Higher Education for Sustainable Development Goals

Offered By: Politecnico di Milano via Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE

Course Description

Overview

The course introduces the concept of Sustainable Development and the recent debate and policies promoted at the global level to face urgent environmental and societal challenges. 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the SDGs, aiming at addressing ambitious sustainability challenges by 2030, are presented across the course program. The course concludes with a call for action to accelerate and demonstrate the active commitment of the HE community.

Syllabus

Week 0 - Introduction to the course
Week 1 - Introduction to Sustainable Development
Week 2 - Empowering PEOPLE
Week 3 - Creating shared PROSPERITY
Week 4 - Safeguarding PLANET
Week 5 - Fostering PEACE
Week 6 - Strengthening PARTNERSHIPS
Final Quiz
Additional Resources

Taught by

Laura Airoldi, Gilberto Antonelli, Paola Bellaviti, Alberto Bellini, Alessandra Bonoli, Alessandra Cappiello, Renato Casagrandi, Stefano Caserini, Alessandro Chiarucci, Emanuela Colombo, Alberto Colorni, Chiara Elefante, Fabio Fava, Luca Ferrari, Valeria Friso, Tullia Gallina Toschi, Alessandro Gargini, Nereo Landini, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Anna Montini, Eugenio Morello, Rebecca Levy Orelli, Angelo Paletta, Eleonora Perotto, Paolo Pileri, Francesca Recanati, Giuseppe Resnati, Lucia Rigamonti, Susanna Sancassani, Alessandra Scagliarini, and Benedetta Siboni