Global Forum 2026: Speakers
Meet the speakers taking part in the Global Forum for AI and the Social Sciences 2026 | AI and Labour Markets
Director, Social Development Division
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Director, Economic and Social Policy
International Trade Union Confederation
Research Fellow
Korea Labor Institute
Director, Development Policy Research Unit
University of Cape Town
Senior Economist
OECD
Chief Executive
Windfall Trust
General Secretary
Prospect Trade Union
Chief Executive
Resolution Foundation
Chief Economist
Google
Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department
International Monetary Fund
President and Executive Director
JustJobs Network
Director-General, Digital, Work, Society
German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Associate Professor
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Business School, Chile
Chief Macroeconomist
International Labour Organization
Head of Research
Cohere Labs
Director-General, New Forms of Employment
Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
Director, Research and Statistics Department
International Labour Organization
Director of Human Capital, Social and Institutional Development
African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa's Development
Deputy Director-General, Economics Department
European Central Bank
Director, Thematic and Special Procedures Division
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
General Secretary
UNI Global Union
Chair, Committee on Labor-Management Coexistence in the AI Transition
South Korea's Economic, Social and Labor Council
Vice Dean, School of International and Public Affairs
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT, and Chair, UK AI Economics Institute
MIT, UK AI Economics Institute
Assistant General Counsel, AI Economy Institute
Microsoft
President and Vice Chancellor
LSE
Head of Public Policy and Economic Graph, UK
LinkedIn
Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
Director, Social Policies and Inclusion
UNESCO
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Research Fellow
Korea Information Society Development Institute
Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science
Institute for Advanced Study
Head of Programme, Future of Work
Centre for European Policy Studies
President
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Director, Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy Management
South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre
Acting Director, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
OECD
Research Director
OpenResearch
International Director
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
Deputy General Secretary
European Trade Union Confederation
Global Lead, AI Policy Research and Partnerships
Amazon Web Services
Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Founder and CEO
AI Collaborative
Director of Economic and Social Policy
International Trade Union Confederation - Asia Pacific
Dean, School of Public Policy and Management
Tsinghua University
