SDG Public Lecture Series
The lecture series “The Sustainable Development Goals in Context” blends cutting-edge research with real-world insights to explore the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda.
What are the major challenges and chances related to sustainable development? How does research at ETH Zurich and practice contribute to it?
Through a diverse and interactive format, inventive ideas to drive social change and technological innovation are discussed. The lecture series also provides a space to reflect on the challenges faced so far in tackling the SDGs.
Co-organised by ETH Sustainability, ETH for Development and NADEL, students from all disciplines as well as external guests get the opportunity to gather and explore pressing global issues through an interdisciplinary lens.
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for the fifth edition:
24 September to 03 December 2024
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Programme of the Fifth Edition
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Introduction to the SDGs and Global Inequalities
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
ETH Main Building, HG E 1.1, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET
Isabel Günther
Professor of Development Economics (D-GESS, ETH Zürich)
The SDGs and Swiss International Cooperation
Tuesday, 01 October 2024
ETH Main Building, HG E 1.1, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET
Keynote
How has the Agenda 2030 changed Swiss development cooperation?
Nicole Ruder
Ambassador, Vice Director, Head of Multilateral Affairs and NGO Division, Swiss Development Cooperation (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, FDFA)
Sustainability in Construction and Humanitarian Aid
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Online, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET (Zoom, please register)
Scientific perspective
Guillaume Habert
Professor of Sustainable Construction, Head of Institue for Construction and Infrastructure Management (D-BAUG, ETH Zürich)
Panelist
Arnaud Paquier
Associate Partner and Head of Sustainability at Itten+Brechbühl AG
Health and Inclusivity
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
ETH Main Building, HG E 1.1, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET
Scientific perspective
Robert Riener
Founder of Cybathlon, Exhibition Inclusive Mobility, Techlogies for Physically Impaired, Founder of RESC (D-HEST, ETH Zürich)
Panelist
Dr. Romila Storjohann
Head of ETH Barrier-Free Programme
Feminism and the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems
Tuesday, 29 October 2023
ETH Main Building, HG E 1.1, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET
Scientific perspective
Johanna Jacobi
Professor of Agroecological Transitions (D-USYS, ETH Zürich)
Panelist
Johanna Herrigel
Programme Manager Swiss Food Policy at Biovision and Feminism Activist
Global Climate Policy and Local Sustainbility Literacy
Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Online, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET (Zoom, please register)
Scientific perspective
Sonia Seneviratne
Professor of Land-Climate Dynamics (D-USYS, ETH Zurich)
Panelist
Regula von Büren
Head of Education Switzerland, myclimate
Social Justice Through the Lenses of Science and Photography
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Online, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET (Zoom, please register)
Scientific perspective
Elliott Ash
Associate professor of Law, Economics, and Data Science (D-GESS, ETH Zürich)
Panelist
Ana Marìa Arévalo Gosen
Photographer and Visual Storyteller
Water Management in a Changing World
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Online, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET (Zoom, please register)
Scientific perspective
Paolo Burlando
Professor for Hydrology and Water Resource Management (D-BAUG, ETH Zurich)
Panelist
Tobias Siegfried
CEO at Hydrosolutions
Chemical Sensors for Sustainable Food Chains (title tbc)
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Online, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET (Zoom, please register)
Scientific perspective
Máté Bedzek
Assistant Professor and Head of Functional Coordination Chemistry Group (D-CHAB, ETH Zurich)
Panelist
To be confirmed
Sustainable Infrastructure and Green Energy Storage
Tuesday, 03 December 2024
ETH Main Building, HG E 1.1, 18:15-19:45 hrs CET
Scientific perspective
Wendelin Stark
Professor at the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering of ETH Zurich and heads the chair in Functional Materials Engineering
Scientific perspective
Samuel Heiniger
Doctoral Candidate at the Functional Materials Laboratory (D-CHAB, ETH Zurich)
Panelist
Christoph Sutter
Serial Entrepreneur in Climate Change Solutions and Renewable Energy
Previous editions
Four editions of the Public Lecture Series "The Sustainable Development Goals in Context" were organised in the spring semesters 2020, 2021, 2022, and autumn semester 2023. They were organized by D-USYS in cooperation with ETH Sustainability and ETH4D.