Louise Agersnap, who leads WHO’s Innovation Hub, reflects on the concept of the « metacrisis »
At a time when multilateralism is under constraint, Louise Agersnap, who leads WHO’s Innovation Hub, reflects on the concept of the « metacrisis »—a fundamental questioning of our entire operating system—and how responses of fostering demand-led innovation, bridging cross-sector partnerships, and launching mechanisms such as the WHO Digital Innovation Investment Platform can contribute renewal. Agersnap discusses opportunities and challenges in engaging with innovative approaches to promoting global health equity, and the importance of democratizing access to technologies like AI-enabled tools and robotic telesurgery. Ultimately, Agersnap encourages students, researchers and people interested in working in multilateralism to embrace the uncertainty of the moment as opportunity, leverage creativity and diversity in collaboration with other disciplines to have greater impact together.
Coordination: Juanita Uribe, Flavia Keller, Adrien Estève.
Featuring: Adam Talsma (host) and Louise Agersnap (guest).
Recording and editing: Marc Galvin, Research Office - Geneva Graduate Institute.
Music: C'est La Vie - NaTtA / www.jamendo.com