The UCD Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS) aims to promote and foster Education, Research, and Policy Outreach on Sustainable Development. It is comprised of an interdisciplinary group of academics, researchers, and students whose work focuses on contemporary sustainable development issues.
UCD has a long tradition of involvement in sustainable development, including a direct role in the development of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) through the advocacy of Professor Paul Walsh (SPIRe), who represented universities in the intergovernmental negotiations on the SDGs. Through this work, the role of academia, science, research, and innovation are firmly embedded within the SDGs and UCD has special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council as a Non-Governmental Actor, creating a pathway for ongoing global influence in global public policy. UCD is fully committed to sustainability as outlined in its first Sustainability Report with a structured programme designed to embed the UN SDGs across the University’s education, research, governance, and engagement activities.
CSDS Board Members
List of the Board Members of the CSDS
