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Center of Excellence on Human-centered Global Economy

The Digital Economist Center of Excellence on Human-centered Global Economy pools creativity, innovation and intellectual power. The Center of Excellence builds actionable insights, best practices, frameworks, guidance and tools. The driving force is a curated community of Fellows who engage in an ongoing discourse on pivotal ideas and knowledge. The Center of Excellence attracts diverse senior business leaders, innovators, technologists and research scientists from across the globe.

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Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Apply for the January 2026 cohort by November 15, 2025.

WORKING GROUPS

Sustainability in Tech

Explores how the digital economy drives climate action, ecological balance, resource efficiency, and social responsibility through sustainable models and practices.

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Examines the real-world impact of AI across sectors, focusing on ethical integration, systemic innovation, and AI’s role in addressing global challenges.

Tech Policy and Governance

Reimagines leadership, accountability, and stakeholder participation through evolving governance models for collective resource management in the digital age.

Healthcare Innovation

Promotes tech-driven, data-informed health-care innovation to expand access, enhance preventative care, and support equitable, patient-centered systems.

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Digital Assets & Blockchain

Investigates decentralized technologies, digital ownership, and tokenized economies to enable secure transactions, identity solutions, and new value systems.

PUBLICATIONS

Latest first

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The Embedded Value Transfer and Neuralink Settlement System

Policy Paper

November 4, 2025

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Targeting Portuguese-Speaking Countries: An Anatomy of Proposed U.S. Travel Bans

Policy Paper

October 23, 2025

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Leadership in Silence - Governance at Scale

Position Paper

October 27, 2025

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Building a Global Coalition for Human-Centered Governance: Process, Oversight, and Technology in Context

Policy Paper

October 23, 2025

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Advancing Autonomous Compliance: AI-driven Decision-Making, Adapatability, and Evolution

Position Paper

October 21, 2025

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AI Agents As Employees

Research Paper

October 8, 2025

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Generational Differences in Demand for Sustainable Investments

Research Article

September 25, 2025

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AI Agents in China: New Directions in Technology and Political Culture

Expert Insights

September 24, 2025

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Healing A Broken World

Healing a Broken World Series

September 22, 2025

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Carbon Credits: Catalyzing Co-Evolution With Living Systems

Position Paper

September 19, 2025

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Digital (d)GAIA 5.0

Opinion piece

September 18, 2025

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The Rise of the Agentic Economy

Position Paper

September 16, 2025

Terms of Engagement - Biannual Roundtabl

Terms of Engagement: Designing What We Hold In Common

Biannual Roundtable Series Report

August 28, 2025

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Enhancing Digital Public Infrastructure in West Africa

Policy Paper

August 19, 2025

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Corporate ESG Needs a Jolt to Its System

Healing a Broken World Series

July 31, 2025

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Industry Outlook: Blockchain & Digital Assets

2025-26

July 21, 2025

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Wisdom of the Kouroukan Fouga for the Modern World

Healing a Broken World Series

July 16, 2025

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Beyond Neocolonialism

Healing a Broken World Series

June 30, 2025

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AI Disruption in Latin America: Bridging Gaps or Widening Inequality

Policy Paper

June 21, 2025

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Trust in a Broken World: Carbon Credits and Blockchain

Healing a Broken World Series

June 10, 2025

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We The People: Defending Democracy—from Crisis to Collective Action

Summit Report

June 10, 2025

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Small Is Beautiful!: How Businesses of Every Size Are Transforming Through AI

Opinion Piece

June 5, 2025

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Poverty and Behavioral Economics

Policy Paper

May, 30 2025

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The ROI of AI Ethics: Profiting with Principles for the Future

Position Paper

May 26, 2025

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Blockchain Applications in Government: Enhancing Security, Trust, and Transparency

Policy Paper

May 21, 2025

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Onboarding AI in your Business: It's not about the Technology

Research Article

May 5, 2025

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"It's a bird, It's a plane...": Capitalism is sustainability’s superhero savior, not its archnemesis.

Opinion Piece

April 30, 2025

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AI and the Donut Economy: Key Instruments for United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Policy Paper

April 29, 2025

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Grow the Pie: Improving Corporate Sustainability with New Financial Sustainability-Focused Products 

Opinion Piece

April 18, 2025

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An Introduction to Digital Authoritarianism in a Complex Age

Expert Insights

April 15, 2025

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Reimagining Digital Commons: A Structured Approach to Decentralized Governance

Research Paper

April 7, 2025

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Harnessing LEO Satellites for

Climate-Smart Agricultureand Biodiversity Conservation

Opinion Piece

April 2, 2025

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From Exploitation to Regeneration

Opinion Piece

March 25, 2025

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Bridging the AI Divide

Policy brief

January 23, 2025

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Blockchain Networks as a mode of Governance for the Digital Commons

Summit Report

January 9, 2025

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From Hype to Norm

Expert Insights

November 4, 2024

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Playing to Win at the High-Stakes AI Table

Expert Insights

August 29, 2024

Capital of the Common Goods UNGA 2023

Capital for the Common Good: UNGA 2023

Capital for the Common Good Initiative

UNGA New York and G20 New Delhi

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Web3: Hype or game-changer?

Opinion piece

May 22, 2023

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Capital for the Common Good: G30 group

Capital for the Common Good Initiative

The World Bank & IMF spring meetings, Washington, D.C.

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Bridging the gender gaps in GovTech

In collaboration with the World Bank

March 8, 2023

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A world of innovation: World Innovation Economics

Opinion piece

March 8, 2023

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Fast-forward to sustainability: Green Accelerator

Opinion piece

March 8, 2023

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In Pursuit of the Hidden Economy

Tech for Transparency™ Initiative

International Anti-Corruption Conference, Washington, D.C.

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Where the Green Future Begins

Meeting The Climate Challenge Series

UNGA and Climate Week 2022 

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The Power of the Many

Meeting The Climate Challenge Series

UNGA and Climate Week 2022 

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Investing in Asia: Go East, but Go Smart

Opinion piece

The Digital Economist

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GovTech and Gender Equity: Why it matters?

In collaboration with the World Bank

December 15, 2022

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A Call to Action - In Pursuit of the Hidden Economy

Tech for Transparency Initiative

International Anti-Corruption Conference, Washington, D.C.

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A Call to Action - Meeting the Climate Challenge

Meeting The Climate Challenge Series

UNGA and Climate Week 2022 

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Shaping a Compassionate World

Meeting The Climate Challenge Series

UNGA and Climate Week 2022 

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Our Duty of Care

Meeting The Climate Challenge Series

Davos, May 2022 

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Race - What's in a Word?

Position Paper Series

Eliminating the damaging anachronism 

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Meeting The Climate Challenge

Meeting The Climate Challenge Series

COP26 Glasgow 

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Centering in on Decentralized Governance

Position Paper Series

Applying Elionor Ostrom's Design Principles

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Making Work Work - For All Stakeholders 

Policy Paper Series

The Digital Economist

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Fighting Climate Change

Policy Paper Series

Without Social Entrepreneurship, We Will Lose The War

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The Human Cost of Gender Inequality 

Policy Paper Series

Gender Parity is Essential to a Human-centered Economy

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The Shock After The Shock

Position Paper Series

The Digital Economist

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Finding Common Ground

Meeting The Climate Challenge Series

Virtual Davos 2022 

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Can Stakeholder Capitalism Fix the World?

Summit Report

Beyond Stakeholder Capitalism

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A Crystal Ball is Not Enough

Position Paper Series

Risk management in the post-pandemic world

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Future of Mobility 

Policy Paper Series

On the move - but where to?

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Why Artificial Intelligence is Stupid

Position Paper Series

And the Case to Use it Smartly

Earth and Space

Entrepreneurship 4.0: Setting The Stage

Policy Paper Series

The Role of Policy in Driving Entrepreneurialism

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Investing In The Post-Covid World

Position Paper Series

The Digital Economist

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What The Future Looks Like

Position Paper Series

The Digital Economist

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The Grey Rhino In The Room

Position Paper Series

The Fragility of Digital Technologies

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Optionality: The Missing Piece in Building Antifragility

Position Paper Series

The Digital Economist

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The Antifragility Imperative

Position Paper Series

Risk Management Beyond The Triple Crisis

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