Where was Carl Benedikt Frey born and which university did he attend?
Carl Benedikt Frey was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He attended Katedralskolan before studying economics, history and management at Lund University.
Carl Benedikt Frey was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He attended Katedralskolan before studying economics, history and management at Lund University.
The study co-authored by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne estimated that 47% of jobs were at risk of automation. Their methodology was adopted by the Bank of England and the World Bank while over 17,000 citations appeared under this work according to Google Scholar as of May 2025.
Carl Benedikt Frey published The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation in 2019. He compared the British Industrial Revolution to the Computer Revolution within this book.
In 2024 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne published a reappraisal suggesting the latest wave of technology helps rather than harms less skilled employees. This analysis challenges the narrative of inevitable job loss for large groups of people.
As of May 2025 Carl Benedikt Frey holds the Dieter Schwarz Associate Professorship of Artificial Intelligence and Work at the Oxford Internet Institute. He serves as Director of the Future of Work Programme and is an Oxford Martin Citi Fellow at the Oxford Martin School.