Every shortlisted essay
Read by the people you wrote it for.
Published on the A4G platform where policymakers, practitioners, and institutional partners engage with the ideas.
A4G Intelex Essay Contest: AI, Work and Society
Turn Research into Real-World Impact
Enter the contest, write one essay on AI, work and society, and put your thinking in front of policymakers instead of peer-reviewed queues.
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What makes your research impossible to ignore
Everyone has opinions on AI.
Everyone has opinions on AI.
Be the one who can prove it.
One essay puts your research where decisions actually get made.
Guaranteed
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On the record
A finished position, in your name.
Not another draft waiting in a queue. A clear position on the future of work. Dated, and yours.
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Beyond citations
Read by people who decide, not just people who cite
The strongest essays get circulated where it actually counts.
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In the live debate
You weigh in now, while it still matters.
Your thinking enters AI and work debate today, not years from now in a queue no policymaker reads.
The certificate is where it starts
What you leave with is a public research identity.
Top 10% get this
Your essay, expanded into an A4G policy brief.
A co-branded 10 to 12 page brief with paid editorial support, your research carried into the policy conversation under your name.
Every shortlisted participant
A seat in the exclusive A4G Think Tank.
A chance to join the research community and take the floor at future Governance Dialogues roundtables.
Top 10% get this
A letter of recommendation.
Signed by A4G and addressed to the grant, fellowship, or committee you name.
Voices from Horizon Symposium 1.0
What people said about us.
A very stimulating and insightful exchange alongside eminent technological thought leaders.
Anil K. AntonyNational Spokesperson, BJP. Speaking at A4G Horizon Symposium 1.0.
DTU is proud to have hosted this landmark event. The collaboration between academia, industry, and civil society we witnessed is exactly the model needed for responsible AI development.
Dr. Prateek SharmaVice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University
An extremely invigorating session, the format worked beautifully. The focus on policy, ethics, and real-world AI impact made it more than just a tech event.
Vrinda RathiAttendee, A4G Horizon Symposium 1.0
Such a great conference. My biggest takeaway: I want to use AI to become the best version of myself, not to replace what makes me human.
Rhea JainAttendee, A4G Horizon Symposium 1.0
A4G Horizons was a great conference. If there’s one thing I took away, it’s that I want to use AI to become the best version of myself.
Dr. Nandini Chatterjee SinghSenior National Programme Officer, UNESCO MGIEP. Speaking at A4G Horizon Symposium 1.0.
Press coverage
What the press said about us.
VARINDIA . 2 May 2025
A4G powers up the AI ethics movement at DTU.
A big feature on our AI symposium at DTU.
Read article The Print . 30 April 2025Can we govern AI before it governs us?
Picked up by The Print and shared across major news sites.
Read article JK Monitor . 2 May 2025A4G expands its mission into AI governance and ethics.
National coverage of our symposium.
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About A4G
Where your ideas enter a larger conversation.
A4G unites researchers, practitioners, civil society, and students around a shared question: how should AI work for people? Intelex is the starting point, where your ideas are first heard and carried into a wider conversation about how AI is governed.
Founded underOmysha Foundation
Past eventHorizon Symposium 1.0, DTU
On airGovernance Dialogues podcast
A letter to a hesitant scholar
Dear researcher wondering if this is rigorous enough,
This is not a journal, and it does not pretend to be one. It is a contest with a real evaluation behind it. Every essay is read against a 9-criterion rubric and moves through a four-stage process: a compliance check, an AI screening, external plagiarism and AI-content checks, then human review by our Board.
So when you ask what the credibility signal is, that is the answer. Not a single anonymous reviewer, but a published rubric you can read before you write and a Board that scores against it. You know exactly what you are being judged on, which is more than most journals tell you.
Warmly,
The A4G Intelex Secretariat
Delhi . June 2026
Registration is open
Sign up before 31 July.
Takes one minute. On sign up we send everything: your AI reading guide, your essay topic, and questions to think about.
Registration closes 31 July 2026.