
Multiple professors, researchers and students work on SDG 11 at the Graduate Institute. Their work includes academic and policy-oriented publications, events and research projects. We also offer Executive Master degrees in Environmental Governance, and Development Policies and Practices, and an academic Master degree in Development Studies.


The Sustainable City Promoter

Geneva Energy Conversations – Putting the genie back: Two degrees will be harder than we think

Investigating the Trade-Offs and Synergies in Integrating Biodiversity Goals across the UN Systems

Consumer Myopia, Imperfect Competition and the Energy Efficiency Gap: Evidence from the UK Refrigerator Market

COVID-19 and planetary urbanisation

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

The health workforce: a good investment

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Decongesting African Cities: Rural and Urban Development Must Go Together

Gang Governance, from the Local to the Global

The power of location for environmental monitoring and decision making
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Goal 11 aims to improve urban planning and management which is needed to make the world’s urban spaces more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. The UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform stresses that “rapid urbanization has brought enormous challenges, including growing numbers of slum dwellers, increased air pollution, inadequate basic services and infrastructure, and unplanned urban sprawl, which also make cities more vulnerable to disasters”. Read more about Goal 11.