Publications - 24.08.2026 - 12:30
The transition towards greener and increasingly digital economies is fundamentally changing the skills required in labour markets. A new Special Issue of Regulation & Governance, co-edited by SEPS Professor Patrick Emmenegger, examines how governments and societies can respond to these challenges at a time of labour shortages and profound economic uncertainty.
Entitled “Meeting the twin challenge in times of labor shortage: How modern societies promote future skills for the digital and green transitions”, the Special Issue focuses on the governance of skill formation. It asks how institutions can remain flexible enough to respond to rapidly changing technological and ecological demands while providing the stability needed to sustain employer commitment, political support and social inclusion.
Researchers from the University of St.Gallen are strongly represented in the Special Issue. Patrick Emmenegger is co-editor together with Martin B. Carstensen, Niccolo Durazzi and Jane Gingrich and contributes to three articles. In the introductory article, the guest editors set out the central challenge of governing skill formation under uncertainty and discuss how effective skills ecosystems can combine political stability with the capacity to adapt to economic and technological change. Emmenegger also co-authored an article with Giuliano Bonoli and Alina Felder-Stindt, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of St.Gallen, as well as a further contribution with Martin B. Carstensen and Cecilia Ivardi, Doctoral Researcher at the University of St.Gallen. In addition, SEPS Postdoctoral Researchers Dr. Matthias Haslberger and Dr. Scherwin Bajka contributed a joint article to the Special Issue.
Together, the contributions provide new perspectives on how education and training systems, governments and employers can respond to the changing demand for skills created by the twin digital and green transitions.
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