17th PASCAL Conference New Challenges for Higher Education, Cities and Regions: Addressing SDGs in Changing Contexts - Conference Announcement

The 17th PASCAL Conference will take place on from 4-6 July 2024. It will be hosted by the University of Taipei, Taiwan University of Education and Datong Community College of Taipei City. The venue will be the Howard Civil Service International House in Taipei.

Papers, panels and posters are addressing the following sub-topics:

• Climate change - its impact on growth, human rights, inequality and ecology, and the transformations that come with mitigation and abatement;
• Pandemics and human-made threats – impacts on peace, human rights, migration and economic resilience;
• Diversity and social protest in cities in relation to issues of inequality, human rights and economic development;
• Cities and regions – changing economies and implications for employment, enterprise and  entrepreneurship;
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) – risks related to learning, security and peace.

Full Programme and more information here:

 https://pascalobservatory.org/pascalnow/pascal-activities/events/17th-pascal-conference-%E2%80%93-new-challenges-higher-education-cities-a 

IAU Secretary General Dr. Hilligje van't Land will deliver a keynote on 5 July.