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DevRes 2021 – Advancing Sustainable Transformation

Research for development covers a broad range of topics and approaches, which generate knowledge that benefits sustainable development according to Agenda 2030. Meet researchers, policy makers, practitioners, funders and other stakeholders at the DevRes 2021 conference and discuss how research for development can advance the transformation for sustainability with focus on low-resource settings. Welcome!

Date

14 - 16 June 2021

Place

Digital conference

Organisers

Umeå University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Swedish Research Council, Sida and Formas

DevRes 2021 – Advancing Sustainable Transformation

Meeting the grand challenges of our time requires societal transformation.
Our research is increasingly influenced by the 2030 Agenda with its seventeen
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), External link. not least when aiming to improve
conditions in low-resource settings.

Research for development covers a broad range of topics and approaches, which generate knowledge that benefits sustainable development. So far, more than 200 researchers, policy makers, practitioners, funders and other stakeholders have confirmed that they will participate at DevRes 2021.

At this conference, we aim to provide a creative forum for all participating and connecting to contribute on how research for development can advance the transformation for sustainability with focus on low-resource settings.

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