12 March: Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

12 March 2019
13.00-14.00

UCD Sutherland School of Law
William Fry lecture theatre

Join our panel of experts to hear about progress being made on SDG targets in Ireland and further afield.

Prof. Ciaran Sugrue

UCD School of Education

Goal 4 seminar chair

Dr Conor Buggy

UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science

Conor’s presentation:

Online Education – Bringing UCD Expertise To Tanzania: Achieving SDG4 through sharing skills to improve curricula and pedagogies Download

Dr Stephan Köppe

UCD School of Social Policy, Social Justice and Social Work

Stephan’s presentation:

Educational inequalityDownload

Dr Jennifer Symonds

UCD School of Education

Jennifer’s presentation:

UCD Safe Learning Study: a mixed methods study of 100 primary schools in Sierra LeoneDownload

26 February: Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

26 February 2019
12.00-13.00
UCD Conway Institute, lecture theatre

Join our panel of experts to hear about progress being made on SDG targets in Ireland and further afield.

Prof. Catherine Godson

UCD School of Medicine & UCD Conway Institute

Dr Jakub Gajewski

Programme Director for Research Institute of Global Surgery
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Jakub’s presentation

Access to Surgical Care in Africa: a true crisisDownload

Dr Virginie Gautier

UCD Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases
UCD School of Medicine

Ms Helen Heneghan

Consultant Bariatric Surgeon
St. Vincent’s University Hospital 

Helen’s presentation:

Treatment of Obesity: the biggest preventable health threat of the 21st centuryDownload

19 February: Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

19 February 2019
13.00-14.00
UCD Science Hub, Intel Theatre

Join our panel of experts to hear about progress being made on SDG targets in Ireland and further afield.

Prof. Dolores O’Riordan

UCD Vice President for Global Engagement
Director, UCD Institute of Food and Health
School of Agriculture and Food Science

Prof. Jim Kinsella

UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science

Jim’s presentation

SDG2 The Hunger Goal: The challenge of enabling farmers to increase productivity and profitability through sustainable systems of food production Download

Dr Aifric O’Sullivan

UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science & UCD Institute of Food and Health

Aifric’s presentation

Agriculture and NutritionDownload

Paul Wagstaff

Senior Agriculture Advisor
Self Help Africa

Paul’s presentation

Conservation agriculture and SDG2Download

12 February 2019: Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere


Seminar: 13.00-14.00 | UCD Newman Building, Theatre P

Workshop: 14.00-15.00 | UCD Newman Building, F101

Panel

Prof. Patrick Paul Walsh

UCD School of Politics and International Relations & UCD Geary Institute

Prof. Nessa Winston

UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD Earth Institute & UCD Geary Institute

Nessa’s presentation

End poverty in all forms everywhere?Download

Dr Ronan McDermott

UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science & UCD Centre for Humanitarian Action

Ronan’s presentation

Measuring tenure security: SDG Indicator 1.4.2 – Opportunities and ChallengesDownload

Dr Tricia Keilthy

Social Policy Officer, Society of St Vincent de Paul

Tricia’s presentation

How can Ireland meet the challenge of Goal 1?Download