How to build a new global architecture
We must take a hard look at the global structures shaping our lives today, writes Sebastian Buckup. Which political pillars are still carrying weight-bearing loads - and which are tumblin...
Sebastian Buckup
Managing Director, leading the Centre for Nature and Climate and the Forum’s Foundations (Global Shapers, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Young Global Leaders); previously Member of the Executive Committee and Co-Head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, overseeing the Centre’s Global Network of Affiliated Centres, Innovator Communities, and Deep Tech units; earlier roles include Head of Programming and Deputy Head of the Global Programming Group, responsible for the Forum’s Annual Meetings in Davos and China, as well as programme officer positions at the International Labour Organization and UNDP; certified facilitator, public speaker, and regular commentator on the intersection of technology, society, and the economy; Professor of Practice at the University of Geneva.
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