Capacity Development

UNU-IAS invites applications for September 2022 admission to its postgraduate degree programmes: the Master of Science in Sustainability and the PhD in Sustainability Science. The application deadline is 21 February 2022 for the master’s programme, and 28 March 2022 for…

The One Planet Network’s Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme (SBC) is involved in the SBEfin2022 Conference, ‘Emerging Concepts for Sustainable Built Environment’, to be held virtually from 23-25 November, 2022. SBC Coordinators Harri Hakaste (Ministry of the Environment, Finland), Prof. Usha Iyer-Raniga (RMIT University) and Jonathan Duwyn (UNEP) will…

Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities is a guide from the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) that aims to help universities, colleges, and tertiary and higher education institutions implement and mainstream this “Education for the SDGs” within their institutions. Learn…

The University of Edinburgh, in partnership with ‘Learning for Sustainability Scotland’, and the British Council, with input from Education Scotland, have developed two free to access Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as contributions to COP26. ‘Learning for a Sustainable Future:…

A call has been announced inviting outstanding early-career individuals to apply to participate in the IPBES nexus and transformative change assessments through the IPBES fellowship programme. Further details are available here. The application deadline is 20 September, 2021.

Are you a female scientist from the Global South working in the areas of #ClimateAction and the environment? Applications to the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World are now open. Applicants must demonstrate how their research contributes to the advance…

In 2021, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is offering several interdisciplinary summer course programmes on a number of topics, under the main theme of the SDGs. The programmes gather international lecturers and students around the world to share their expertise, discuss, and learn…

Conducted by Okayama City and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Committee, the ‘ESD Okayama Award 2021′ is now open for entries. The Award rewards outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to support organisations carrying out ESD activities…

This six-week online course on Global Leadership and Sustainable Development in Africa offered by UNU-IAS, in collaboration with New York University and the University of Johannesburg, is open to postgraduate students enrolled in Japanese universities (Master’s and Ph.D. courses) working…

The call for nominations of the seventh edition of the UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development is now open. Funded by the Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Distinguished Academic Performance, the Prize is awarded every two years and recognises…