Classroom Walls and City Hall: Mobilizing Local Partnerships to Advance the Sustainable Development Agenda

Gaea Morales, Erin Bromaghim, Angela Kim, Caroline Diamond, Alejo Maggini, Avery Everhart, Sofia Gruskin and Anthony Tirado Chase
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Gaea Morales: Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Erin Bromaghim: Mayor’s Office of International Affairs, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Angela Kim: Mayor’s Office of International Affairs, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Caroline Diamond: John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
Alejo Maggini: John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
Avery Everhart: Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Sofia Gruskin: Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Anthony Tirado Chase: John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-9

Abstract: This roundtable discussion raises and responds to the question: What can be learned from academic and local government partnerships to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? We draw on several years of cooperation between the Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles (CA, USA) and academic institutions on how to best advance and integrate the United Nations’ SDGs into policy. Stakeholders from this project give voice to varying perspectives across roles—as city officials, academic partners, graduate and undergraduate students—in the Los Angeles case of SDG implementation. The article outlines a “Task Force” model, under the joint facilitation of faculty advisors and guidance of city partners, that promotes students’ experiential learning, and meaningfully bridges theory and practice in bringing global frameworks to local practice. We highlight what we gain by disaggregating the local and taking space and place seriously in sustainability policy, while underscoring the importance of long-term trust and relationship building in the success of local sustainability efforts.

Keywords: sustainable development; SDGs; city–academic partnerships; global–local policy making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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