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Mandate and publisher

Mandate and publisher

Future of Work and Skills is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI). Its mandate is research on work, automation, skill formation and the adaptation of institutions to fast technological change. This page sets out who is responsible for the platform, what it is designed to do, how it differs from the Consortium's shared learning programme, the limits of its role and its current operating state.

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In this dossier6 parts
  1. 01In briefThe short answer
  2. 02MandateResearch on how work and skills change
  3. 03PublisherWho is responsible
  4. 04Why a dedicated platformSubject research, distinct from shared learning
  5. 05Key termsTerms used on this page
  6. 06Limits and stateWhat the platform does not do, and where it stands

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STEM methods
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Topics
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Subject pages in the field
Counterparts
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Platforms in shared fields at GCRI, GRF and GRA
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Nexus Reports series it contributes to
01In brief

The short answer.

Future of Work and Skills is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation for work and skills, society and human development, and artificial intelligence. Its mandate covers work, automation, skill formation and institutional adaptation to fast technological change. GCRI publishes it, answers for its content and takes no decision on anyone's behalf. It is in development at service level R0, and activities open as each is ready.

02Canvas

Mandate to authority.

Canvas · mandate to authorityDesign, not a record
How Future of Work and Skills is governedA mandate sets the platform's scope; an editor and reviewers govern what it publishes; programmes and the community supply the work; the integrity route handles corrections; authority over decisions stays outside. Design of the governance, not a record.

Fig.How the platform is governed, from its mandate to the authorities who decide. Design, not a record.

03Geography

People and hazards in Southeast Asia.

Where people live, night-time lights and the floods and fires public institutions answer to, framed on Southeast Asia; each layer is a dated NASA product.

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People and hazards

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Where people live, night-time lights and the floods and fires public institutions answer to, framed on Southeast Asia.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Natural EarthSources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.

Layers and dates

  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Active fires and thermal anomalies, last day: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04Mandate

Research on how work and skills change.

The platform exists to give the people who shape labour markets and education a shared, checkable account of change: what is happening to tasks, jobs and skills, who is affected and what responses have evidence behind them.

Field

Scope

Work and skills, with their links to society and human development and to artificial intelligence.

Community

Who takes part

Labour economists, educators, employers, workforce researchers and unions.

Outputs

What it is designed to publish

Future-of-work briefs, skills transition research and learning pathways.

05Publisher

Who is responsible.

The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) publishes the platform and answers for its content. GCRI works across Canada and the United States.

  • Subject editors review topic pages and outputs before release, and record dissenting expert views.
  • The Education and Skills chapter brings together specialists in education systems and skills formation within the platform.
  • Rights, status and corrections are set out on trust, rights and status.
06Why a dedicated platform

Subject research, distinct from shared learning.

Future of Work and Skills is a subject research site. The Nexus Academy remains the Consortium's shared learning programme and is not duplicated here. Learning pathways published by the platform are research outputs that the Academy and others may draw on; they are not courses or qualifications.

07Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
Service level R0The current service level of Nexus pages: information and enquiries only. An enquiry receives a reference and a named next step; it creates no membership, contract, assignment or commitment.
Conflict of interestA situation in which financial, professional or personal interests could compromise, or appear to compromise, judgement in research or review.
Decent workProductive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and dignity, in ILO usage.
ReskillingTraining workers in new skills so they can move into different roles.
08Limits and state

What the platform does not do, and where it stands.

  • It does not regulate labour markets, set occupational standards or accredit education and training.
  • It does not place, recruit or employ workers, and it gives no advice to individual employers or workers.
  • Taking part or sponsoring research gives no authority over findings.
  • Future of Work and Skills is in development. Its pages set out its scope and how it works, and its activities, records and services are published here as each one opens. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries; write to contact@therisk.global or see contact the specialist team.
09Questions

Questions and answers.

Is the platform a separate organization?
No. It is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), which publishes it.
Can unions and employer bodies both take part?
Yes. Participation is by competence and interest, conflicts are declared, and no participant can shape or block a finding.
Who governs labour policy questions?
Competent public authorities and social partners. Governance dialogue on technology and society is convened at The Global Risks Forum (GRF), for example through Innovation Nexus.
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