OECD Forum Events: The New Geography of Work - From Home, Near Home and Beyond

OECD Forum Series 2021

The New Geography of Work: 
From Home, Near Home and Beyond  

08 December 2021 
 15:30 - 17:00 CET 

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The last two decades have seen thousands of freelancers fulfil tasks remotely, while the Internet was breathing new life into nomadic lifestyles.
 
 But the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this rise in remote working and millions of businesses and employees have found themselves “going remote” overnight, ushering in a profound reconsideration of the physical constraints linked to the workplace.
 
 Is work from anywhere (WFA) here to stay? What are the implications and what can be done to reimagine geographies of work that benefit all?   


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Thought leaders from the OECD and beyond share their perspectives on the COVID-19 crisis and other global challenges. What should decision-makers and policy-shapers do now and for the future? How can we meet unprecedented health, social, environmental and economic challenges, and be greater than the sum of our parts? 

The New Geography of Work: From home, near home and beyond

Axel Froissart, OECD Forum Programme, OECD

Teleworking has set the wheel of fortune in motion, and no one yet knows exactly where it will stop. What we do know, however, is that public policies stand to play a key role in turning teleworking into an opportunity for all.

The Fifteen-Minute City: Rethinking urban life

Carlos Moreno Scientific Director of the Chair eTi (Entrepreneurship – Territory – Innovation), Panthéon Sorbonne University – IAE Paris

This article is part of a series in which OECD experts and thought leaders — from around the world and all parts of society — address the COVID-19 crisis, discussing and developing solutions now and for the future. It has been excerpted from Urban life and proximity at the time of COVID-19 by Carlos Moreno (Published by Editions de l’Observatoire, July 2020).

The Changing Geography of Work: Priorities for policy makers

By Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Lumry Family Associate Professor, Harvard Business School

How can public policy accompany the changing geography of work? What are the key areas that should be considered by policy makers?

An Imagined Country: A new perspective is needed on rural areas to secure a COVID-19 recovery

Lamia Kamal-Chaoui & Peter Wostner Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship; Chairman; OECD Working Party on Rural Policy, OECD

Globotics and Telemigration: This time, globalisation is different

Economist Richard Baldwin provides his analysis of digitalisation and the future of work.

COVID- 19 Key Policy Responses

The OECD is compiling data, analysis and recommendations on a range of topics to address the emerging health, economic and societal crisis, facilitate co-ordination, and contribute to the necessary global action when confronting this enormous collective challenge.

Teleworking can make work more balanced—but it needs a sound regulatory framework 

Anke Hassel, Professor of Public Policy & Co-Director Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School

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