Register to the workshop with your name and affiliation at SDGhandbooks@isdrs.org, deadline 18th October 2023.

Recent calls on the sustainable development goals have asked for transformative action, as incremental and fragmented change is insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and meet the global climate change challenge. Half-way through Agenda 2030, this International workshop sets out to explore, examine and investigate if these 17 SDGs have been effective in achieving the transformative changes towards sustainable development. It engages in a mid-term assessment of Agenda 2030, identifies the missing aspects of Agenda 2030 and critically evaluates SDGs. The quadruple-helix inter-disciplinary research from across the various continents to present experience and evidence on SDGs is also sourced. The objective is to explore the SDG framework across: goals; targets; indicators; the 5 thematic areas of the SDGs (peace, people, planet, prosperity, partnerships); the 3 dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social, environment); and across various statistical frameworks. The workshop also seeks to investigate SDGs at the thematical, regional and country level and provide examples of possible applications, implications, and best practices. This international workshop brings together experts and researchers from around the globe.

Workshop Program

DAY 1: 19^th October 2023. Session 1

 

09:00 – 09:10 Welcome and Introduction

Ranjula Bali Swain Peter Dobers

Södertörn University, Sweden

09:10 – 09:40 Can we Reverse Climate Change by 2030?

Greg Campbell

SRD Change National, Australia Discussant: Anton Ming-Zhi Gao

09:40 – 10:10 Taiwan’s responses to the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and SDG

13 Climate Action: From the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act of 2015 to the Climate Change Responding Act of 2023

Anton Ming-Zhi Gao

Professor, Institute of Law for Science and Technology, National Tsing-hua University, Taiwan

Discussant: Xin Zhou

10:10 – 10:40 Bridging Resources, Bridging Goals: Water, Energy, and Food Nexus for SDG Advancement

Xin Zhou

Integrated Sustainability Centre, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan

Bijon Kumer Mitra

Adaptation & Water, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan

Vibhas Sukhwani

Integrated Sustainability Centre, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan Discussant: Greg Campbell

Concluding comments

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers

10:40 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK

 

DAY 1: 19^th October 2023. Session 2

10:50 – 11:20 Interactions and Interlinkages Between SDGs 4 and 5: Lessons from South Asia

M Niaz Asadullah

Professor, Faculty of Business, Monash University Malaysia

Kazi Mukitul Islam

Faculty of Business, Monash University Malaysia

Uma Kambhampati

Professor, Department of Economic, University of Reading, UK Discussant: Pritha Dev

11:20 – 11:50 Homophily in Transnational Municipal Networks:

A Social Network Analysis of the 100 Resilient Cities Network

Pritha Dev

Associate Prof., Dept. of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad, India Discussant: M NiazAsadullah

11:50 – 12:00 Concluding comments

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK

 

DAY 1: 19^th October 2023. Session 3

13:00 – 13:10 Introduction

Ranjula Bali Swain Peter Dobers

Södertörn University, Sweden

13:10 – 13:40 The unhappy Wedlock of Environment and Development in the modernist sustainable economic growth

Bosco Bwambale

Department of Agroecology and Natural Resources, Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) MISR, Makerere University

THRIVE Research Lab, Thrive Development Facility (TDF) Discussant: Cristina Poncibò

13:40 – 14:10 Sustainable Development and Comparative Contract Law: Three case studies

Cristina Poncibò

Professor, Department of Law, University of Turin, Italy Discussant: Kenadi E. Mitchell

14:10 – 14:40 A Comparative Analysis of Disparities in Sustainability, Decision Making, and Environmental Justice under Title VI and the Fourteenth Amendment

Kenadi E. Mitchell

School of Law, Howard University, USA Discussant: Bosco Bwambale

Concluding comments

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers

14:40 – 14:50 COFFEE BREAK

 

DAY 1: 19^th October 2023. Session 4

14:50 – 15:20 Co-design and enabling technologies towards SDGs territorialisation for the communities in transition

Giuseppe Mangano

Dept. of Architecture and Territory, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Discussant: Denise Voci

15:20 – 15:50 Mediating the SDGs - The role of (mass) media and communication in realizing the SDGs

Denise Voci

Senior Scientist, Dept. of Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Matthias Karmasin

Professor, Department of Media and Communications, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Discussant: Armindo dosSantos de Sousa Teodósio

15:50 – 16:20 “We need to try harder one more time”: challenges in the transition of work of waste pickers from adumping ground to a cooperative

Armindo dos Santos de Sousa Teodósio

Associate Professor, Economics and Management Sciences Institute (ICEG Business School)

Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brazil

Dijana Helena Diniz Costa Vieira

Discussant: Giuseppe Mangano

16:20 – 16:30 Concluding comments

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers

 

DAY 2: 20^th October 2023. Session 5

 

09:00 – 09:10 Welcome and Introduction

Ranjula Bali Swain Peter Dobers

Södertörn University, Sweden

09:10 – 09:40 Sustainability as defining moment for changing (m)eating behaviour?

Comparing eastern and western food choices, moral evaluations and harmonization strategies in consumption and gaps in SDG#12

Franzisca Weder

University of Queensland, School of Communication and Arts, Qld, Australia

Stella Lemke

University of Lübeck, Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Thomas Fenzl

Carinthian University of Applied Sciences, School of Management, Austria Discussant: Rob Wallis

09:40 – 10:10 Sustainable Development in Human-Modified Landscapes: Using Raptors to disperse flocks of pestbirds that threaten resource use, human activities and Ecosystem function

Professor Robert Wallis

Professor of Research Development at Federation University in Victoria, Australia.

Graeme Coles

Director of Full Flight Birds of Prey, Victoria, Australia Discussant: Franzisca Weder

10:10 – 10:20 Concluding comments

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers

10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK

 

DAY 2: 20^th October 2023. Session 6

10:50 – 11:20 The Core values and drivers for building future businesses.

How born Sustainable and sustainability-driven companies contribute to the SDGs

Svenja Damberg

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Technology & Innovation Management, Hamburg University ofTechnology, Germany

Discussant: Ranjula Bali Swain

11:20 – 11:50 Sustainable Markets

Ranjula Bali Swain

Professor, Department of Economics, Södertörn University, Sweden

Örjan Sjöberg

Professor, Department of Marketing and Strategy, Stockholm School of Economics Discussant: Svenja Damberg

11:50 – 12:00 Concluding comments

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers

 

Concluding comments

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK

 

DAY 2: 20^th October 2023. Session 7

13:00 – 13:10 Introduction

Ranjula Bali Swain Peter Dobers

Södertörn University, Sweden

13:10 – 13:40 The transformation of the global financial system to sustainability

Sebastian Thomas

University of Melbourne and Adjunct Professor, Curtin University, Australia Discussant: Maria João Ruela

13:40 – 14:10 Achieving Sustainable Menstrual Health for All: Investigating Menstrual Cup Takeup in India

Supriya Garikipati

Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland

Karan Babbar

Jindal Global Business School, OP Jindal Global University, India Discussant: Sebastian Thomas

14:10 – 14:40 Social Innovation and Local Sustainable Development

Maria João Ruela

Professor, Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal

João Simão

Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal

Filipe Almeida

Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Discussant: Karan Babbar

 

Concluding comments

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers

14:40 – 14:50 COFFEE BREAK

 

DAY 2: 20^th October 2023. Session 8

14:50 – 15:20 Energy Poverty and Educational Outcomes: Empirical Evidence from Indian Households

Manasi B.

IFMR Graduate School of Business - KREAUniversity, Andhra Pradesh, India

Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay

Associate Prof of Economics, IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University, Sri City, India

Discussant: Daniel Dancsa

15:20 – 15:50 Sustainability in education using 3D models

Daniel Dancsa

Discussant: Armindo dos Santos de Sousa Teodósio

15:50 – 16:20 Education for Sustainability in the University-Society Relationship: possibilities and challenges in thecontemporary Brazilian context

Armindo dos Santos de Sousa Teodósio

Associate Professor, Economics and Management Sciences Institute (ICEG Business School)

Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brazil Jaqueline Silva Melo, Carolina Costa Resende, Virgínia Simão Abuhid Discussant: Manasi B.

16:20 – 16:30 Concluding remarks

Ranjula Bali Swain, Peter Dobers