2024 Public Scholar
2024 Public Scholar Lecture
Klaus Desmet, Ph.D.
Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor in Cities, Regions and Globalization
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
12:00 - 1:15 PM
Meadows Museum
Jones Great Hall
The Maguire Ethics Center is proud to announce Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor in Cities, Regions and Globalization Klaus Desmet, Ph.D., will give the 2024 Maguire Public Scholar Lecture.
Lecture Excerpt: Climate change presents significant ethical dilemmas that challenge us to balance immediate economic growth with long-term environmental sustainability. Should advanced economies bear more responsibility in supporting vulnerable developing nations? Can global agreements to mitigate climate change be effectively implemented? How does global warming influence demographic policies and population trends? At the heart of these pressing issues is the ethical disparity between the major contributors to climate change and those who bear its brunt. Join us in exploring these critical questions and our collective public responsibility to address them.
Registration is required.
About Klaus Desmet, Ph.D.
Klaus Desmet is the Altshuler Professor of Cities, Regions, and Globalization at Southern Methodist University. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Desmet earned his MSc in Business and Engineering from Université catholique de Louvain and his PhD in Economics from Stanford University. Before joining SMU, he served as a professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
Desmet's research spans regional economics, climate change, and political economy, with his work featured in prestigious journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Economic Theory, and the Journal of Development Economics. In recognition of his contributions, he received the Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize in 2019 and the August Lösch Prize in 2010. Additionally, Desmet serves as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Academic Advisory Council.
Dr. Desmet in the News
• Latent Polarization – May 2024
• Using spatial integrated assessment models to understand the local and global economic impact of climate change – April 24, 2024
• Climate Change Economics over Time and Space - February 26, 2024
• On the Geographic Implications of Carbon Taxes – November 21, 2023
• Expanding the measurement of culture with a sample of two billion humans - April 27, 2022
• The Cultural Divide – July 2022
• Cities of Tomorrow Will Need Sustainability and Conservation – Spring 2018
• Cultural Polarization Isn’t New, But Its Alignment With Political Divisions Is – September 20, 2023