FutureWORKS Collective
Examining the impacts of technological advancements, the proliferation of artificial intelligence, climate change, and energy transition.
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How is Platform Work Experienced and Imagined in Latin America?
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New Work, Old Gaps. Rethinking Social Protection for the Platform Economy
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Skills, Confidence, and Opportunity: Strengthening Youth Transitions to Work in Ghana
Blog
Can soft skills unlock better job prospects for Ghana’s graduates?
Blog
Measuring AI exposure in the labour market
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Interpreting AI Exposure Estimates: Implications for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Securing Labour Justice in the Age of AI: A Global South Policy Dialogue
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Atlas of Future Jobs: A Decade of Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Ramiro Albrieu
Megan Ballesty
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Beyond Uber: what platform work really looks like in India
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COP30 and Beyond: Translating Climate Commitments into Workforce Solutions
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Technology·
Securing Labour Justice in the Age of AI: A Global South Policy Dialogue
As an official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026 hosted by the Government of India, the JustJobs Network (JJN) and the FutureWORKS Collective are bringing together experts from around the world to discuss “Securing Labour Justice in the Age of AI: A Global South Policy Dialogue".
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Technology·
Atlas of Future Jobs: A Decade of Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Building resilience in labor markets in the face of these forces requires proactive strategies that act on three fronts: expanding, upgrading, and widening access to occupations that are reinforced by these transformations, reducing exposure to jobs vulnerable to disruption, and strengthening core skills across all occupations.
Megan Ballesty
Ramiro Albrieu
Blog
Just Transition·
What does India’s EV transition mean for jobs and regional inequality?
India's rapid transition toward electric vehicles (EVs) is reshaping the country's industrial landscape and workforce dynamics. Yet we know surprisingly little about the broader impact of this shift on labour markets.
Gregory F Randolph
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Trade·
At a Crossroads: How Global Trade Shocks are Reshaping Employment
From trade barriers to supply chain disruptions, global trade shocks are reshaping growth, geopolitical alliances, and labour markets. Our webinar, "At a Crossroads: How Global Trade Shocks are Reshaping Employment," explores what these shifts mean for policymakers, businesses and workers worldwide.
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Gender, Inequality, and the Case for Reimagining Social Protection in the Developing World
JustJobs Network has launched a new webinar series, "Reimagining Social Protection for a Changing World of Work", as part of its FutureWORKS Collective and Centre for Gender Analysis. The series explores how social protection systems must evolve to address emerging vulnerabilities in informal, care-intensive and digital work, spotlighting innovations that can inform inclusive, gender-responsive frameworks across the developing world.
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Technology·
Driving uneven development: The emerging geography of India's electric vehicle transition
The paper calls for discourses on the “spatially just” transition to look beyond the energy and resources sector itself, examining the wide spatial-economic reverberations of decarbonization and consequences for spatial inequality.
Gregory F Randolph
Sabina Dewan
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Just Transition·
Reskilling for the Future: Labour Market Shifts in the Energy Transition
JJN and FutureWORKS Collective conducted their third webinar in the Skills in Action series on 4th April 2025. This event focused on the challenges and opportunities of reskilling workers as the world transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy, with particular emphasis on the impact in developing countries.
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Technology·
AI and the Future of Work: Balancing Opportunity and Disruption
The FutureWORKS Collective conducted the second session of its Skills in Action webinar series on 7th February 2025. During this session, the participants discussed how AI is reshaping industries, displacing jobs, and creating new opportunities, and examined the urgent need for innovative skilling strategies.
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Skills·
Skills in Action: Empowering Workers for Today and Tomorrow
The FutureWORKS Collective has commenced a webinar series on skills development and labour markets in the Global South. The first session on Monday, 2nd Dec. 2024, was moderated by Sabina Dewan, with Stephanie Allais of University of Witwatersrand and Ramiro Albrieu of Sur Futuro as discussants.
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