The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN reflect the global consensus on improving sustainability. The goals have important implications for policy and research, in areas ranging from climate protection to gender issues. The SDGs are complex and interwoven; the success of one goal is often closely linked to that of another. Timely and impactful implementation of the goals therefore requires interdisciplinary research. The workshop offers the opportunity to discuss the complex topic of sustainability from an interdisciplinary perspective with an international group of PhD students and professors. Participants are asked to provide a short abstract outlining their research and a reflection of how their topic interacts with one or more SDGs.
Through this workshop, participants developed a broader understanding of interdisciplinary research collaborations in the field of sustainable development. Rather than presenting general overviews of sustainable development research, the participants of the workshop discussed their individual dissertations in light of the 17 SDGs. We invited PhD candidates specializing in sustainability-related research to apply.
Live introductory session: November 12, 2020 4-6pm CET
Facilitated group work phase on our interactive online platform: November 12-18, 2020
Live evaluation live session: November 19, 2020 4-6pm CET
Workshop Chair
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Dr. Berthold M Kuhn
International Cooperation Advisor & PD (adj. Professor & Ph.D. supervisor), Dept. of Political and Social Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin Researcher and Senior Consultant for international cooperation projects
Dr. Berthold Kuhn is a political scientist and international cooperation advisor on sustainable development. He works as an adjunct professor at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science (OSI), Freie Universität Berlin and as consultant to the European Commission, United Nations organisations, German development cooperation, consulting firms and non-governmental organisations. He was previously a professor at the School of Public Affairs and School of Public Policy, Xiamen University and a GIZ-CIM and Rhineland-Palatinate cooperation expert.
His work focuses on sustainable development and climate policies in comparative perspective, sustainable finance, state-market-civil society cooperation, China in the global context, the role of civil society, non-governmental organisations (NGO), human rights (including economic, social and cultural rights), participation issues, capacity development, monitoring and evaluation. His teaching experience covers Master and Bachelor level courses and executive training courses for diplomats, government officials and project managers in English and German on a wide range of political science/political sociology topics. Berthold Kuhn has worked and travelled in more than 70 countries, mainly in Europe, Asia and Africa, and is fluent in German, English and French and able to communicate in Chinese.
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