Experiences Experiences Initiatives Initiatives Challenges Challenges Cristina Capineri, Università di Siena Cristina Capineri, Università di Siena
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ExperiencesExperiencesInitiatives Initiatives ChallengesChallenges
Cristina Capineri, Università di SienaCristina Capineri, Università di Siena
Our Common Future (1987)
“…most of the institutions facing those challenges tend to be independent, fragmented, working to relatively
narrow mandates with closed decision processes. Those responsible for managing natural resources and
protecting the environment are institutionally separated from those responsible for managing the
economy. The real world of interlocked economic and ecological systems will not change; the policies and
institutions concerned must.”
UNIVERSITY AS BARICENTER
Innovate educationOpen science
Citizen Science
Internationl research networks
Contribute territorial
governance
UNIVERSITY AS A KNOWLEDGE NODE
• Connect existing skills and knowledge
• Adopt a transdisciplinary approach; partecipatory approach (citizen science, open science, etc.)
• Enable knowledge transfer for policy and governance (local level)
SDSN_Med - UNISI 3 STRATEGIES 3 EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES
•Diffusion of Columbia University MOOC “The age of sustainable development” translated in French and Arabic to ensure a larger participation in the Mediterranean area;•Local reinforcement : Open course, 25 multidisciplinary lectures on Sustainable Development; free credits & «Sustain-able Certificate»;•Innovation: a blended MOOC will be developed by Siena University and UNSDSN MED
THE BLENDED MOOC
Three strategic approaches: •trandisciplinarity, •solution oriented, •locally / «Mediterrenan» grounded•Give voice to participants / learn from them
The blend = Lectures from running Columbia University MOOCS + New lecture more focussed on Mediterranean area
TOPIC 1
FRONTAL LECTURE
LOCAL /REGIONAL CASE STUDY
PARTICIPANTS Feedback
TESTING
READINGS
Open access
REPOSITORY
READINGS
Blended course model
Increased demand 50% by 2030 (IEA)
Energy
Water Increased demand
30% by 2030
(IFPRI)
FoodIncreased demand
50% by 2030
(FAO)
Climate
Change
Source: Professor John BeddingtonChief Scientific Adviser to HM Government, 2009
SDGs within the nexus• Abundance in people’s
abilities, information and communication technologies, distribution, leisure time …
• Scarcity in time, natural resources, biodiversity, land, oceans
• Potential transition from scarcity to abundance: energy, water
SDGs & UNIHow do we monitor and check on the sustainable development goals?
AwarnessPartecipation
Applied sciences
ProfessionalConsultants
Post-normalScience
PartecipationDecision
Uncertaintiessystem
HIGH
HIGHLOW
Citizen Science & Science
Big Data & Volunteering efforts• Logging Roads –
Moabi & Global Forest Watch
Citizen Science & SDGs - indicators
Audubon Cal.
Citizen Science & SDGs - Indicators
FreshWater Watchers take samples to determine water quality © Earthwatch
Citizen Science & SDGs - solutions
Citizen Science & SDGs - solutions• Balloon Mapping – Mathare
Community Citizen Science & SDGs
Eye on Earth Alliance 2015• An alliance with AGEDI, UNEP, GEO, WRI &
IUCN : information for sustainable development.
… Citizen Science was a major focus … and there was general consensus that reporting against SDGs must include citizen science data. To this end, a global coalition of citizen science groups will be established … and the Eye on Earth Alliance will continue to engage citizen science groups …
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