
At the Graduate Institute multiple professors, researchers and students work on SDG 9. Our activities range from research projects on innovation, diffusion and green growth to publications and events.


Geneva Internet Platform

The role of transnational firms in the development of international food policies, 1930-1970

Trade and Development

Digital Work in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities

Consumer Myopia, Imperfect Competition and the Energy Efficiency Gap: Evidence from the UK Refrigerator Market

Life Along the Copper Value Chain: the Swiss Commodity Trading Hub and its Impact on the Global South

SINERGIA: Innovation, Diffusion and Green Growth

Bastiaan Quast blog

Digital Work in the Global South

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Indefinite transits: mobility and confinement in the age of steam
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View moreGoal 9 encompasses “three important aspects of sustainable development: infrastructure, industrialization and innovation. Infrastructure provides the basic physical systems and structures essential to the operation of a society or enterprise. Industrialization drives economic growth, creates job opportunities and thereby reduces income poverty. Innovation advances the technological capabilities of industrial sectors and prompts the development of new skills” as put by the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Read more about Goal 9