=2006-09-13 |access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref>

Goldin is currently{{when|date=July 2024}} the director of the Oxford Martin Research Programmes on Technological and Economic Change,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/technological-economic-change/ | title=Oxford Martin School }}</ref> Future of Work<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/future-of-work/ | title=Oxford Martin School }}</ref> and Future of Development.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/future-of-development/ | title=Oxford Martin School }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He is also Professor of [[globalisation]] and [[development studies|development]] and holds a [[professor]]ial [[fellow]]ship at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Director, Oxford Martin School |url=http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/director/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311122439/http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/director/ |archive-date=11 March 2012 |accessdate=21 September 2012 |publisher=Oxford Martin School |location=UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Ian Goldin {{!}} Balliol College, University of Oxford |url=https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/professor-ian-goldin |access-date=2016-04-21 |website=balliol.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>

==Education== Goldin was educated at [[Pretoria Boys High School]] and [[Rondebosch Boys' High School]] in [[Cape Town]].<ref name="Bonorchis ">{{Cite web | title = Inspiring Research at the Dreaming Spires to Benefit the Poor | last = Bonorchis | first = Renée | work = Business Day | date = 20 September 2006 | accessdate = 2016-03-22 | url = http://allafrica.com/stories/200609200330.html }}</ref> He subsequently obtained [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Science]] degrees from the [[University of Cape Town]], a [[Master of Science]] from the [[London School of Economics]], and a [[Master of Arts]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] from the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Ian Goldin|url=https://iangoldin.org/about/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806192129/https://iangoldin.org/about/|archivedate=2020-08-06|access-date=2023-05-11 |website=iangoldin.org|first=Ian|last= Goldin |language=en-GB|year=2024}}</ref> In 1999 he completed [[INSEAD]]'s [[Advanced Management Program]] (AMP).<ref name=whoswho/><ref>{{Cite web |title=CV of Ian Andrew Goldin |url=https://capitalism.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/ian_goldin_cv_may_2021.doc_.pdf}}</ref>

==Career and research== Prior to 1996 Goldin was principal economist at the [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (EBRD)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/4307348/Man-with-a-handle-on-how-to-survive-the-21st-century.html|title=Man with a handle on how to survive the 21st century|last=Baker|first=Martin|website=telegraph.co.uk|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=21 January 2009 |location=London|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> in [[London]], and program director at the [[OECD]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.observateurocde.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/3509/Le_Pr_E9sident_Nelson_Mandela_:_quelques_r_E9flexions_personnelles.html|title=Le Président Nelson Mandela : quelques réflexions personnelles – Observateur OCDE|website=observateurocde.org|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2013/12/06/business-leaders-pay-tribute-to-mandela|title=Business leaders pay tribute to Mandela|website=Business Day Live|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/developmentbankofsouthernafric/docs/the_evolution_of_the_dbsa_2010|title=The Evolution of the DBSA 2010|website=issuu.com|date=31 October 2010 |access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> and served as an adviser to President [[Nelson Mandela]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Derbyshire |first=Jonathan |date=13 August 2014 |title=The promise and the perils of globalisation: a conversation with Ian Goldin |url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/the-promise-and-the-perils-of-globalisation-a-conversation-with-ian-goldin}}</ref> He transitioned the Bank from an apartheid-era institution to a major agent for development in the 14 countries of Southern Africa.<ref name=smh>{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=Tim |date=2017-06-09 |title=Nelson Mandela adviser Ian Goldin on our chances for a new golden age |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/nelson-mandela-adviser-ian-goldin-on-our-chances-for-a-new-golden-age-20170605-gwkl4l.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=smh.com.au|publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |language=en}}</ref> During this period, Goldin was finance director for South Africa's Olympic Games bid.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Goldin was director of development policy at the [[World Bank]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.devex.com/news/world-bank-global-practices-knowledge-sharing-made-easier-87481|title=World Bank Global Practices – knowledge sharing made easier? {{!}} Devex|website=devex.com|date=17 December 2015 |access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> (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 worked on the research and strategy agenda of the Bank, with the [[Chief Economist]], [[Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford|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.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

In 2006, Goldin became founding director of the [[Oxford Martin School]].<ref name=":1" /> The school established 45 programmes of research, with over 500 academics from over 100 disciplines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/reports/ideas_into_action.pdf |title= Ideas into Action – Oxford Martin School 10th Anniversary Report |website=Oxford Martin School|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> He remained the School's director until September 2016 when [[Achim Steiner]] followed him in this position. He is now{{when|date=July 2024}} Director of three research programmes at the department: Technological and Economic Change, Future of Work and Future of Development.<ref name=":1" />

Goldin initiated and was vice-chair of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/commission/Oxford_Martin_Now_for_the_Long_Term.pdf |title= Now for the Long Term |website=Oxford Martin School|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> which brought together international leaders from government, business, academia, media and civil society to discuss a long-term perspective in international negotiations. Chaired by [[Pascal Lamy]], the Commission published its findings in October 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/68779e4e-364f-11e3-aaf1-00144feab7de|title=Global institutions need revamp, Oxford Martin Commission warns|last=Donnan|first=Shawn|date=2013-10-16|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|website=ft.com|issn=0307-1766|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref>

Goldin is also a founding trustee of the International Center for Future Generations, a think tank that is dedicated to ensuring that future decision-makers and equipped and emerging technologies are harnessed to best serve the interests of humanity.<ref>{{Cite web | title=icfg.eu | url=https://icfg.eu/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210805/http://icfg.eu/ | access-date=2026-03-29 | archive-date=2018-08-06}}</ref>

Goldin has been a distinguished visiting professor at [[Sciences Po]], Paris<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sciencespo.fr/psia/users/iangoldin|title=ian.goldin {{!}} Sciences Po psia|website=sciencespo.fr|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> and served on the advisory committee of [[ETH Zurich]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riskcenter.ethz.ch/content/specialinterest/dual/risk-center/en/people/advisory-board.html|title=Advisory Board|website=riskcenter.ethz.ch|access-date=2016-04-21|archive-date=5 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505133602/http://www.riskcenter.ethz.ch/content/specialinterest/dual/risk-center/en/people/advisory-board.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Paris. He is an honorary trustee of [[Comic Relief]] and is chair of the trustees of the Core-Econ<ref name=core>{{cite web | url=https://www.core-econ.org/meet-core/ | title=Meet CORE }}</ref> initiative to reform the economics curriculum and the teaching of economics.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}. He is a founding trustee of the Centre for Future Generations (CFG), a Brussels based think tank. He is the writer and presenter of the BBC series 'After the Crash', 'The Pandemic that Changed the World', and documentary: 'Will AI Kill Development?', as well as the BBC Analysis 'the Death of Globalisation?'<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jkm4|title= The death of globalisation? Is globalisation really ending? If so, should we consider this a cause for celebration or concern?|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

Goldin is the author of 25 books and over 60 journal articles.<ref name=gs/><ref name=scopus/><ref name=smh /> His most recent books are Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, The Shortest History of Migration, and Age of the City.

Goldin's book on [[human migration]] was published in 2024.<ref name=shortest>{{cite book|first=Ian|last=Goldin|year=2024|title=The Shortest History of Migration|isbn=9781913083458|publisher=Old Street Publishing|location=Exeter|oclc=1440029853|quote=“We are all migrants. Even if you are not a migrant your ancestors were. If they had not migrated you would not be alive”}}</ref> His article on ''Why is Productivity Slowing Down?'' was published in the Journal of Economic Literature in March 2024.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

===Awards=== Goldin has been awarded:

* France: "Chevalier de l'[[Ordre national du Mérite]]", for Services to Development, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globalsouthafricans.com/latest/537-ian-goldin-an-exceptional-global-south-african.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428092105/http://globalsouthafricans.com/latest/537-ian-goldin-an-exceptional-global-south-african.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 April 2016|title=Ian Goldin, an exceptional Global South African|website=globalsouthafricans.com|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> * National Productivity Institute: Gold Award. (Awarded for Management, 1999).{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} * [[World Economic Forum]]: Global Leader for Tomorrow. (Achievements in Development, 1998).{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} * Honorary Doctorate from the National School of Political and Administrative Studies SNSPA in Bucharest, Romania.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Honoris Causa |url=http://erasmus.snspa.ro/about-snspa/doctor-honoris-causa/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=ERASMUS+ SNSPA |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Publications=== Goldin has published 25 books and over 60 articles,<ref name=gs/><ref name=scopus/> including:

* ''The Shortest History of Migration''<ref name=shortest/> * ''Why is Productivity Slowing Down?'', Journal of Economic Literature, 2024 * ''Age of the City: Why our Future will be Won or Lost Together''<ref>with Tom Lee-Devlin, [https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/age-of-the-city-9781399406123/ Bloomsbury], 2023 {{ISBN missing}}</ref> * ''Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World''<ref name=rescue>[https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/ian-goldin/rescue/9781529366884/?v2=true Hodder Hachette], 2021 {{ISBN missing}}</ref> *"Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years", with [[Robert Muggah]],<ref>https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/440179/terra-incognita-by-dr-ian-goldin-and-dr-robert-mugga/9781529124194 Penguin, 2020 {{ISBN missing}}</ref> * ''The Productivity Paradox: Reconciling Rapid Technological Change and Stagnating Productivity'' Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change, 2019{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} *"Migration and the Economy: Economic Realities, Social Impacts and Political Choices", Citi GPS: Global Perspectives and Solutions, 2018{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} *''Development: A Very Short Introduction''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/development-a-very-short-introduction-9780198736257?cc=gb&lang=en&|title=Development: A Very Short Introduction |year= 2018}} {{ISBN missing}} ", [[Oxford University Press]]</ref> *"Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of Our New Renaissance", with Chris Kutarna,<ref name=ageofdisc>https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/147294352X Bloomsbury, 2017 {{ISBN missing}}</ref><ref>"Neuroaesthetics of Emotion and Contemporary Art Forms". PhD Thesis in Art Psychology, 2017( overview). Dr Cvetana Ivanova. at academia.edu {{ISBN missing}}</ref> * "The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change and Ideas",<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0198778031 OUP, 2016 {{ISBN missing}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-pursuit-of-development-9780198778035?cc=gb&lang=en&|title=The Pursuit of Development|website=global.oup.com|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2016/april-08/the-pursuit-of-development-economic-growth-social-change-and-ideas|title=Ian Goldin – The Pursuit of Development, Economic Growth, Social Change and Ideas – 8 Apr 2016 – Oxford Literary Festival|website=oxfordliteraryfestival.org|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> * "The Butterfly Defect: How globalization creates systemic risk and what to do about it", [[Princeton University Press]], 2014<ref name=butterfly>https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0691168423 {{ISBN missing}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blogs/jonathan-derbyshire/the-promise-and-the-perils-of-globalisation-a-conversation-with-ian-goldin|title=The promise and the perils of globalisation: a conversation with Ian Goldin {{!}} Prospect Magazine|website=prospectmagazine.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-21|archive-date=28 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428042106/http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blogs/jonathan-derbyshire/the-promise-and-the-perils-of-globalisation-a-conversation-with-ian-goldin|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Is the Planet Full?''<ref name=full>{{cite book|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|year= 2014|oclc=933337432|editor-first= Ian |editor-last=Goldin|title=Is the Planet Full?}}</ref><ref name=fullreview>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/08/11/book-review-is-the-planet-full-edited-by-ian-goldin/|title=Book Review: Is the Planet Full? edited by Ian Goldin|website=blogs.lse.ac.uk/|publisher=LSE Review of Books|date=11 August 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> * ''Divided Nations: Why global governance is failing and what we can do about it''<ref name=divided>{{cite book|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|year= 2013|oclc=813540528|first=Ian|last=Goldin|title=Divided nations : why global governance is failing, and what we can do about it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/divided-nations-why-global-governance-is-failing-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-by-ian-goldin/2004291.article|title=Divided Nations: Why Global Governance is Failing, and What We Can Do About It by Ian Goldin|website=timeshighereducation.com|publisher=[[Times Higher Education]]|date=6 June 2013 |access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> * "Globalization ''for'' Development: Meeting New Challenges", (with Kenneth Reinert), [[Oxford University Press]], 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/globalization-for-development-9780199645572?cc=gb&lang=en&|title=Globalization for Development|website=global.oup.com|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> * "Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future", (with Geoffrey Cameron and Meera Balarajan), [[Princeton University Press]], 2011.<ref>https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691156316/exceptional-people {{ISBN missing}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/harnessing-immigrant-mobility-means-prosperity-for-all-canadians/article4179162/|title=Harnessing immigrant mobility means prosperity for all Canadians|website=theglobeandmail.com|publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto|date=14 May 2012 |access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> * "Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration, and Policy", (with Kenneth Reinert), World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan, Washington and Basingstoke, 2006, reprinted in 2007.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003M692LC/ {{ISBN missing}}</ref> * ''The Case For Aid'', (with [[Nicholas Stern]] and F. Halsey Rogers), World Bank, Washington, 2002 * ''The Economics of Sustainable Development''<ref name=susdev>The Economics of Sustainable Development (edited with Alan Winters), [[Cambridge University Press]], Cambridge, 1995. {{ISBN missing}}</ref> * ''Global Governance and Systemic Risk in the 21st Century''<ref>Global Governance and Systemic Risk in the 21st Century (with Tiffany Vogel), ''[[Global Policy]]'', 1(1), January 2010. {{doi|10.1111/j.1758-5899.2009.00011.x}}</ref> * Globalisation and Risks for Business, 360 Risk Insight Report, Lloyds, London, 2010.

==Personal life== Goldin married Theresa Webber in 1992 and has one son and one daughter.<ref name=whoswho/>

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