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Events

Jul 7

Use at Your Own Risk? Integrating Developers into AI Governance

Held alongside the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, this high-level working lunch explores how the decisions shaping AI safety, transparency, and trust are increasingly made during design and development—and what meaningful developer accountability looks like across organisations, regulation, and international AI governance.

May 28

Just Transitions as a Governance Challenge: Policy Pointers from the Trade & Labour Programme

As economic transitions accelerate, the challenge is not only how economies transform, but how these transformations are governed. This webinar explores emerging insights from the Trade and Labour Programme and introduces a forthcoming policy tool designed to help policymakers better align trade and labour strategies for more inclusive outcomes.

May 13

UN Economist Network Global Book Webinar: Pluralism in Economics

Ha-Joon Chang joins the UN Economist Network’s global book webinar series for a conversation on pluralism in economics, moderated by James K. Galbraith.

Feb 5

Beyond Tariffs: Reconnecting Economic Policy with Social Development

Beyond Tariffs: Reconnecting Economic Policy with Social Development is a CSocD64 side event co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations and the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, and co-organised by the TASC Platform, the Geneva Graduate Institute, and the Global Labor Institute (GLI), Cornell University. The event explores how evolving economic policy frameworks can better support social development, decent work, and inclusive transitions in the context of green and digital change.

Feb 4

UN Economist Network book TAlk: Gender, Development and Macroeconomic Policy

Join the UN Economist Network for the opening webinar of its 2026 Global Book Talk series, featuring Diane Elson in conversation on The Diane Elson Reader: Gender, Development and Macroeconomic Policy. This session explores how feminist economics has reshaped macroeconomic thinking on development, care, labour, and social justice, and why these perspectives remain essential to advancing more human-centred and inclusive economic policy today.

Nov 18

UN Economist Network Global Book Talk: Decolonizing Economics

Join the UN Economist Network for a special webinar with the authors of Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction, exploring how economics can move beyond its Eurocentric roots to address inequality, power, and global development more inclusively. This interactive discussion brings together economists, policymakers, and practitioners committed to reimagining economic thought for a fairer, more sustainable world.

Jul 9

AI futures: Reimagining learning and work in 2035 and beyond

Ready to imagine the future, not just predict it?

Join SolveCC, NACCE, and the TASC Platform at the AI for Good Summit 2025 for a dynamic workshop blending expert insight, community storytelling, and collaborative roadmapping to reimagine the future of learning and work by 2035.

Jul 7

Aligning Control and Accountability in the New AI Supply Chain: Who Answers when AI Misbehaves?

Aligning Control and Accountability in the New AI Supply Chain

On the sidelines of the AI for Good Summit, this by-invitation workshop—hosted by the TASC Platform in collaboration with IASEAI and Cognizant—explores how governance must evolve as AI systems become more autonomous and responsibilities more diffuse.

Mar 26

What’s Next on Beyond GDP: A Roadmap to Inclusive and Sustainable Economies for People and Planet

Join Beyond Lab, IISD, and TASC Platform at Palais des Nations for an interactive workshop on moving beyond GDP towards inclusive and sustainable economies. Engage with policymakers, researchers, and young leaders to shape a future that prioritises social, environmental, and economic wellbeing.

Jan 23

Decent Work, Brighter Futures - 20 Years of ILO GET Youth Reports Episode 4: Latin America & The Caribbean

The "Decent Work, Brighter Futures" Talk Series, hosted by YouthForesight in collaboration with the TASC Platform of the Graduate Institute, explores youth employment trends, aspirations, and challenges over the past 20 years through intergenerational dialogues. The 4th event will be in Spanish, focusing on the Latin America and Caribbean, with the series covering global and regional youth labor market transitions and generating ideas for multilateral action.

Dec 10

Decent Work, Brighter Futures – 20 Years of ILO GET Youth reports Episode 3: Europe

The "Decent Work, Brighter Futures" Talk Series, hosted by YouthForesight in collaboration with the TASC Platform of the Graduate Institute, explores youth employment trends, aspirations, and challenges over the past 20 years through intergenerational dialogues. The 3rd event focuses on Europe, with the series covering global and regional youth labor market transitions and generating ideas for multilateral action.

Oct 31

The ‘Decent Work, Brighter Futures’ Talk Series: Asia & the Pacific

The "Decent Work, Brighter Futures" Talk Series, hosted by YouthForesight in collaboration with the TASC Platform of the Graduate Institute and Plan International Indonesia, explores youth employment trends, aspirations, and challenges over the past 20 years through intergenerational dialogues. The first event focuses on Asia and the Pacific, with the series covering global and regional youth labor market transitions and generating ideas for multilateral action.

Jun 26

Transforming the Future of Work: The Power of Systems Thinking for Collaborative Actions in AI and Migration

Participate in our session at the Migration Summit, "Transforming the Future of Work: The Power of Systems Thinking for Collaborative Actions in AI and Migration." In this interactive session, the TASC Platform will share insights from the Future of Work Summit, introduce participants to the power of systems thinking as a tool for informing collaboration and silo-breaking, and discuss the challenges of working with the unknown.

Jun 20

Future of Work Summit 2024

The Future of Work Summit 2024

The Future of Work Summit 2024 engaged with the challenge of building trust for collaborative policy building and a renewed social contract - with a focus on two crucial unknowns at the forefront of domestic and international discourse: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Migration, in recognition of World Refugee Day.

May 30

AI Futures Workshops

Discover the cutting-edge discussions and hands-on workshops at the ITU AI for Good Global Summit, where leaders converge to shape the future of Artificial Intelligence. Join the movement towards ethical, innovative AI solutions that benefit society at large. Register here: https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/ai-futures/

Mar 19

Human-Centered Economics: The Living Standards of Nations

Join International Labour Organization (ILO) and the TASC Platform for an enlightening discussion with Richard Samans, ILO's Director of Research, on "Human-Centered Economics: The Living Standards of Nations." Explore transformative economic paradigms and pathways toward global well-being.

Feb 15

HOW CAN INTERNATIONAL GENEVA ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE?

Join our discussion to explore the role International Geneva has to play in the quest for #SocialJustice.

Oct 17

Women in Humanitarian Leadership: Strategies and Solidarity

Sep 12

Opportunity and Dignity - Digital Trade for Sustainable Refugee Empowerment

Sep 11

Trade’s Intersection with Health and Labor Policy

Jul 13

Social Justice and the Future of the ILO

This celebratory event will launch the new book, “Social Justice and the World of Work: Possible Global Futures”, edited by Brian Langille and Anne Trebilcock in honour of Francis Maupin, Former ILO legal adviser and Special Adviser to the ILO Director-General.

Join us to explore the concept of social justice at work, re-imagine the trajectory for international organizations, and celebrate the contributions of Francis Maupain - an inspiration for those who, in a changing world, seize opportunities for creativity in the pursuit of global justice at work.

Jul 5

Imagining the future of work in an AI-driven world

AI is advancing faster than even technology experts predicted, and the impact on the world of work is a central concern. As the capabilities of generative AI rise exponentially, human imagination is struggling to keep up. Can imagine a future of meaningful cooperation with advanced technology – or a world where goods and value could be created without human work? What would these different realities mean for our future lives and lifestyles, and for our collective welfare, wellbeing, and wealth – and what future would we want?

Jun 22

DISPLACEMENT, DIGITAL RIGHTS, AND PRACTICES OF INCLUSION

This panel will explore the pathways and challenges for integration for peoples of migratory and displacement backgrounds. It will highlight and explore the exclusionary dynamics of migratory regimes, and how these might be challenged. In particular, the panel will also focus on how migration, gender, and digital world(s) intersect in processes of migration, exclusion, and inclusion. The gathered activists will focus on their own lived experiences and share how all might intervene and construct their own advocacy agendas to construct truly inclusive societies in Switzerland, in particular, and globally, more broadly.

Jun 6

THE FUTURE OF WORK SUMMIT 2023

As the future of work faces multiple transitions in the context of poly-crises, we are convening diverse thinkers and actors, from International Geneva and beyond, to explore issues at the forefront of the international agenda through the lens of social justice.

May 16

Visions of the Future of Work

Welcome to “Visions of the Future of Work”, a global AI storytelling and film competition dedicated to explore and depict the future of work to inspire positive change. As there is no doubt AI will completely transform the way we work, we believe that we can lead the way in imagining and shaping what that future of work will be through the power of storytelling, videos, films and AI.

May 2

A Multi-Stakeholder Discussion on Trade, Labour and Supply Chains

World Economic Forum Headquarters, Cedar - Villa Mundi

May 2

Global Economic Outlook: What Next for Globalization?

The fabric of globalization has become frayed in recent years by domestic political factors, geo-economic shifts and post-pandemic concerns about supply-chain resilience.

What does the future of global integration look like, and who stands to gain and lose from the changes under way?

Dec 7

Fair Play: Gender balance at home and at work

Fair Play is a documentary film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom in partnership with Hello Sunshine which aims to make the invisible care work historically held by women visible. It highlights how unfair dynamics in the home are linked to systemic issues affecting millions of families across the globe.

Nov 15

Challenges of Change: the future of innovation in a disrupted world

TASC Event: Challenges of Change: the future of innovation in a disrupted world

Apr 26

FUTURE OF WORK SUMMIT 2022

TASC Event: Challenges of Change: the future of innovation in a disrupted world

Our Insights

Insights

Who Shapes AI Governance?

These event highlights capture key governance insights from the TASC Platform's dialogue Use at Your Own Risk? Integrating Developers into AI Governance, convened alongside the first UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance.

ILO Convention No. 193: A global framework for decent work in the platform economy

Dr Maria Mexi examines the ILO's first international labour standard on platform work, explaining how Convention No. 193 establishes a global framework for rights, governance, and accountability, and what successful implementation will require at national level.

From Geneva to Uganda: Why Governance Matters to Uganda’s Platform Work and Just Transitions

In this personal reflection, Katherine Kamedde of Uganda's Central Organisation of Free Trade Unions (COFTU) explores how the adoption of the Platform Economy Convention and lessons from the International Labour Conference can help strengthen governance readiness for platform work and just transitions in Uganda.

Why does Governance Determine Transition Outcomes?

In this commentary, Konstantinos Papadakis, Special Adviser at the ILO, explores why governance, institutional readiness, and social dialogue, not technology alone, determine whether green and digital transitions deliver fair and inclusive outcomes.

Who Leads in Times of Transition?

In this reflection, Yasmeen Chaudhry explores how the debate surrounding the next United Nations Secretary-General is prompting a broader conversation about leadership, governance, and institutional renewal at a time of profound change for the multilateral system.

Preparing Governance for Just Transitions: A Policy Guide and Readiness Framework

How can just transitions be delivered in practice? This article presents TASC Platform’s new Policy Guide as a governance-readiness framework for identifying risks early, closing accountability gaps, and building more coherent, inclusive, and actionable transition planning.

New UNEN Paper: Progressing Beyond GDP

A new paper by the UN Economist Network, led by Richard Samans and co-authored with Chafik Ben Rouin, Tasneem Mirza, Stuart Davies, Uma Rani, and Sara Castro de Hallgren, proposes moving beyond GDP through a Multidimensional Living Standards Index (MLSI) and a new headline measure, Gross National Sustainable Development (GNSD), integrating economic output with lived experience to better guide policy on inequality, AI, climate, and inclusive growth.

Europe Can Regulate AI. But Can It Shape Pro-Worker AI?

Maria Mexi examines whether the EU’s regulatory leadership can translate into real influence over how AI is designed—and who it ultimately benefits in the workplace.

Transitions That Deliver: Making Green and Digital Policy Work for Social Development

In this reflection, Andreas Oeschger, Policy Advisor at SECO International Labour Affairs, synthesises the key takeaways from the CSocD64 side event on reconnecting economic policy with social development. His overview highlights how green and digital transition policies are reshaping economic governance and what it will take to ensure these shifts translate into decent work and inclusive growth.

Leadership in Uncertain Times: From Myanmar to a Global Dialogue

Claudine Haenni, with support of the TASC Platform, GCSP, and the Asian Institute of Hospitality Management at Les Roches, explores how leadership development in uncertain times drives change. Highlighting how participative training and partnerships equip leaders in Myanmar to navigate complexity and contribute to global dialogue.

The Interdependance of Social Development and Economic Performance

Oliver Hoehne, Deputy Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York, reflects on how economic policy and social development have become increasingly intertwined in today’s global economy. Tracing the evolution of policy thinking from the Copenhagen Declaration to current debates, he highlights how tools such as tariffs, industrial policy, and sustainability standards are now shaping not only markets but also social outcomes—underscoring the need for economic strategies that deliberately support inclusive and resilient development.

The Alignment Challenge: Reconnecting Policy at the Trade-Labour Nexus

Dr. Maria Mexi, Senior Advisor on Labour and Social Policy at the TASC Platform, explores how trade and economic policies intersect with labour outcomes in an era of digital and green transitions. Drawing on case studies from Kenya’s digital economy and Indonesia’s nickel value chain, she highlights the growing challenge of aligning economic transformation with labour governance, showing why policy coherence and effective implementation are essential to ensure that global transitions deliver decent work and inclusive development.

Incubate, Test and Refine: Where are We on the Arc to Social Development?

Jason Judd, Executive Director of the ILR Global Labor Institute at Cornell University, sets the scene for the dialogue by tracing how trade policy has evolved over three decades, from NAFTA’s loosely attached labour provisions to more integrated approaches such as USMCA and emerging due diligence frameworks. Framing this evolution as a long process of incubating, testing, and refining ideas, he asks a central question: are these new tools truly delivering better outcomes for workers and social development?

Digital Dividends or Dependency? Industrial policy in the age of digital economies

From Kenya’s digital economy, Kitrhona Cerri and Maria Mexi unpack how platforms, data, and algorithms are redefining industrial policy and the risks of falling into digital dependency.

Advancing social justice in practice: From coalition to action

On World Day of Social Justice, our Director, Marie-Laure Salles of the Geneva Graduate Institute, underscores the urgency of mobilising academia and the wider research community. She positions universities as catalysts for knowledge, connection, and concrete action within the Global Coalition for Social Justice.

EU Omnibus-isation: Simplification or Structural Drift?

Reporting from Strasbourg, Maria Mexi highlights the EU’s accelerating “Omnibus-isation” and its implications for governance, data rights, and the future of work.

Can we leverage uncertainty?

Our Co-Chair, Professor Gudela Grote shares how uncertainty-as-enabling mindsets can equip leaders to navigate complex transitions and strengthen cooperation across institutions and the multilateral landscape.

An Equitable Future in the Making

Shruti Merin Lal shares insights from our Futures Balance work, exploring intergenerational equity in policymaking during Building Bridges Week.

Responsible Business in Conflict: Why Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence Can’t Wait

Annika Erickson-Pearson brings three key takeaways from our Business & Conflict Community of Practice Annual Meeting, highlighting what responsible business in conflict demands today.

Geneva Dialogue on Trade and Labour

The Geneva Dialogue on Trade and Labour, hosted by the TASC Platform and the World Economic Forum Trade and Investment Team at the World Economic Forum headquarters on 27 October 2025, brought together country missions and institutional partners to reflect on how trade and labour policies can evolve together in times of transition.

From Connectivity to Capability: A Country Perspective from Panama

Ms. Sally Bardayan Rivera, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Panama Mission to the WTO highlighted how deeply trade and labour are intertwined in Panama’s national story. From the transformative power of the Panama Canal to the role of skills, services, and logistics in sustaining global trade today, she underscored the need to design trade systems that invest in people and not just in markets.

Strengthening Multilateral Coherence: A Country Perspective from Switzerland

Ambassador Valérie Berset Bircher, Deputy Head of International Labour Affairs at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), called for renewed multilateral cooperation to better connect trade and labour agendas, underscoring the importance of institutional coordination and policy coherence, particularly in a context of climate transition, automation, and shifting global competitiveness.

Inclusive Trade and Labour Transitions: A Country Perspective from Kenya

H.E. Ambassador James Ndirangu Waweru, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations Office in Geneva, spoke to the urgency of aligning trade and labour agendas in the context of Africa’s fast-evolving economic transitions.

Aligning Trade & Labour: A Country Perspective from Bangladesh

H.E. Ambassador Ms. Nahida Sobhan, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, shared how Bangladesh’s own experience makes the case for formalising the trade and labour nexus through forward-looking policy reforms in which economic integration goes hand in hand with social inclusion.

AI Futures: Reimagining Learning & Work

Take-aways from the third in our series of AI Futures workshops at the ITU's AI for Good Global Summit, this year in collaboration with NACCE and SolveCC. We discuss best-practice solutions towards the realization of AI futures scenarios.

Who Answers when AI Misbehaves?

Highlights from our expert workshop in collaboration with Cognizant and IASEAI, examining human accountability and control in increasingly complex and autonomous AI supply chains. Can humans still have agency alongside agentic AI systems?

Champions for Social Justice: The Unique Power of Academia

Marie-Laure Salles, Director of the Geneva Graduate Institute shares her highlights from convening the first meeting of academic partners of the Global Coalition for Social Justice and her perspective on the unique power of academia as a lever for social cohesion and legitimacy.

Protecting Workers in Digital Supply Chains

Mekhla Jha shares a teaser of insights from our joint case study with the World Economic Forum and Africa Practice, building on extensive interviews exploring the promise and precarity of Kenya's digital transition for trade and labour.

National Voices for Transnational Governance

Keynotes from Miriam Caterina Roquel Chavez, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Guatemala and Lutfey Siddiqi, Special Envoy for International Affairs, Bangladesh, ground aspirations for transnational labour standards in national realities and bring to life the power of values-driven transitions.

Anchoring Economic Growth and Development in the Pursuit of Human Flourishing

Richard Samans, Senior Fellow at the TASC Platform, outlines why global economic priorities must shift toward human well-being, resilience, and inclusion. His latest article connects this agenda to the Global Social Summit, calling for coordinated action to reshape growth and development models worldwide.

our Themes

Focusing on industries, supply chains and work(ers) in transition, our projects and communities convene across silos to produce cross-cutting insights for policy-coherence and multi-stakeholder cooperation.

We explore how greater synergies between trade and labour policymaking can support just digital and energy transitions, to ensure that economic shifts translate into tangible improvements in worker well-being.
We explore human roles, responsibilities and relationships along AI’s global supply chain - from raw materials and data to development and use – to focus policy on supporting and empowering people, communities and countries through a fast-moving transition.
We examine how digital work can unlock opportunity, agency and mobility for cross-border and displaced talent while supporting organizations and states adapt to a world of work on the move.