Value proposition

The United Nations Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab.

UN Global Pulse is the Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab. We work at the intersection of innovation and the human sciences to innovate for people and planet.

As the Secretary General’s Innovation Lab, UN Global Pulse supports responsible and inclusive innovation across the UN system. We collaborate with partners on new solutions and support the whole UN family in its transformation towards a UN 2.0.

Our work spans a spectrum of innovations using data, digital, behavioural science, strategic foresight methods – from broadening digital inclusion for women in Indonesia to predicting the impact of a disaster in the Philippines or building out a national data strategy in Uganda.

UN Global Pulse experiments and supports others in their experimentation with new capabilities and tools. Our role is not only to enable innovation but also to encourage a culture of creativity across the United Nations.

data science, data analytics, social innovation, strategic foresight, behavioural science, policy innovation, creativity, futures, digital, design, creative practice, and systems change