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Posted in Blog, University of Pretoria News on Sep 25, 2024.

Bridging Disciplines in Academia: The Role of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Advancing a Just Transition in Africa

Author: Professor James A. Ogude. Addressing the multifaceted challenges of achieving a just transition to sustainable energy systems in Africa necessitates a strategic focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. The integration of diverse academic perspectives and expertise is essential for addressing the complex socio-economic, environmental, and policy-related issues inherent in energy transitions.

Posted in Blog on Sep 24, 2024.

We made it to the Summit of the Future!

Author: Leonie Hoffman. We made it! At the Summit of the Future at the United Nations in New York, I had the privilege of speaking at the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition side-event, with the title: From Idea to Action and Impact: mobilizing the Outcomes of the Summit.

Posted in Blog on Sep 22, 2024.

History has been made this morning of Sunday 22 Sep 2024 at the United Nations  HQ in New York

Author: Dr Nsah Mala (Kenneth Nsah). History has been made this morning of Sunday 22 Sep 2024 at the United Nations HQ in New York: The #SummitOftheFuture opened with the overwhelming adoption of the Pact for the Future and its two annexes, Declaration on Future Generations and Global Digital Compact. CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who has contributed to this great achievement!

Posted in Blog on Sep 22, 2024.

A future that is ours for the making!

Author: Steven Hartman. A year ago today, 22 September 2023, I took this picture on my way to the UNESCO offices in New York to meet Assistant Director-General Gabriela Ramos and Wales Future Generations Commissioner Derek Walker to discuss how we could build closer cooperations together focused on futures literacy, foresight and planning (championed by both of my meeting partners) and the humanities-led sustainability science work of the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition, which I head up as Executive Director. BRIDGES is anchored in UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations (MOST) programme.

Posted in Blog on Jun 23, 2024.

Transdisciplinary Bridges

Author: Steven Hartman. The ISC’s discussion paper Looking at the Future of Transdisciplinary Research by Matthias Kaiser and Peter Gluckman is a necessary provocation to a research establishment that, in the aggregate, is not sufficiently meeting the challenges of the Anthropocene and the needs of a post-carbon transition.