
At the Graduate Institute, more than ten professors, researchers and students work on SDG 8. Their work ranges from academic courses on work, labour and practice, to research projects, such as a project examining skills development policies and Information Communication Technologies, as well as academic and policy-oriented publications and events. We also offer an Executive Master in Development Policies and Practices.


Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics

Text as data in Environmental Economics and Policy

Jobs that Work for Women. How Does The Rural Labour Market Shape Gender Relations?

The future of work in the post-Covid-19 digital era

MC13 in brief

The subnational politics of company-community relationships in the extractives sector

Advanced Development Macroeconomics: Empirical Research

Telemigration and Digitally Enabled Service Exports: Opportunities for Colombia

Lithium Mining in the Atacama Salt Flats and its Impacts

Rethinking the Agency of “Governed” Subjects

Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems
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Goal 8 aims to sustain economic growth, while at the same time making it inclusive and sustainable. The UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform places the focus in its progress report on “increasing labour productivity, reducing the unemployment rate, especially for young people, and improving access to financial services and benefits are essential components of sustained and inclusive economic growth”. Read more about Goal 8