The deadline to participate in the Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest has been extended to 5 August 2025 (by midnight, GMT +2).

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is UNESCO’s response to the urgent challenges facing our planet. Education for Sustainable Development empowers people with the knowledge, skills, values, ...

The government of Ontario, Canada launched a basic income pilot in 2017. Though it was cancelled prior to official analysis in 2019, researchers were able to gather data and make findings about the ...

Rapid digitalization, fueled/driven by data monetization practices, has exacerbated significant disparities in the Global North-South divide, fostering 'digital colonialism' and amplifying regional ...

Data governance lies at the core of global problems and can alleviate or exacerbate inequalities. Data solidarity can help to distribute the risks and benefits of digital practices more equitably by ...

The trustworthiness of science should not require scientific expertise to assess. Trustworthiness should be based on the presence of expertise, good expert community functioning, and shared values.

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can serve as a public infrastructure with open, democratic principles, though proactive deliberation is needed to avoid ensuing losses of agency, sovereignty and ...

This e-team is dedicated to exploring and addressing the global challenges of the digital divide — the gap between those who have access to digital technology and the internet and those who do not, as ...

Preventive healthcare is vital for mitigating the growing burden of chronic diseases in Japan and beyond. Rising healthcare costs, aging populations, and lifestyle shifts necessitate a shift from ...

This policy paper is concerned with the use of basic income as (a) an emergency response to weather the immediate effects of the COVID-19 crisis, and (b) a standing policy tool to put countries on an ...

The pandemic highlighted distrust and misinformation in science communication, but are we diagnosing and tackling the problem correctly? Niels G. Mede discusses the central narratives for legitimacy ...

The UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab brings the latest by leading experts as they debate ideas and discuss policy solutions to trust in science, the crisis of expertise, public mistrust, informed ...