The Future We Want: A Learning Experience to Promote SDGs in Higher Education from the United Nations and University of Valencia

Victoria Vázquez-Verdera, Juan Domingo, Esther Dura, Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan, Ernesto López-Baeza, Sonia Machause López, Fabiola Meco-Tébar, Silvia Rueda, José Javier Serrano-Lara, Isabel Signes-Soler, María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual and Elena Martínez-García
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Victoria Vázquez-Verdera: Departmento de Teoría de la Educación, Facultad de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación, Universitat de València, 46010 València, Spain
Juan Domingo: Department de Informática, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
Esther Dura: Department de Informática, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan: Departamento de Sociología y Antropología Social, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universitat de València, 46021 Valencia, Spain
Ernesto López-Baeza: Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Termodinámica, Facultad de Física, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
Sonia Machause López: Departamento de Prehistoria, Arqueología e Historia Antigua, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Fabiola Meco-Tébar: Departamento de Derecho Civil, Facultad de Derecho, Universitat de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Silvia Rueda: Department de Informática, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
José Javier Serrano-Lara: Departamento de Geografía, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Isabel Signes-Soler: Departamento de Óptica y Optometría y Ciencias de la Visión, Facultad de Física, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual: Departamento de Historia del Arte, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Elena Martínez-García: Departamento de Derecho Administrativo y Procesal, Facultad de Derecho, Universitat de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-27

Abstract: This article shares the strategy for mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the University of Valencia (UV), which, although limited in its scale, may compel other Higher Education Institutions to think in technological and social progress aligned with the 2030 Agenda. It explicates a process driven by the UV, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN), and in collaboration with the Service for Geospatial, Information, and Telecommunications Technologies from the UN Support Base in Valencia (Spain) to prepare the online event: “The United Nations We Want”. It was the culmination of a collaborative project between students and faculties from different scientific, technological, social, legal, humanistic, and health disciplines that structure the University of Valencia. The intention was that new generations experience the role they can have to shape the future we want, while the university community as a whole can become part of transformative institutional change that draws on both top-down and bottom-up strategies in pursuit of Education for Sustainable Development.

Keywords: education for sustainability; artificial intelligence; cross-cutting competencies; interdisciplinary dialogue; sustainable development goals (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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