Category: Research and the SDGs

Steve Fairman

Why the Global Academy works

Think of the Global Academy as an international conference without air fares, and much better home-made coffee, tea and snacks

Wendy Stone

SDGs Target 2.4 is in the news

Weather extremes are affecting food supplies globally so we looked for our SDGs Goal 2 researchers

Wendy Stone

The SDGs (Global Goals) need a bigger platform

We are looking for new options as Twitter is no longer the favourite community space for academics and researchers.

Wendy Stone

Show the wider impact of your research group by linking to the Global Goals

The United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs or Global Goals) are a powerful tool for research groups to demonstrate the global impact of their work. However, many researchers do not yet understand the SDGs framework. Using the SDGs to bring your whole team together on one page can be a great motivator and team pages help to explain the wider context of all your work.

Steve Fairman

Milestones achieved!

We are celebrating the achievement of two significant milestones by the Global Academy!

Steve Fairman

Which UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the Global Academy researchers working on?

This indicator is an important measure which reflects not just the breadth of research undertaken by researchers in the Global Academy but also, importantly, the usefulness of the Academy website for other researchers seeking collaborators, for example.

Wendy Stone

? Calling Goal 12 researchers ?

To join us and learn more about using the SDGs Framework with your Goal 12 research please contact steve.fairman@theglobalacademy.ac

Steve Fairman

How does my work contribute to the SDGs?

A question we get asked a lot by researchers before they join our Global Academy is how their own research can possibly be relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Researchers look at the Global Goals (as they are sometimes called) and see that they relate to poverty, equality and improving the environment (both physical and social) to provide the conditions for all life to flourish.

Wendy Stone

SDGs or COVID 19; which comes first?

Even while governments worldwide are, rightly, focused on minimising the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, their response, and their research investments, should be guided by the United Nations framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The uncomfortable truth is that the current pandemic could have been contained by existing health systems if we were closer to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Wendy Stone

Why your organisation (and its research) needs to be part of The Global Academy

In 2015, 193 countries worldwide committed to achieve 17 essential Sustainable Develoment Goals by 2030 (the UN SDGs, or ‘Global Goals’) – a hugely ambitious global undertaking.