The Guardians of the 2030 Agenda; the role of SLU students in the new development agenda.

David Gevert, Maria Eklund, Maja Möller, Elin Hålldin & Rebecca Hymnelius

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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Agenda 2030

- A progress report about SLU:s work towards sustainable development in the agronomy programs

David Gevert, Elin Hålldin, Maja Möller, Maria Eklund & Rebecca Hymnelius

Källa: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51968

Method

SurveyAgronomy students, 2011-2016

Semi-structured Interviews Four program directors of studies, one lector, deputy president & SLU Global

Public documents from SLU

http://histproject.no/node/142

Goal 2

Goal 12

Goal 13 Goal 15

Quotes from students about sustainable development in the agronomy programs

Student A: ”Sustainable development should be a recurrent element in all courses. It is often discussed in the overview courses, but rarely in the program-specific courses ... "

Student B: "Most courses are based on traditional economic theory, which to a large extent, has proved to be unsustainable."

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Quotes from interviews with program directors of studies

Director A: "... the implementation of Agenda 2030 is a long process. However, I imagine it's just a matter of time before we see it as an explicit assignment in which the concept of Agenda 2030 emerges."

Director B: "... I do not believe Agenda 2030 is part of any curriculum yet, however sustainable development is currently included in the educational plans at SLU.”

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• Potential for development

• Ongoing changes in the agronomy programs enable implementation of Agenda 2030.

• There is room for interpretation in the public documents from SLU

• Interdisciplinary work between the different agronomy disciplines

Conclusion

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