Vesselina S. Ratcheva is an insight professional who has spent nearly two decades creating innovative insights products from big data, global surveys and ethnographic research across disciplines and sectors. She has made consistent contributions to understanding identity, equity, skills and the future of work, leading pivotal research efforts across numerous influential reports, including the Global Gender Gap Reports, the Future of Jobs Reports, and the Reskilling Revolution Reports. Her work consistently emphasizes the importance of broadly shared prosperity.
Vesselina holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and an MSc in Comparative and Cross-Cultural Research Methods from Sussex University, as well as a BA in Social Anthropology and Mathematics from Cambridge University.
With a global reach in the millions, the World Economic Forum's website has been a convener of voices across the leadership spectrum for more than a decade, reflecting the diversity and a...
The COVID-19 global economic recession is deepening existing inequalities across global labour markets and reversing the gains in employment made since the Global Financial Crisis of a de...
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Leer los titulares del Informe mundial sobre la brecha de género de este año no resulta placentero para quienes creen que el mundo sería un lugar mejor si hubiese mayor igualdad entre muj...
