Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD), Sheffield

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The University of Sheffield's Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD) is an internationally acclaimed research hub. It brings together academics from varied disciplines to collaboratively address global issues, working alongside worldwide partners and communities.

IGSD conducts meticulous research across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences to comprehend significant global problems. Through its teaching, it provides current and prospective leaders and citizens with the skills to address these challenges. Moreover, its research directly impacts policy-making, bringing about substantial benefits for diverse communities on various scales.

IGSD is committed to achieving research excellence, marked by critical self-reflection, theoretical and empirical rigour, and comprehensive analysis. However, it does not pursue excellence in isolation. Instead, its excellence is characterised by three distinct features.

IGSD believes in the power of cooperative efforts for change. Its researchers, of different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds, are dedicated to various forms of engagement with global sustainable development. It values partnerships with diverse stakeholders, such as local communities, NGOs, businesses, policy-makers, academic funders, foundations, and international bodies, including numerous UN agencies. Acknowledging the colonial roots of development, IGSD actively seeks novel, decolonised methods of cooperation.

The institute upholds academic freedom and its crucial role in challenging authority. It aims for constructive criticism and engages its partners in honest, frank, and wise discussions. It recognises the need for diverse knowledge in shaping understanding and works to amplify underrepresented voices.

IGSD believes in the transformative power of research. It employs a range of approaches to co-design research agendas and projects, disseminating findings in ways that enable their use by policy-makers, businesses, NGOs, and communities. Working alongside its partners, it strives for impactful research conducted in an inclusive, decolonised, and engaged manner, with the aim of transforming communities, understanding, and the world.

The IGSD's core initiatives cut across its research themes:

• Global Sustainable Development Hub
• Reading Group: Political Ecology
• Reading Group: Development Alternatives
• Decolonising Research Practices

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University of Sheffield
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