Following the successful first and second series of Unlocking the SDGs – A Blueprint for the Future, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are back with a deep dive into the UN SDGs. Over five episodes, the series considers issues including the role of AI and education in the SDGs and what other countries are doing to achieve the goals. Listen as academics from across UCL’s faculties and beyond bring new perspectives and understanding to this complex global issue.

SDGs: A Blueprint for the Future
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Following the successful first and second series of Unlocking the SDGs – A Blueprint for the Future, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are back with a deep dive into the UN SDGs. Over five episodes, the series considers issues including the role of AI and education in the SDGs and what other countries are doing to achieve the goals. Listen as academics from across UCL’s faculties and beyond bring new perspectives and understanding to this complex global issue.
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August 5, 2025
S3, Episode 5: The SDGs and India
<p>In this special episode, The SDGs and India, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Professor Sumit Malhotra, from the Centre of Community Medicine at AIIMS and Professor PVM Rao from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi. In this episode, we’re going overseas to take a special focus on the role of the SDGs on research in India, and how Indian researchers are contributing to reaching the goals.</p><p>Date of episode recording: 2024-10-28<br>Duration: 00:28:49<br>Language of episode: English<br>Presenters: Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh<br>Guests: Professor Sumit Malhotra, from the Centre of Community Medicine at AIIMS and Professor PVM Rao from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi<br>Producer: Front Ear</p><p>Link to transcript: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fliveuclac.sharepoint.com%2F%3Aw%3A%2Fs%2FSDGPodcastSeriesWorkingGroup%2FEbBHXguMfeJMivTtYXtNeKYBYdy5P9mI-z1f3dSaukwk7w%3Fe%3Dhmsdwq&token=ed1b80-1-1754403732277">liveuclac.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/SDGPod…k7w?e=hmsdwq</a></p>

August 5, 2025
S3, Episode 4: The SDGs and Education
<p>In this episode, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Anoushka Jain, a student from UCL Dept of Political Science and Vasiliki Kioupi from University of Leeds. They’re focusing on education and the role of Education for Sustainable Development, or ESD, exploring how sustainable development can be integrated into the curriculum, and what that might mean for the next generation of students.</p><p>Date of episode recording: 2024-07-23T00:00:00Z<br>Duration: 00:43:51<br>Language of episode: English<br>Presenter:Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor Priti Parikh<br>Guests: Anoushka Jain, Vasiliki Kioupi<br>Producer: Front Ear</p>

August 5, 2025
S3, Episode 3: The SDGs and Climate Crisis
<p>Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Professor Catalina Turcu, Professor of Sustainable Built Environment, Bartlett School of Planning and Professor Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health in the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. Today they’re discussing the relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change.</p><p>Goal 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, and many people have argued that tackling climate change should be the highest priority of the goals because of its impact on all of the other targets.</p><p>Date of episode recording: 2024-07-23T00:00:00Z<br>Duration: 00:44:36<br>Language of episode: English<br>Presenter:Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor Priti Parikh<br>Guests: Professor Catalina Turcu, Professor Ilan Kelman<br>Producer: Front Ear</p>
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