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More Than Ethics: Why We Must Recover the Transformative Power of Theory

What It Takes to Stay in School: Breaking the Economics of Inequality in Bihar

Chemical Pollution and Sustainability: International Perspectives

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SDGs Scholars Academy

The SDGs Scholars Academy serves as a think tank bringing together leading researchers and encouraging them to pursue convergence research and knowledge mobilization to address issues that are crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and informing future global goals.

Membership

The SDGs Scholars Academy will include distinguished fellows and fellows, who will be united by the breadth and depth of their expertise and interest in engaging in open and transparent dialogue about SDGs issues today and the future of the SDG, and who will engage affiliates interested in participating in SDGs Scholars Academy events. Distinguished fellows are selected based on […]

Research Themes

Four research themes have been identified that will be leveraged to create a research agenda to address complex intersecting problems reflected in the SDGs and inform future global goals. The SDGs@UofT research themes addresses multiple SDGs and illuminate ways in which they interact to prevent or enable sustainable development.

What's happening at SDGs@UofT

More Than Ethics: Why We Must Recover the Transformative Power of Theory

blog | July 20, 2026

When sustainability is discussed, the conversation almost always turns to action. We ask what governments should do, which policies should be adopted, how institutions should change, and what responsibilities individuals have toward future generations. These are indispensable questions, but I have become increasingly convinced that they rest on a deeper assumption that is rarely examined: our belief that the […]

What It Takes to Stay in School: Breaking the Economics of Inequality in Bihar

blog | June 8, 2026

A child in rural Bihar drops out of school at Grade 5, not because they don’t value education, but because staying in school costs too much. By age ten, a child becomes a valuable worker on the farm. For lower‑caste families whose income depends on a single landowner, the decision to pull a child out of school […]

Chemical Pollution and Sustainability: International Perspectives

Events | September 30, 2026 2:00 pm

When and Where Wednesday, September 30, 2026 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm ES 2093, Earth Sciences Centre, 22 Ursula Franklin St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1 Description The School of the Environment and SDGs@UofT invite you to join us on Wednesday, September 30th, 2026, from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm in ES 2093 (22 Ursula Franklin St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1) for Chemical Pollution and Sustainability: […]

Call for Applications: 2026-2027 SDGs@UofT Student Advisory Committee

opportunities, student-engagement | July 23, 2026

The Student Advisory Committee has been created to lead tri-campus student engagement, emphasizing diversity in SDG initiatives, promoting an inclusive strategy, contributing to communication planning for a global trainee community, and playing a key role in mobilizing knowledge through peer interaction.

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