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✨ Mahalo nui loa to everyone who joined us for the Seminar Series on AI, Robots, Cybernetic Avatars, and the Economy!

Over three days, we explored how rapid advances in AI and robotics are reshaping labor markets and society. Our distinguished speakers—Russell Wong (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond), Achyuta Adhvaryu (UC San Diego), Daniel Martin (UC Santa Barbara), and Daiji Kawaguchi (University of Tokyo)—shared cutting-edge research on technological unemployment, job search and AI, human responses to AI oversight, and the impacts of remote work on household roles.

Hosted by the Department of Economics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Special thanks to the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST Moonshot Project) for their generous support! Thanks also to project members Tatsuma Wada (Keio University) and Rui Ota (Meiji University) for joining us!

This important conversation on AI, work, and the future of our economy will continue—and we look forward to building on the insights shared during this workshop. 🌐🤝

The Trustees of the Cliometric Society (www.cliometrics.org) have elected Professor Emeritus Sumner La Croix (UHERO and Dept. of Economics, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa) as a Fellow of the Cliometrics Society. Fellows must have published contributions to economic history that are markedly original and have significantly advanced the frontiers of knowledge. La Croix's research focuses on the economic history of Hawai‘i and Australia, institutional change and property rights in the Asia-Pacific region, and climate change and electric vehicles. He is associate editor of Asia-Pacific Economic History Review and the President of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand. Sumner’s book, Hawai‘i: Eight Hundred Years of Political and Economic Change, was published by University of Chicago Press in 2019.

Congratulations to our 2025 spring commencement graduates! You did it!
We honor you, your hard work and all of your achievements!
(Professor Sang-Hyop Lee, Professor Theresa Greaney, Joonwoo Lee, Younghan Lee, HoSuk Choi, Professor Nori Tarui, Adib Rahman (L-R))

Congratulations to our 2025 spring commencement graduates! You did it!
We honor you, your hard work and all of your achievements!
(Matthew Jung, Chris Hamada, Elisabeth do Rosario Vicente, Ngoc "Tiffany" Le, Binierose Cacho, Wyatt McHale (L-R))

Congratulations to our 2025 spring commencement graduates! You did it!
We honor you, your hard work and all of your achievements!
(Wyatt McHale, Chris Hamada, Ngoc "Tiffany" Le, Elisabeth do Rosario Vicente, Binierose Cacho (L-R))

Congratulations to our 2025 spring commencement graduates! You did it!
We honor you, your hard work and all of your achievements!
(Joonwoo Lee, Wyatt McHale, Professor Theresa Greaney, Matthew Jung, Chris Hamada, Elisabeth do Rosario Vicente, Adib Rahman, Ngoc "Tiffany" Le, Professor Nori Tarui, Binierose Cacho (L-R))

Congratulations to our 2025 spring commencement graduates! You did it!
We honor you, your hard work and all of your achievements!
(Professor Sang-Hyop Lee, Professor Nori Tarui, Adib Rahman, HoSuk Choi, Professor Theresa Greaney, Joonwoo Lee, Dean Denise Eby Konan (standing L-R), Younghan Lee)

Andrew Mason is the 2025 recipient of the Robert J. Lapham award, bestowed biannually in recognition for contributions through the application of demographic knowledge to policy issues. The award cited the widely adopted framework used to quantify how members of each generation acquire and use economic resources. The framework, National Transfer Accounts (NTA), has been adopted by the UN and researchers and governments in over 100 countries. NTA is being used to analyze the impact of the demographic dividend in low and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa, and the impact of aging in advanced countries. NTA has also recently been applied to assess the economic impact of aging in Hawaii. Sang-Hyop Lee was a founding member of National Transfer Accounts and leads the NTA regional network for Asia and the Pacific. Many graduates of UH Economics are also making important contributions to the development and application of NTA.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/01/15/descartes-ai-research-training/

New, paid AI training to address decarbonization, healthcare, more | University of Hawaiʻi System News The program offers funding for both research and tuition, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge discoveries.

Thank you to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Dr. Mary C. Daly for an insightful and engaging Q&A session! It was an incredible opportunity for our students to learn directly from leaders in the field.

A wonderful opportunity for our economics students to have a Q&A session with Dr. Mary Daly, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

🎓 Congratulations to our newest PHD graduates! 🎉 Accompanied by our esteemed ECON faculty including Graduate Chair Sang-Hyop Lee, and professors Michael Roberts and Teresa Molina, these scholars have reached a significant milestone in their academic journey. As they embark on new adventures, we wish them endless success and fulfillment. We know their futures are bright, and we’re proud to have been part of your journey! 🌟