The St Andrews Global Challenges Forum will host a four-part symposia webinar series in October 2021 on the overarching theme of ‘Sustainable Futures’. We are aiming for an inspirational set of symposia with both St Andrews and global partners represented. Chaired by Professor Thomas Meagher, each session will welcome three or four speakers and focus on one of the cross-cutting impact topics of:
Equality Matters (7 October 2021, 14:00-16:30 BST)
Registration: https://bit.ly/3sxRScY
You can download the Equality Matters programme here.
Panellists:
Professor Bruno Brulon, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM)
Professor Lisa Smith, University of Leicester
Speakers:
Dr Margarita Vaysman, School of Modern Languages
Dr Juliana Bowles, School of Computer Science
Dr Rehema White, School of Geography & Sustainable Development
Sustainable Livelihoods (14 October 2021, 14:00-16:30 BST)
Registration: https://bit.ly/3szRElF
You can download the Sustainable Livelihoods programme here.
Panellists:
Professor José Antônio de Oliveira Puppim, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Dr Gabriela Di Giulio, University of Sao Paulo
Chrissie Hirst, Corra Foundation
Jim Mather, Visiting Professor at Heriot-Watt University & Former Scottish Government Minister
Speakers:
Professor Nina Laurie, School of Geography & Sustainable Development
Dr Wilber Sabiiti, School of Geography & Sustainable Development
Professor Karen Anne Spencer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience
Professor Richard Bates, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Social Justice (21 October 2021, 14:00-16:30 BST)
Registration: https://bit.ly/3swF5aP
You can download the Social Justice programme here.
Panellists:
Robert Anderson, African Lakes Company
Stephen Gethins, Former MP for North-East Fife
Speakers:
Bennett Collins, Abdikarim Hersi and Yahye Xanas Mohamed, The Third Generation Project
Dr Bernadette O’Hare, GRADE Project
Ronald Martinez-Villarreal and María Laura Villalobos Pacheco, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
Dr David McCollum and Slyamzhar Akhmetzharov, StAKz Hub
Evidence-based policy (28 October 2021, 14:00-16:30 BST)
Registration: https://bit.ly/2UEeE6A
You can download the Evidence-based policy programme here.
Panellists:
Dr Rebekah Widdowfield, Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
Dr Josefina Takahashi Sato, Universidad Cientifica del Sur
Professor Gibson Kibiki, East African Health Research Commission (EAHRC)
Speakers:
Dr Tim Stojanovic, School of Geography & Sustainable Development and Judith Ochieng, A Rocha Kenya
Dr Derek Sloan, School of Medicine and Dr Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Makerere University
Professor Thomas Meagher, School of Biology and Dr Marcelo Freire Moro, Universidade Federal do Ceara