Global Challenges University Allicance (GCUA) Workshop "Life Science Universities and the UN Sustainable Development Goals"

The workshop will be held at BOKU from April 16 to 18, 2018. Special offer for CASEE members: accomodation cost coverage possible (please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)! Registration deadline: April 1.

Our planet faces severe challenges: extreme poverty, hunger, land degradation, water pollution, biodiversity losses, energy demand and climate change. Increasing inequality and conflicts threaten social cohesion and democracy.

To address these challenges, the UN has framed its vision “Transforming our World” into 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Universities worldwide have a great responsibility to contribute with their research inputs and higher education to the process for sustainable transformation. In this workshop international experts, from policy and science, will discuss, how “Life Science Universities can support the implementation of the SDGs.” In this workshop international experts, from policy and science, will discuss, how “Life Science Universities can support the implementation of the SDGs.” Registration deadline: April 8th.

Further information and registration details you will find here.