May 12, 2016 | Blog, Health & Human Security
The first ever World Humanitarian Summit will convene this month in Istanbul. The cost of humanitarian finance and the global refugee crisis are key topics for the governments, agencies and private sector representatives in attendance. But some participants are...
May 10, 2016 | Cities, Climate
Young entrepreneurs are developing good business strategies to solve climate change. Solutions that are both effective in reducing green house gas emissions and also profitable for their developers. Following the devastation of Super Storm Sandy in 2012 New York was...
Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
Today we were honored to host Mark Tiele Westra, the AkvoFLOW product manager who, with GSN research fellow Mike Dover, discussed AkvoFLOW and the new Akvo Caddisfly water monitoring product. They also discussed the complex challenges of developing a smartphone-based...
Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
It’s common knowledge that many of the jobs currently performed by humans will be taken over in the years to come by technology or robots. That’s the finding of a recent Pew research survey that showed that more than half of Americans are certain that...
Apr 18, 2016 | Employment & Prosperity
GSN is hosting a GSNs at Work webinar Thursday, April 28, 2016—11:00 AM, EDT Akvo FLOW — Can GSNs accelerate innovation through partnerships? Click to register: WEBINAR REGISTRATION Join our GSN/Akvo FLOW Webinar leaders: Mike Dover, GSN Senior Fellow Mark...