UCL launches third series of Unlocking the SDGs podcast

The Unlocking the SDGs: A Blueprint for the Future podcast is back for third series. The podcast bring together experts from across UCL and beyond to explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Series 3 out now.

Following the successful first and second series of Unlocking the SDGs – A Blueprint for the Future, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) and Professor Priti Parikh (The Bartlett, UCL’s School of Sustainable Construction) are back with a deep dive into the UN SDGs. Over five episodes, the series considers issues including the role of AI and education in the SDGs and what other countries are doing to achieve the goals. Listen as academics from across UCL’s faculties and beyond bring new perspectives and understanding to this complex global issue.  

The 17 SDGs, also known as the Global Goals, are the core of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, they provide a framework for the world’s ongoing economic growth, while protecting the environment and addressing societal inequalities. The UN aims to achieve the Goals by 2030. 

Throughout the series our hosts and guests consider a range of topics as well as how the SDGs are addressing perhaps the most important issue of our time - climate change. We’ll also be travelling overseas and talking to our partners in India to hear what they are doing overseas to achieve the goals. 

We’re excited to be returning with a 3rd series of the podcast. We’re honoured to have been involved in many insightful conversations with academics across disciplines. As recent conversations at COP demonstrated, there’s never been a more important time to have these discussions. We hope you find this series as engaging as we did.”

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh. 

Series 3 highlights UCL’s continued commitment to the goals. Whilst one of the co-hosts, Prof Priti Parikh heads to COP29, you can also listen to their previous conversations on COP with Prof Mark Maslin, Prof Ilan Kelman, Dr Simon Chin-Yee and more here. 

• Special EPISODE: The SDGs and India (special edition episode with UCL partners in India – Professor P V Madhusudhan Rao (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi) and Professor Sumit Malhotra (All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS).
• EPISODE 1: SDGS and AI with Professor Maria Perez Ortiz (Department of Computer Science) and Professor Jack Stilgoe (Dept of Science & Technology Studies).  
• EPISODE 2: SDGS and Mental Wellbeing with Professor Essi Viding (UCL Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology) and Professor Argyris Stringaris (UCL Divisions of Psychiatry and Psychology and Language Sciences).
• EPISODE 3: THE SDGS and Climate Crisis with Professor Catalina Turcu (The Bartlett School of Planning. Faculty of the Built Environment) and Professor Ilan Kelman (UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction). 
• EPISODE 4: The SDGs and Education with Anoushka Jain (UCL Dept of Political Science) and Vasiliki Kioupi (University of Leeds).

Thank you to everyone who took part in the current series. Listen to all the series 3 episodes now on Soundcloud or wherever you get your podcasts.

 

 

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