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Prof. Dr. Wim Naudé is a Visiting Professor at the TIME Research Area of RWTH Aachen University, Germany. He holds multiple affiliations, including Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, Fellow at the Africa Study Centre (University of Leiden, Netherlands), Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics (Germany), and KI-Experte at the OECD AI Policy Observatory (France). His work spans technology, entrepreneurship, and planetary habitability, with a focus on the unsustainability of growth-based economic systems.
Research Interests: Wim investigates Artificial Intelligence (AI) economics, ecological economics, and the decline of entrepreneurial dynamism in the West. His research highlights the interplay between energy centrality, growth constraints, and AI's role in post-growth societies. He critiques the illusion of perpetual economic growth and explores societal collapse narratives.
Publication Trends: Recent work centers on AI's economic impacts, degrowth theories, and entrepreneurship in conflict zones. His articles and books analyze AI's dual role as both a solution and contributor to global challenges like climate change and inequality.
Scientific Awards:
- Top 2% of global scientists (Stanford University/Elsevier)
- Top 25 economist in Big Data (IDEAS/RePEC)
- Highly Ranked Scholar™ in AI (#32 globally)
Projects & Collaborations: He co-led a Volkswagen Stiftung project on AI and societal futures, contributed to the OECD AI Observatory, and authored influential books such as The Economic Decline of the West and Economic Growth and Societal Collapse. His affiliations include the IZA Institute of Labor Economics and the TIME Research Area at RWTH Aachen.
