Achieving the SDGs demands inclusive approaches that foster dialogue across diverse sectors. Yet, there are significant gaps in knowledge mobilization and transdisciplinary research that result in actionable solutions for community and policy. As such, in partnership with the After2030 Project, the SDGs@UofT is hosting a three part series of deliberative dialogues, titled Conversations that Matter to Advance Sustainable Development Through Higher Education Institutions (HEI), to convene academic institutions in order to discuss and debate challenges, solutions and offer new perspectives on addressing the SDGs and inform future global goals. Deliberative dialogues are a group process that helps to integrate and interpret scientific and contextual evidence to inform actions that address a specific issue.
Objectives
The Conversations that Matter is a three-part series that will:
- Convene academic institutions to discuss and debate challenges, solutions and offer new perspectives that are both epistemologically and ontologically diverse to address the SDGs and inform future global goals.
- Produce actionable knowledge that will be used by the network of engaged universities to shape their research and training opportunities that can produce innovative solutions to address the SDGs.Â
Sessions Overview
The series consists of the following three sessions: