Wherever you go \u2013 to the shops, the pub, the cinema \u2013 there's seemingly no escaping the sustainable development goals. \u00a0But these are often invoked to add some spurious relevance to whatever was going to happen anyway. \u00a0There was a glaring example of this last week when a conference was announced with an SDG fanfare to whip up interest \u2013 even though what was going to be focused on didn't mention the goals. \u00a0Shameful, really.<\/p>\n
I was interested, therefore, to get an invitation to take part on a new study:<\/p>\n
Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainability Teaching at Universities<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is being carried out by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme\u00a0and World Sustainable\u00a0Development Research and Transfer Centre<\/em> [that's\u00a0IUSDRPWSDRTC <\/em>if you didn't know; it's even longer in German].<\/p>\n
As the name implies, the study,<\/p>\n
\"... will\u00a0ascertain the extent to which the SDGs are currently being considered or approached\u00a0as part of the teaching programmes offered by universities round the world.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As usual,<\/p>\n
\"... the results will be published as a scientific article in a high-impact journal, and those contributing\u00a0to the work are able to obtain a copy of the paper when it is completed, if they wish.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Tempting, of course, but not really for me, although, contrary to what I noted, above, this does seem to be an example of an initiative that is actually about the goals. \u00a0My guess is that there a lot going on in universities about the goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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