Giving Complex challenges
and New ideas a home
The TASC Platform develops tools, shares perspectives and advances new capabilities to help policymakers make sense of change, strengthen resilience and develop people-focused policy responses.
Mobilizing Academia as a Force for Social Justice
Ahead of the 2026 Annual Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice, academic partners gathered virtually on 3 September for their second Academic Meeting, shaping the academic engagement and contribution to the Global Coalition.
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.
