| CODE | DOC6056 | ||||||
| TITLE | Aligning your research to the Sustainable Development Goals | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | D - Doctoral Workshops/Symposium | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | Not Applicable | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Doctoral School | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | In 2015, 193 countries at the United Nations General Assembly agreed on the adoption of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thus determining an agenda to develop a global partnership to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality, improve health and education and promote peace and prosperity for humans and the planet by 2030. This long-term agenda is dependent on the commitment of the current generation to future generations … a commitment that transcends any current national political and cultural context. The SDGs are a call for global, national and local collaboration of governments, the private sector and civil society to achieve the targets set by addressing the root causes of problems that have plagued humanity and the planet. The resetting of current lifestyles and definitions of progress is dependent on the development of a new paradigm of policy making, social interactions and technologies. Doctoral research is adopting ever increasing leading roles in addressing the SDGs through the engagement of scholars with specialized skills from various disciplines on the various facets of sustainability. Learning Outcomes: This workshop will provide a space for doctoral candidates to: - question the current paradigms of development; - develop an interdisciplinary world view of sustainability and critically examine the SDGs’ role in developing this view; - identify the challenges inherent in the implementation of the SGDs and ways of how they can be addressed; - discuss issues concerning sustainability from different disciplinary perspectives; - critique unsustainable actions and ethical issues inherent in the SDGs; and - identify ways of how their line of research can effectively contribute to the achievement of certain SDG targets. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Timetable Details - Please click here for further details. | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Workshop | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Vincent Caruana Mark C. Mifsud Paul J. Pace |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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