Organized by Ass. Prof. Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla, Dr. Berthold Kuhn, Freie Universität Berlin, Ass. Prof. Dai Hancheng, Peking University
The purpose of this workshop was to jointly assess and critically review the relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals framework for academic research and practical sustainability initiatives.
At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes a set of 17 SDGs. Targets, and indicators have been set to further define and monitor these universal goals. From a legal perspective, the goals represent soft international norms. However, they still offer a powerful reference framework for national and local policies and initiatives as well as international cooperation programs.
The idea of the workshop was to bring together researchers and practitioners from different disciplines and universities to sharing their work related to sustainable development policies, with reference to the SDGs. Contributions related to the analysis of SDG related discourses, sectoral policies and projects, legal and regulatory frameworks for sustainable development policies, public participation, and the social and economic impact of sustainability reforms. Furthermore, presentations looked at the role and contributions of the private sector, universities, and Non-Governmental Organisations.
