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Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development

The first of its kind in UK Higher Education, and winner of the 2020 International Green Gown Award for Student Engagement (in a large institution) and the AASHE Campus Sustainability Research Award,…

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Case Study: Channeling Microfinance Through a Commercial Bank: Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL)

In 1995, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) introduced the Rural Development Scheme. The Scheme was developed by converting the microcredit program into an Islamic microfinance program for the…

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Enhancing patient care in Victorian hospitals

Public healthcare systems around the world aim to provide quality healthcare. However, healthcare systems are complex, with many decisions being made under pressure. For example, a commonly reported…

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Behaviour change: Defining measures of success

Establishing the success of your behaviour change campaign is critical in ensuring that your resources have been well spent, that the time you and other stakeholders have invested has been…

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Case studies: Reducing homophobic language in the locker room

Behaviour change can take place in all contexts and environments that involve humans. In the case of the following video, behaviour change involved reducing the use of homophobic slurs in the sports…

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What a Government Needs to Know Before Negotiating a Contract

The pre-negotiation stage is a critical period for the success of negotiations. As Herbert M’cleod describes, government must prepare for negotiations by getting to know the asset, the company…

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Engineering with nature

This video is the first video of unit 5.2 of the course Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, and Xinyue Gu. What are…

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Urban Research and Methods

This chapter features a discussion of the different types of research modalities there are to support inclusive, sustainable urban development, induing the general issues faced by researchers in city…

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Investing in Science

R&D in agriculture has between 20-80% rate of return, and has about 5% of the global spending on R&D from the public sector and private companies. Three trends have developed in the last two…

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Climate Action: Solutions for a Changing Planet – Trailer

Harmful emissions, the degradation of the earth’s resources and global warming have loomed large for decades. With the negotiation and ongoing ratification of the sweeping Paris Agreement,…

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