If we are serious about rethinking global cooperation we have to challenge our current thinking and question taken-for-granted convictions. Our guests of NADEL 50 years will do exactly that.

In our webinar, renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato will be interviewed about public value and reinventing the state in a post-COVID era to shape our economies to have wellbeing and inclusion at the centre of how we create, measure and distribute value.

Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). In her latest book Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (2021) Mariana Mazzucato argues that we must rethink the capacities and role of government within the economy and society, and above all recover a sense of public purpose.

Mariana Mazzucato advises policy makers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. She is winner of international prizes including the 2020 John von Neumann Award and the 2018 Leontief Prize, and was named as one of the "3 most important thinkers about innovation" by The New Republic, one of the 50 most creative people in business in 2020 by Fast Company, and one of the 25 leaders shaping the future of capitalism by WIRED.

The webinar will be moderated by Daniel Hitzig