organized by PD Dr. Berthold Kuhn (Freie Universität Berlin)

Live Session on November 02-09, 2022

Webex Meeting-Link for Live Session: tba

Abstract

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN reflect the global consensus about improving sustainability. The goals have important implications for policy and research in areas ranging from climate protection to gender issues. The SDGs are complex and interwoven; the success of one goal is often closely linked to the success of another. Timely and impactful implementation of the goals therefore requires interdisciplinary research. The workshop offers the opportunity to discuss the complex topic of sustainability from a transdisciplinary perspective with an international group of PhD students and professors. Participants are asked to provide a short abstract outlining their research and a reflection of how their topic interacts with one or more SDGs. Through the workshop participants develop a broader understanding of inter- and transdisciplinary research collaborations in the field of sustainable development.Rather than presenting general overviews of sustainable development research, the workshop is interested in topical areas of individual dissertations, which should be reviewed in the light of the 17 SDGs. We shall also discuss the relevance of individual research projects in the context of other practical and theoretical frameworks, e.g. megatrend discourses. We shall play special attention to the megatrend of digitalization and share ideas and good practices how Ph.D. researchers take on opportunities and deal with challenges and risks related to digitalization. Taking part in a digital conference has meanwhile become a “normal” research practice. Within our roundtable event with the authors of the book “Global Perspectives on Megatrends” we will discuss the question how to build bridges in digital research spheres in a sustainable way. 

Find further information on this year's PhD Workshop in the Call for Application.

The take-aways at a glance:

·         Certificate of attendance

·         Network among international PhD-students interested in sustainability

·         Insights in methodological approaches for inter- and transdisciplinary research

·         Knowledge about SDGs and digitalization as one megatrend of our times

·         Campus experience 2.0

Workshop Host

Dr. Berthold M Kuhn International Cooperation Advisor & PD (adj. Professor & Ph.D. supervisor), Dept. of Political and Social Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin. Researcher and Senior Consultant for international cooperation projects Dr. Berthold Kuhn is a political scientist and international cooperation advisor on sustainable development. He works as an adjunct professor at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science (OSI), Freie Universität Berlin and as consultant to the European Commission, United Nations organisations, German development cooperation, consulting firms and non-governmental organisations. He was previously a professor at the School of Public Affairs and School of Public Policy, Xiamen University and a GIZ-CIM and Rhineland-Palatinate cooperation expert. His work focuses on sustainable development and climate policies in comparative perspective, sustainable finance, state-market-civil society cooperation, China in the global context, the role of civil society, non-governmental organisations (NGO), human rights (including economic, social and cultural rights), participation issues, capacity development, monitoring and evaluation. His teaching experience covers Master and Bachelor level courses and executive training courses for diplomats, government officials and project managers in English and German on a wide range of political science/political sociology topics. Berthold Kuhn has worked and travelled in more than 70 countries, mainly in Europe, Asia and Africa, and is fluent in German, English and French and able to communicate in Chinese.