Following the successful first series of Unlocking the SDGs, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are back with a deep dive into the UN SDGs. Over six episodes, the series considers issues including the role of culture and humanities in the SDGs, how the SDGs can be more inclusive, and what will follow the SDGs. Guests from across UCL’s faculties and beyond; will bring new perspectives and understanding, while UCL students share what the SDGs mean to them.

SDGs: A Blueprint for the Future - Series 2

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Professor Nicola Miller, UCL Professor of Latin American History at UCL Institute of Advanced Studies and Dr Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, Associate Professor in Heritage Studies at UCL Institute of Archaeology. In the first episode, they'll be considering the question of culture. It’s a topic that isn’t central to the SDGs to date, at least not explicitly, but perhaps should have been. What should be the role of culture, and can we achieve the goals without considering it? 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/

Date of episode recording: 2023-06-26
Duration: 00:30:48
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh 
Guests: Professor Nicola Miller, Institute of Advanced Studies and Dr Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, Institute of Archaeology. 
Producer: Front Ear Podcasts

CULTURE and THE SDGS with Professor Nicola Miller and Dr Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Dr Norha Vera San Juan, Institute for Global Health, and Dr Keri Wong, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. They’ll be considering the question of mental health and wellbeing. Asking whether the SDGs can and should do more to address this issue, and what that might mean in practice.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/

Date of episode recording: 2023-07-05
Duration: 00:33:39
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh 
Guests: Dr Norha Vera San Juan, Institute for Global Health, and Dr Keri Wong, Institute for Education 
Producer: Front Ear Podcast

MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SDGS

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Dr Ida Kubiszewski, Institute for Global Prosperity, and Dr Kate Roll, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Today we’ll be unpacking the competing priorities around the implementation of the SDGs, and the challenges countries face in achieving the Goals, both at home and abroad.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/

Date of episode recording: 2023-09-05
Duration: 00:28:54
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh 
Guests: Dr Ida Kubiszewski, Institute for Global Prosperity, and Dr Kate Roll, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Producer: Front Ear Podcasts

THE ECONOMICS OF THE SDGS

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Dr Simon Chin-Yee, Department of Political Sciences, and Dr Louisa Acciari, Institute for Disaster and Risk Reduction. Today they’ll be unpacking how well the SDGs respond to world issues and whether they need to be more agile to the complex issues of the world and the people within it.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/

Date of episode recording: 2023-10-02
Duration: 00:27:40
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh 
Guests: Dr Simon Chin-Yee, Department of Political Sciences, and Dr Louisa Acciari, Institute for Disaster and Risk Reduction
Producer: Front Ear Podcasts

HOW RESPONSIVE ARE THE SDGS?

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Professor Ruth Morgan, from UCL Security & Crime Science, and Professor Andrea Rigon, from the UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit. The Sustainable Development Goals were adopted in 2015, to provide a set of global targets for the world to achieve by 2030. As we’re now only seven years away from that milestone of 2030, we’re considering what progress has been made, and what might come next. As this is such an interesting topic and there is a lot for us to discuss, we have decided to tackle it over two episodes. This is part 1.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/

Date of episode recording: 2023-10-26
Duration: 00:39:27
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh
Guests: Professor Ruth Morgan, from UCL Security & Crime Science, and Professor Andrea Rigon, from the UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit.
Producer: Front Ear Podcasts

WHAT COMES NEXT? PART ONE

WHAT COMES NEXT? PART TWO with Professor Sean Fox and Dr Jessica Espey from the University of Bristol. In the final episode of the series, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Professor Sean Fox and Dr Jessica Espey from the University of Bristol. They’re discussing points raised throughout the series. Looking at the goals from a slightly different perspective, they’ll be considering what progress has been made, and what might come next? This is part 2. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/

Date of episode recording: 2023-11-01
Duration: 00:40:16
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh 
Guests: Professor Sean Fox and Dr Jessica Espey from the University of Bristol 
Producer: Front Ear

WHAT COMES NEXT? PART TWO

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