Social contract video series

A renewed social contract: Voices for a fairer future of work

This video series brings together global thinkers, workers, and employers to reflect on why a renewed social contract has become essential in the face of global challenges such as climate change, technological innovation, demographic shifts, and inequality.

A renewed social contract should deliver social justice, ensuring that everyone has a dignified work life, a job with decent working conditions, and access to social security. It is the shared responsibility of all stakeholders – governments, employers, and workers – to advance prosperity for all, reduce informality at work and inequality.

Watch this video series exploring the importance of a renewed social contract through the perspectives of the experts and their personal stories.

Rethinking the economy: A social contract for equality, dignity and opportunity
Jayati Ghosh

Interview with Jayati Ghosh

Rethinking the economy: A social contract for equality, dignity and opportunity

Workers and the social contract: Decent work for all
Catelene Passchier

Interview with Catelene Passchier

Workers and the social contract: Decent work for all

Employers and the social contract: Building sustainable workplaces
Matthias Thorns

Interview with Matthias Thorns

Employers and the social contract: Building sustainable workplaces

The social contract through a legal lens and in the age of climate change
Anne Trebilcock

Interview with Anne Trebilcock

The social contract through a legal lens and in the age of climate change

The social contract: A global commitment to combat inequality
Imraan Valodia

Interview with Imraan Valodia

The social contract: A global commitment to combat inequality

ILO at the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025

ILO at the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025

Doha, 4-6 November 2025