The Future of Work Podcast

Kumi Naidoo, Human rights and environmental justice activist

Shahra Razavi, Director of the ILO’s Universal Social Protection Department

Sara Elder, Head of the ILO Employment Analysis and Economic Policies Unit

Tino Gwenyaya, Intern in the ILO Sectoral Policies Department

Morgan Williams, Intern in the ILO Research Department

Josh Vander Vies, Co-chef of the Canadian mission at the Paralympics 2024; former Paralympian boccia player; Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Vancouver International Airport

Oliver Liang, Head of the Public and Private Services Unit, Sectoral Policies Department, ILO, Geneva

Marie Barsacq, Director of Impact and Legacy for the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, France

Luisa Iachan, Technical Officer at ILO on Inclusive Markets and Entrepreneurship Promotion

Ngoakwana Seleka, Managing Director of Thabosilakhu Empire, South Africa

Manal Azzi, Team Lead on Occupational Safety and Health, ILO Headquarters, Geneva

Halshka Graczyk, ILO Occupational Safety and Health Technical Specialist

Gilbert F. Houngbo, ILO Director-General

Robert Skidelsky, British economic historian, current member of the House of Lords

Michaëlle De Cock, Head of the research unit of the ILO’s Fundamental Principles Department

Anousheh Karvar, French government delegate to the ILO and former chair of Alliance 8.7

Mashimbo Rose Nafisa, Community Based Trainer, refugee of Congolese origin, born and raised in Uganda

Joel Amani Mafigi, UNLEASHED (Potentials in Motion) co-founder, Congolese refugee in Uganda

Mulombe Chisoti, Student at the University of Lusaka, studying Business Administration

Botshelo Mpho, Theology student at the University of Venda, South Africa

Jonas Bausch, Youth Employment Specialist, ILO Regional Office for Africa

Whitney Zhang, PhD student in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Shakked Noy, PhD student in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kendra Schaefer, Partner, tech policy research team leader at Beijing-based strategic advisory consultancy Trivium China

Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, Switzerland  

Laura Addati, Maternity Protection and Work Family Specialist, ILO Conditions of Work and Equality Department

Emily Rosado-Solomon, Assistant Professor of Management at Babson College

Janine Berg, Senior Economist in the Research department, ILO

Pawel Gmyrek, Senior Researcher, ILO Research department

Dorothea Schmidt-Klau, Chief of the Employment, Labour Markets and Youth Branch, EMPLOYMENT Department, ILO

Lauren DeFilippo, Documentary Filmmaker

Rabiya Anwer, Assistant Secretary-General, Employers' Federation of Pakistan 

Mette Grangaard Lund, Technical Officer in the Green Jobs Unit, ILO

Boitumelo Molete, Social Development Policy Coordinator, Congress of South African Trade Unions

Lela Tolajian, Human rights activist and the Founder of the International Coalition Against Modern Slavery

Alix Nasri, ILO’s Technical Specialist on Forced Labour

Virginia Doellgast, Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution, Cornell University

Nicolas Maitre, Economist in the Research department of the ILO

Claire Hobden, ILO Technical Specialist on Domestic Workers and other Vulnerable Workers

Mimi Jalmasco, Migrant domestic worker and Trustee of the UK organization, The Voice of Domestic Workers

Ai-jen Poo, President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, U.S.

Tim De Meyer, Senior Adviser on Standards Policy, ILO

Christiane Kuptsch, Senior Specialist in Migration Policy, ILO

Marlihan Lopez, Coordinator of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Mona Sloane, Ph.D. is a sociologist working on design and inequality, specifically in the context of AI design and policy

Antonio Casilli, Professor of Sociology at the Polytechnic Institute in Paris, DiPLab co-director, INDL co-founder

Stacie Haller, Chief Career Advisor at ResumeBuilder.com

Tuomo Poutiainen, Director of the ILO's Country Office for Bangladesh

Janine Berg, Senior economist, ILO Research department

Iván Williams Jiménez, Policy development manager, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Dr. Orly Lobel, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Center for Employment and Labor Policy, University of San Diego

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

Daniel Samaan, Senior Macro-economist, ILO’s Research Department

Gilbert F. Houngbo, ILO Director-General

Stefan Kühn, Senior Economist in the ILO’s Research Department

Jon Messenger, Senior Working Time Specialist, ILO

Emily Dwyer, Co-Director of Edge Effect

Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Coordinator for the ILO Green Jobs Programme

Max Tuñón, Head of the ILO Project Office in Doha

William Bracewell, Principle Dancer, The Royal Ballet

Jennifer Curry, Executive Director, Dancers' Career Development

Susanna Harkonen, Workplace mental health specialist and founder of Inner Work

Nina Hedegaard Nielsen, Chief policy advisor on occupational health and safety at The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations

Sophie Otiende, Chief Executive Officer, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and Founder of the Kenyan Azadi Initiative

Grace Forrest, Founding Director of Walk Free

Wagner Moura, ILO’s unique Goodwill Ambassador on Forced Labour

Tewodros Derbew, Tourism Specialist at Ministry of Culture And Tourism, Addis Ababa

Lizzie Pickering, Grief Investigator, Podcast and Film Producer

Nadine Moawad, Co-founder of the Dikkeneh consumer cooperative, Beirut, Lebanon

Vanessa King, Head of Psychology & Workplaces and a Board Member of the not-for profit body, Action for Happiness

Dr. Gillian Shapiro, Founder and Managing Director, Shapiro Consulting

Nykeba King, Global Head of Inclusion and Belonging at The Body Shop

Emanuela Pozzan, Senior specialist in gender equality and non-discrimination, ILO

Shahra Razavi, Director of the ILO’s Universal Social Protection Department

Susanita “Babes” Tesiorna, National President of the Philippines Alliance of Workers

Dr. Natasha Hurley-Walker, Astrophysicist, Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)

Dr Sandy Chong, Founder of Verity Consulting and Chair of the ASEAN Business Alliance WA

Dr Louise Newson, Doctor, leading menopause specialist and founder of the Balance menopause app

Professor Joanna Brewis, Professor of People and Organisations, the Open University Business School

Patrick Belser, Senior economist and wage specialist, ILO

Reema Nanavaty, Former General Secretary, Self Employed Women’s Association, India

Elisenda Estruch Puertas, Rural Economy Specialist, ILO

Chidi King, ILO Branch Chief, Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Dr Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Assistant Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Drew Gardiner, ILO Youth Employment Specialist

Dr Andreas Hackl, Lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh

Florence Sosiba, Domestic worker and President of The South Africa Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union

Neil Barnett, Director of Inclusive Hiring and Accessibility, Microsoft

Dr Nancy Doyle, CEO, Genius Within, Co-Director of the Centre for Neurodiversity at Work, Birkbeck College, University of London

Manal Azzi, Team Lead on Occupational Safety and Health, ILO Headquarters, Geneva

Elizabeth Nyamuda, Founder and Managing Director, Tamba Washables

Luke Makarichi, Founder and Managing Director, GreenTec Energy

Uma Rani, Senior Economist in the ILO Research Department

Sergio Santos, Independent software engineer, France

Mercy Osongo, Independent translator & fundraiser, Kenya

Laura Cardona, Freelancer and Biologist, Colombia

Allen Blue, LinkedIn Co-Founder and Vice President

Jon Messenger, Senior Working Time Specialist, ILO