Description
Lea Samek is an Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Directorate, which she joined as a Young Professional. Her work encompasses a wide array of innovation and industry-policy related topics including knowledge-based capital, the link between innovation and productivity, jobs and skills in the digital transformation, semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence. She is also a Research Associate at the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE). Previously Lea worked as an Economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London and as a Visiting Lecturer at King’s College London, researching human capital, labour productivity and their measurement in the context of the modern economy. She obtained her PhD from King’s College London.
