Higher Education, Sustainability & the SDGs

Universities per se and higher education in general are essential to catalyze and action the transformative change needed for sustainability and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability can be adopted as a driver of change within higher education institutions (HEIs), as they react and respond to influencing factors outside the academy. HEIs engagement with sustainability can also influence, effect and amplify change beyond the institution, working with and through others.

Different local and national contexts, institutional archetypes and academic missions influence the pursuit of sustainability in and by HEIs. Sustainability-led transformation may take place at the level of the institution (executive/administrative), organization, culture, place-based (anchor) and students. Exploring a manifesto for change and a call to action, the session will explore how HEIs are playing an important role in creating a world where no one is left behind, inviting universities and colleges to accelerate and scale their efforts in support of a just transition and the pursuit of sustainability.

Speaker:

Dr Wendy M. Purcell (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University)

Join Zoom :

https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/93678575848?pwd=UVVObDZkWDNFQlNuVi9XcXFSSEpHZz09

Meeting ID: 936 7857 5848 Passcode: 171757