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Unlocking the SDGs: A Blueprint for the Future podcast
Co-hosts Professor Monica Lakhanpaul (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health) and Professor Priti Parikh (UCL Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction) are back with a wide range of experts to take a deep dive into the UN SDGs.
Over 3 seasons, academics consider issues including the role of culture and humanities in the SDGs, how the SDGs can be more inclusive, and what will follow the SDGs. Guests from across UCL’s faculties and beyond will bring new perspectives and understanding, while UCL students share what the SDGs mean to them.
Available on: Soundcloud, Spotify.
About our hosts
Professor Monica Lakhanpaul (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health)
Professor Lakhanpaul graduated from Medicine in 1992. She trained in paediatrics, gained her doctorate in Paediatrics and Child Health in 2003, and proceeded to Senior Lecturer and Consultant Paediatrician at the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, respectively. In 2012 Professor Lakhanpaul joined the UCL GOS Institute of Child Heath as Professor of Integrated Community Child Health. In 2016 she was appointed Head of Population, Policy and Practice.
Professor Parikh is the Director of the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction (BSSC). BSSC has 100 staff members, 100 honoraries, 100 PGRs and 700 MSc students all influencing theory, practice and policy for Sustainable Construction. Professor Parikh is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Council Member. She is also on the board of Engineers Against Poverty and Happold Foundation. Her work has received recognition through UCL's Education and Sustainability Research Award, Top 50 Women in Engineering in 2022 and as one of the top 100 academics for policy making for Apolitical.
Meet the team:
Simon Knowles: Head of Coordination – Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Liz Almond: Head of UCL Research Communications
Flavie Belanco: Communications Officer
Produced by Front Ear