
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.


Shining a light on the Social Dimension of Sustainable Finance

How can we democratise the platform economy?

Openness, Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from Enterprise Surveys

Special issue on Normfare: Norm Entrepreneurship in Internet Governance

Geneva Trade Week 2021

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

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

Teaching ESG, not as easy as ABC

Green extractivism and global supply chains

Briefing for the UN Secretary General and his Senior Management Group

Managing complexity in the platform economy: self-regulation and the cross-border social dialogue route
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Goal 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