The globalised world we live in faces many challenges. New science and technology research offers many potential futures, but if one had to choose one integrated project to be addressed by a university with all the disciplinary resources at its disposal, it would surely be that of how we will sustain human societies on this planet in a way that ensures the prosperity and wellbeing of all.
The problem of sustainable prosperity is not just a set of challenges about how to manage resources better or develop new technologies, but a much more fundamental one of values and behaviour change, about how to think and act quite differently. To do this we will need to rethink the fundamentals of human and societal prosperity, and the models and methods we use for this purpose, as well as the role of research and the purpose of the university more generally.
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The UCL Institute for Global Prosperity is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Tuukka Toivonen (PhD, Oxford) as a permanent member of staff. An organisational sociologist with a background in the study ...
Advance announcement: MSc in Global Prosperity
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The UCL Institute for Global Prosperity is launching an interdisciplinary Masters programme in Global Prosperity beginning in September 2016.
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The first episode of My Perfect Country airs for the first time on Thursday 4 February on BBC World Service at 8pm GMT. The episode is also available to listen to on the ...
Global Goals: Take Action student conference
On 28 April 2016 the London International Development Centre and the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity will host the conference “Global Goals: Take Action” in the Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre on behalf of ...
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