Economics and Politics in the Robotic Age

Dr Qing-Ping Ma currently works at Nottingham University Business School (China). He obtained a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from Peking University (China), and a PhD in economics from the University of London (UK). He has worked at Peking University, University College London, and Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, focusing on the mechanisms of pain, analgesia, anxiety, and depression. He has used robots extensively in high throughput screening for drug discovery, and consequently developed a strong interest in the socio-economic impact of robotics and artificial intelligence. His research interests in economics are pension economics, economic growth, the digital economy, industrial revolutions, and technological progress. He has published over 60 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, ten book chapters, three books on economics, and two books on physics.