External Event: GUIRR Webinar: Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals, Event Date: 4/22/2021

The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable will host a webinar on April 22, 2021 from 1:00-2:00pm ET to discuss the role of research partnerships in meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Five years ago, the SDGs set an ambitious 2030 target to achieve a sustainable and equitable future for our planet. Most SDGs require or otherwise benefit from conducting new scientific research. SDG 17 on “Partnerships for the goals” is pertinent to all other SDGs. On the research front, it promotes diverse types of partnerships in support of the successful achievement of the SDGs. These types of partnerships include international (with a particular emphasis on North–South links), inter-sectoral (e.g., public–private) and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

During this webinar, David Campbell and Etienne Vignola-Gagné will provide a broad overview of SDG-related trends in scientific research, accounting for the following indicators: volume of publications, international co-publications (with an emphasis on North–South and South–South), public–private co-publications and multi-/inter-disciplinarity. These indicators will also be cross-linked with variables such as the career stage and gender of scientists reporting SDG research.

Joining David and Etienne to provide unique perspectives are Dr. Livia Bizikova, Lead, Monitoring and Governance of IISD's Tracking Progress program, with experience in the fields of sustainable development, scenario development, participatory planning and integrated assessment and Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, Director General and Dean of the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.

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