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The role of education in circular economy was underscored at the International Conference on Waste Management and Technology. Photo: Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Tsinghua University   On 7 July 2025, UNU-IAS co-organized a parallel session…

In celebration of World Environment Day 2025, 05 June 2025 (webinar), the ProSPER.Net Sustainability Forum convened a thought-provoking webinar under the theme “EcoSmart Universities: Pioneering Sustainability for Future Generations.” This year’s Sustainability Forum, co-organized by the ProSPER.Net Circular Economy Expert…

The ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School (YRS) was conducted in person for the first time since 2019, bringing together 14 promising young scholars to delve into the pressing issues of climate change and sustainable development. Co-organised by the University of Peradeniya…

On 25 October 2024, The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in its role as ProSPER.Net Secretariat, hosted the ProSPER.Net 18th General Assembly and 24th Board Meeting. Held online, the meeting was attended by representatives…

We are pleased to announce the call for applications to participate in the 2024 ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School (YRS). This year’s YRS will be held from 16 to 22 December 2024 in Colombo and Kandy, Sri Lanka, under the theme…

Applications are now open for membership to ProSPER.Net for 2024.   Membership is limited to higher education institutions located in the Asia-Pacific region that offer postgraduate education and research in sustainable development (SD) and in fields related to education for sustainable…

The ProSPER.Net Secretariat would like to invite members to submit self-nominations to host the upcoming ProSPER.Net programmes and events for 2024. Over the years, the network members have taken turns hosting the ProSPER.Net Leadership Programmes, Young Researchers’ School, Sustainability Forum,…

On 21 October 2023, UNU-IAS co-organised the ProSPER.Net Sustainability Forum as part of the UN Weeks at Sophia University. The event discussed the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the provision of inclusive and equitable education, particularly its impact on…

The linear economy has recognised limitations in supporting the decoupling of economic growth from finite natural resources. In contrast, the circular economy offers a promising model to overcome these limitations and assist in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). One…

The global call to action on sustainable development transitions higher education from the traditional ‘ivory tower’, discipline-oriented paradigm into one of innovative problem solving and creating sustainable solutions. The new paradigm takes on the interplaying sustainability issues in an inter-trans-disciplinary,…