Centre for Sustainable Development
Our mission
Our mission is to embrace an integrated and equitable approach to teaching, research, and innovation, to co-create solutions with our global partners across academia, civil society, and the public and private sectors, to secure real world impact and to tackle the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Our guiding principles
The University’s Strategic Plan, Vision 2025, puts sustainability at its heart and makes a clear commitment to deliver against the SDGs across all areas of activity, including research, teaching and operational matters.
The centre seeks to foster collaboration and equitable partnerships to ensure that no one is left behind. With this in mind, the centre will operate under a series of guiding principles:
1. We will be outward-looking in all our work
2. We will champion new partnership working across all society
3. We will apply an integrated model to our work, combining education, research and knowledge sharing
Read more about our guiding principlesREF 2021 & Sustainable Development Goals
Find out how our Research Excellence Framework 2021 impact case studies are supporting attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
REF 2021Latest News
Sustainability in Action
We are celebrating 30 years of the MSc Sustainability and Environmental Studies at the University of Strathclyde (1992-2022) with a selection of 34 photos showcasing how alumni from this degree are contributing to "Sustainability in Action" in a variety of jobs globally.
Sustainability in Action
"Our Centre for Sustainable Development provides a platform for enhanced cross-national and cross-institutional work to address the global grand challenges. Notably, we look to build on our exceptional relationship with industry to take our work beyond the boundaries of academia and accelerate the real world impact of our projects."
Principal & Vice-Chancellor
We place education for sustainable development at the heart of our teaching, be this within our curricula for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, our executive and further education programmes or our outreach activities for schools and nurseries.
We excel in transdisciplinary approaches to research and knowledge exchange, and work closely with industry, business and the third-sector to embed our context appropriate solutions in the global interdependencies of economic and social development, and environmental protection.
Our Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused activity permeates all areas of the University, including Estates, HR policy, procurement, and student recruitment.
Our work aims to make a positive contribution to sustainable development globally by promoting our outcomes, evidence and expertise to all stakeholders, including dialogue in challenges and failures to accelerate progress.
We aim to engage with partners in sustainable development at all levels. Find out more about our engagement events, view previous webinars, and access our resources.
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Global partnerships
At Strathclyde we engage with partners across the world to support attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals through equitable and inclusive partnerships. Contact us to find out more about where we work.
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