The SDG Academy, our partner on the UCD M.Sc. in Sustainable Development, is proud to announce the launch of Mission 4.7, a new initiative co-founded with Global Schools (Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens) and UNESCO, to advance SDG Target 4.7 at the highest levels. The launch took place on December 16, on the first day of the … Continue Reading
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UCD M.Sc. in Sustainable Development in partnership with UN SDSN. Jan Full Time starts are HEA Funded, Deadline Dec 4th 2020.
Funding for January 2021 Entry is supported by the Government’s July Stimulus – Higher Education Initiative, Deadline Dec 4th 2020. To be eligible, you (or your parents if you are under 23) need to be ordinarily resident in the EU (including Ireland /EEA/ Swiss Confederation/UK ) for 3 of the last 5 years (minimum of … Continue Reading
Invitation to UCD staff: HEA Education for Sustainable Development Consultation Event
Ireland’s National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is due to conclude at the end of 2020. Consultation on the next National Strategy, led by the Department of Education and Skills (DES), will commence in the New Year via an online survey and submissions process.As a precursor to this wider consultation, the Higher Education … Continue Reading
UCD embeds UN SDGs across education, research, governance and engagement
University College Dublin has published its first Sustainability Report outlining a structured programme designed to embed the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) across the University’s education, research, governance and engagement activities. Under the education heading, UCD has committed that all degree programmes meet the criteria under SDG Goal 4 Quality Education as well as mapping to … Continue Reading
Centre for Sustainable Development Studies contributes to Report on Children and the SDGs
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Dr. Katherine Zappone T.D. launched the ‘UN Sustainable Developmental Goals Through the Lens of a Child joint report’ on 25 March 2019. The report outlines the activities, outcomes and deliberations of a workshop entitled ‘SDGs through the Lens of a Child’ organised by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs … Continue Reading
Prof Paul Walsh took part in panel discussion on Climate Change for UCDSU Green Week
UCD Students Union and the Literary & Historical Society hosted a panel talk on climate change on 6 February as a part of UCDSU’s first ever Green Week. The panel considered on academics and politicians attempted to present and debate practical solutions to the climate crisis. Moderator Professor Patrick Paul Walsh introduced the talk by … Continue Reading
Membership of Institute for Sustainable Development Goals of Tsinghua University
Prof Patrick Paul Walsh has been appointed as International Academic Committee member to the Institute for Sustainable Development Goals of Tsinghua University (TUSDG). Founded in April 2017 at Tsinghua University, TUSDG is the premier institution in China aimed at conducting interdisciplinary research and collaborating with global partners to address challenges in implementing UN Sustainable Development … Continue Reading
UN Sustainable Development Transition Forum (SDTF)
Prof Patrick Paul Walsh spoke at the UN Sustainable Development Transition Forum (SDTF) in Incheon, Republic of Korea on 29th – 31st October, 2018. The focus of the event was “Accelerating Progress towards the SDGs: Enhancing the Role of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)”. Prof Walsh spoke in Session 1: How can HLPF provide the … Continue Reading
New paper: Competition and Welfare Effects of Differentiated Taxation: Evidence from the Irish Automobile Market
Competition and Welfare Effects of Differentiated Taxation: Evidence from the Irish Automobile Market Anna Bennato, Franco Mariuzzo and Patrick Paul Walsh (2018) Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Working paper 18-5. Background In recent years, policy makers in developed countries have adopted taxation systems that attempt to curb consumers’ behavior away from a harmful … Continue Reading
Student Paper “A Space Oddity: The Impact of Emerging Space Nations on International Security”
Seréna Pilkington, a former student of SPIRe, has had a paper published by Cornell University’s Cornell Cosmic journal. The paper is called A Space Oddity: The Impact of Emerging Space Nations on International Security. Seréna Pilkington is a recent graduate from the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) at the University College Dublin, Rep. of … Continue Reading