{"id":10147,"date":"2024-11-12T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T07:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/research-en\/?page_id=10147"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:01:12","slug":"the-macroeconomics-of-automation-artificial-intelligence-and-digitization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/research-en\/doctoral-education\/dsefm\/the-macroeconomics-of-automation-artificial-intelligence-and-digitization\/","title":{"rendered":"The macroeconomics of automation, artificial intelligence, and digitization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"py-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"course-advanced-macroeconomics-ii-block-a-the-macroeconomics-of-automation-artificial-intelligence-and-digitization\"\n    >\nCourse: Advanced Macroeconomics II &#8211; Block A &#8211; The macroeconomics of automation, artificial intelligence, and digitization<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor: <\/strong>Andreas Irmen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ECTS<\/strong>: 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aims:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course Advanced Macroeconomics II of the Doctoral School in Economics and Finance connects students to the research frontier of modern Macroeconomics. 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