Life sciences universities (LSUs) play a specific role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A number of SDGs address topics that have been focal points for LSUs throughout their history of research, teaching and societal mission. Furthermore, LSUs traditionally have strong links to stakeholders central to the transformative process, such as the food sector, forestry and renewable energies. However, life sciences universities and the university system will have to undergo transformations if they want to contribute to a profound shift in societies.
1.Inst Forest Ecol, Peter Jordan Str 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria 2.Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci, Vienna BOKU, Inst Landscape Dev Recreat & Conservat Planning, Vienna, Austria 3.Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci, Vienna BOKU, Inst Social Ecol, Vienna, Austria 4.Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci, Vienna BOKU, Ctr Global Change & Sustainabil, Vienna, Austria 5.Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci, Vienna BOKU, Inst Sustainable Econ Dev, Vienna, Austria 6.Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci, Vienna BOKU, Res Dev Ctr, Vienna, Austria
Recommended Citation:
Gratzer, Georg,Muhar, Andreas,Winiwarter, Verena,et al. The 2030 Agenda as a challenge to life sciences universities[J]. GAIA-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY,2019-01-01,28(2):100-105