10C - Mobilizing the SDGs for Future-Facing Partnership (60mins)
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C
| Wednesday, March 15, 2023 |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
| 110C |
Details
Queen’s, Fudan and Universitas Indonesia have each made great strides advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Queen’s ranked in the top 10 in the last two THE Impact Rankings, while in 2022 UI placed #18, and Fudan entered at #27. However, we recognize that only through collaboration, equitable partnership and innovation will the SDGs be achieved on a global scale.
We will present our own approaches towards advancing the SDGs, outlining our challenges and successes. We will then discuss how the SDGs provide a common language for global partners to address problems that we each face in our own local communities. We will explore how universities can share their distinct strengths, experiences and knowledges on the SDGs to gain a global perspective on social and environmental problems and collaborate to develop and implement innovative solutions locally.
We will seek to answer:
1. How might the SDGs provide a framework for the fostering of equitable global partnerships?
2. How can global partnerships enhance the development of sustainable solutions to local problems?
3. What are some of the challenges of the SDG framework for equitable partnerships and how can they be addressed?
4. What are the benefits and challenges created by the THE Impact Rankings for encouraging collaboration, equitable partnership and innovation?
Learning Objectives:
• Learn how the SDGs can be implemented within the university context, and how they can be applied to a global engagement strategy.
• Harnessing the SDGs as a “common language” for fostering equitable partnerships, applying the concept of “thinking globally, acting locally.”
• Understanding the value and the challenges of using the THE Impact Rankings as a guide for developing productive and mutually beneficial partnerships.
Target Audience:
Audience: Sustainability offices; Global engagement; Student exchange; Student support
Area of interest: SDGs, Global engagement
Target Audience Level:
Intermediate
Presenter(s)
Dr Sandra Den Otter
Vice Provost International
Queen's University, Canada
Mobilizing the SDGs for Future-Facing Partnership
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Dr. Sandra Den Otter, Department of History at Queen’s University, researches and teaches in the area of late 18th, 19th and 20th century Britain, colonialism and post-colonialism. She previously served as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Vice-Principal (Research). The International portfolio oversees the university’s Global Engagement strategy.
Dr Baiduri Widanarko
Head
Universitas Indonesia
Mobilizing the SDGs for Future-Facing Partnership
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
She held a position of Head of Occupational Health and Safety at the Faculty of Public Health. She has been an expert member of UI Greenmetric since 2018. Dr. Widanarko is now the Head of International Office as well as Chair of ASEAN University Network - ASEAN Credit Transfer System (AUN-ACTS). Her research interests include ergonomics, sustainability, and credit transfer.
Dr Zhiyao Zhang
Director, Asia Liaison Office
Queen's University, Canada
Mobilizing the SDGs for Future-Facing Partnership
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Dr. Zhiyao Zhang was born and educated in North China. MA and PhD. from Jilin University, visited US and British Universities during teaching at Jilin University. At the year 2000, he moved to Canada, taught at the Royal Military College of Canada, studied and worked at Queen`s University.
Ms Yvonne Xu
Deputy Director, Office of Global Partnerships
Fudan University, China
Mobilizing the SDGs for Future-Facing Partnership
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Ms Yvonne XU is Deputy Director of Office of Global Partnerships, Fudan University, in charge of the overall international exchanges and cooperation of the university.
Dr Agustin Kusumayati
Secretary to the University
Universitas Indonesia
Mobilizing the SDGs for Future-Facing Partnership
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Dr. Kusumayati has been Secretary to the University since 2019. Previously she was the Dean of Faculty of Public Health. Her research area is in public health which include maternal and child health, adolescent reproductive health. She is now also the President of Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.
Chairperson
Sandra Den Otter
Vice Provost International
Queen's University, Canada
