From Science to Practice: Research and Knowledge to Achieve the SDGs – 2021
Geneva is a thriving ecosystem home to a world-class concentration of academic institutes, think tanks, NGOs and international organizations conducting groundbreaking policy-relevant research. Following a series of events exploring how science can be translated into policy and action, a consortium of Geneva-based institutions is creating a new channel through which research and knowledge from International Geneva can amplify its impact on global policy making. By participating in this project, the evidence you create can directly reach governments and policy makers at the High-Level Political Forum in New York (or HLPF, the main UN body reviewing progress on the SDGs), influencing critical political decision-making processes.
About the process
Transforming research and knowledge into progress on the Sustainable Development Goals
Last autumn several partners from International Geneva created a new channel through which research and knowledge from the local ecosystem can amplify its impact on global policy making.
Our Evidence Boxes collected contributions on three key themes for the acceleration and success of progress on the global goals: Human well-being and capabilities; Sustainable and just economies; and Food systems and nutrition patterns. Respondents also shared their experience with science-policy-practice interactions. Many types of evidence were received, from peer-reviewed studies and review articles to case studies and stories, covering the local, national, regional and global levels.
Our team is now synthesizing the evidence submitted into papers on these themes. They are also looking at where the new information stands in relation to the currently understood state-of-the-art knowledge. Does it confirm existing trends, or offer a different picture?
Why not join us for this open consultation to find out? We’d like to share the findings with you, and get your feedback as well. The papers will then be revised in the light of the meeting conversations, and prepared for distribution and discussion by policy decision makers at the High-Level Political Forum in New York (or HLPF, the main UN body reviewing progress on the SDGs).
About the event
Our team is now synthesizing the evidence submitted into papers on these themes. They are also looking at where the new information stands in relation to the currently understood state-of-the-art knowledge. Does it confirm existing trends, or offer a different picture?
Why not join us for this open consultation to find out? We’d like to share the findings with you, and get your feedback as well. The papers will then be revised in the light of the meeting conversations, and prepared for distribution and discussion by policy decision makers at the High-Level Political Forum in New York (or HLPF, the main UN body reviewing progress on the SDGs).
More information and registration on the UNRISD website
This project is coordinated by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), the Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI), the Think Tank Hub, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Switzerland and the SDG Lab, and funded by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).