Building community collaborations: Stimulating interdisciplinary research around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Duluth

We will assemble panels to discuss community issues around the SDGs and promote regional partnerships. In order to stimulate interdisciplinary and university-community collaboration, we built a campus “Sustainability Portal” that features scholarship, courses, and research related to the 17 SDGs (beta version https://maps.umn.edu/d_sust_port/agis_js/july.html). We also compiled a comprehensive list of community partners with whom we can engage around these issues (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vVjszbBxx6F93jy8505g5o8aL86xRrRp333FMt2306U/edit?usp=sharing). The next step is to aggregate diverse stakeholders around the SDGs to assess the state of our community, share information, and spark action (84)