Adapting Economics Assessments for a GenAI World: feedback on the RES report

Adapting Economics Assessments for a GenAI World: feedback on the RES report feat Emiliya Lazarova (UEA), Petar Stankov (Royal Holloway) and Ioanna Papatsouma (Imperial College London and Chair Royal Statistics Society Teaching Statistics Section) . The session will be chaired by Denise Hawkes (Chair Royal Economics Society Professional Development & Education Committee and Kings College London).

Generative AI (GenAI) is creating unprecedented challenges and opportunities for economics academics and students. Drawing from the results of the recently published Royal Economic Society and CTaLE-Stone Centre report Rethinking Economics Assessment for a GenAI World, this seminar is devoted to understand how those teaching on economics degrees in the UK have responded to this technological transformation in their assessment design and proposes next steps for such degrees. The discussion will be focused not on how merely adapting to new technology but on a fundamental rethinking of what an economics degree should be in preparing students for their future lives and careers.