EUROGEO 2021 – “Sustainable Development Goals for all”.

ONLINE CONFERENCE

The conference will start on 22 April 2021 and conclude on 23 April 2021.

PROGRAM (Short version)

PROGRAM (FULL VERSION, WITH ALL SESSIONS AND PAPER PRESENTATION SLOTS)

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CANAL UNED (Video recordings from Conference)

POSTPONED FROM 2020 TO 2021

Notice of transition 2020 to 2021

Conference Invitation:

The purpose of EUROGEO 2021 is to seek to contribute to global challenges by sharing knowledge about the important UN aim – the Sustainable Development Goals.

In 2015, the United Nations approved the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which brought continuity and concern to the process initiated at the Rio Summit (1992) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed in 2000. Sustainable Development Goals are global goals, established for a period of 15 years (2015-2030). The SDGs cover all possible social, economic and natural aspects, both in a global and local space. Most of them are related to Geography.

The SDGs seek to promote a multidimensional model of development that is capable of guaranteeing sustainability. It is a complex process of political and economic discussion and environmental concern with different views, which must be addressed from all areas of society. The final UN document has 169 partial objectives or goals and 230 indicators that allow to assess the achievement of the SDGs and to compare regions and countries. The ecological and social impacts that each country causes on others is also possible to determine.

The goals are also known as the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. Their aim is to advance towards a sustainable world, based on scientific evidence. To achieve them, it will be necessary to collaborate with all citizens (civil society, doctors, teachers …) and for it to be actively promoted by governments. The first priority identified is zero hunger, to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with a conciliatory and cooperative attitude.

Geography has the potential to respond to these challenges. We believe that geographical knowledge and geographical perspectives plays an increasingly important role in a society where the study of place, space and process can help us understand and solve the real-world sustainability challenges. Indeed

Within this context, EUROGEO 2021 will aim to address cross-cutting issues such as

How do geographers respond to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
How do universities and companies respond?
Does the use of technologies and open data help to achieve SDGs?
How to understand problems and eco-social challenges that we face in the situation of Global Change?
Is it possible to explore ways of transforming towards the sustainability of socio-ecological systems, using educational contexts and resources?
What conceptual frameworks and strategies can contribute to the construction of societies in which human welfare and the care of nature are the basis.
What research responses can geography bring to dealing with complex challenges?
How should education respond to to needs of society and the world around us?
What is geography‘s contribution to meeting the sustainable development goals?

EUROGEO 2021, Sustainable Development Goals for All will provide opportunities to discuss the potential of Geographical research to respond today to future issues and to the needs of society and the world.

Submission has three options for registration:

One day (60 €), including 2021 EUROGEO membership.
Two days (100 €), including 2021 EUROGEO membership.
Students and retired (50€), two days, including 2021 EUROGEO membership.

The registration and payment deadline for presenters is 15th March 2021.
The deadline for participants who are not presenting is 19th April 2021.

Scholarships

There are a number of scholarships available for young geographers, if you wish to apply email your abstract and motivation by 15th March 2021 to [email protected]

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