
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.


SINERGIA: Innovation, Diffusion and Green Growth

Geneva Internet Platform

Gang Governance, from the Local to the Global

Decongesting African Cities: Rural and Urban Development Must Go Together

Gangs Project Public Launch

Security and the Pandemic: Global Perspectives | Launch Event

Urban Safety and Peacebuilding: New Perspectives on Sustaining Peace in the City

How Can Energy-Pricing Reforms Be Socially Sustainable?

The health workforce: a good investment

Sustaining Peace in the City

Sustaining Peace in Cities
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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.