JULIAN D. A. JACOBS
About
I am a Research Scientist and Economist at Google DeepMind and a DPhil Candidate at the University of Oxford.
My work focuses on the economics and political economy of advanced AI systems, with particular emphasis on the AGI transition, labour-market disruption, macroeconomic impacts, institutional adaptation, redistribution, and public policy design.
At Google DeepMind, I help drive an economics research agenda within a post-AGI research unit, focussed on studying the potential impacts increasingly capable AI systems on labour markets, economic institutions, and public policy. My research sits at the intersection of economics, political economy, and AI governance, and asks how governments and institutions should prepare for transformative AI.
Previously, I was Senior Economist at OMFIF, where I led research on AI, macroeconomics, and policy for central banks and public institutions. I have also held research and policy roles at the Brookings Institution, the Centre for the Governance of AI, University College London, and the Office of Barack Obama.
I hold an MSc in Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Brown University.