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Hosted by Chulalongkorn University and the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies, the Bangkok Forum, the first international conference on social sustainability held in Thailand, took place from 24-25 October, 2018 at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. This year’s theme focused on…

Leadership for Urban Sustainable Development The 2018 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme was held from 12th – 16th November in Melbourne, Australia, hosted by RMIT University, under the theme ‘Leadership for Urban Sustainable Development’. At this point in history, over one-half of…

Since its inception, ProSPER.Net members have launched a wide variety of joint projects ranging from the creation of an online postgraduate programme in public policy and sustainable development practice to the integration of sustainable development in business school curricula. The…

The ProSPER.Net Secretariat would like to invite members to submit self-nominations to host the upcoming ProSPER.Net programmes and events for 2019. Over the years, the network members have taken turns in hosting ProSPER.Net General Assemblies, Board Meetings, the Young Researchers’…

Twenty students from 18 universities from around the Asia-Pacific region from 15 countries recently spent one week in Japan for the 2018 ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School (YRS), learning about the theme ‘Sustainable Urban Development for the World’s Megacities’. Held from…

Applications for membership to ProSPER.Net are currently being accepted for 2018. Membership is limited to higher education institutions located in the Asia-Pacific region that offer postgraduate education and research in sustainable development and in education for sustainable development related fields….

Education Day at COP23 was held on 16 November 2017 in Bonn, Germany, bringing together participants to discuss the critical role of education, both in developing strategies to combat climate change as well as efforts towards achieving the Sustainable Development…

On 28 November, 2017, the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution reaffirming Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It affirms ESD as ‘a vital means of…

The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), and the ProSPER.Net Secretariat held the 2018 ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School (YRS) in Kanagawa, Japan, from 4-11 March 2018.

The 10th ASEAN+3 Leadership Programme, organized in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 10-13 October 2017, was hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia. The impact of this programme is highly significant, as it enhanced the knowledge and skills of policymakers,…