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Open Access Research for Sustainable Development Goals: Introduction

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Authors: Wiesmann, Urs; Dayer, Océane

Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 28, Number 2, 2019, pp. 88-89(2)

Publisher: oekom verlag

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.28.2.4

This article is Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY licence.

The 2030 Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) marks a breakthrough towards more sustainable development at global, regional, national and local levels. At the same time, it fundamentally challenges societies at all levels to reorient and innovatively steer development pathways towards the set goals. This thematic focus on research for SDGs reflects and illustrates some of the challenges faced by science and research supporting the transformations required in view of achieving the SDGs.

Keywords: 2030 Agenda; contextuality; justice; modes of research; sustainable development; transformative research

Document Type: Research Article

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Publication date: 01 January 2019

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