
Several professors, researchers and students work on SDG 4 at the Graduate Institute. The activities range from academic courses on education, to events and research projects on skills development policies and Information Communication Technology, and academic and policy-oriented publications. The Network for International Policies and Cooperation in Education and Training (NORRAG) serves as a hub of activity on education at the Graduate Institute.


Promoting human rights and non discrimination: the role of education

Research and Teaching in International Education and Development: New Paradigms and Perspectives in the Post-2015 Era

Education and Skills Post – 2015: What evidence, whose perspectives?

Post-2015 and the Global Governance of Education and Training

SDG4 Data Week: Understanding the Monitoring of SDG 4: Targets, Actors, Data and Resources

Advanced Development Macroeconomics: Empirical Research

DEMETER Gender, Land and the Right to Food

Advocacy in International Affairs Q&A

The Human Capital Index: Good Intentions, Flawed Methodology to Measure Learning

Decolonising the Curriculum and Racism in Academia

Innovative Financing for Education and Development: Potential, Progress and Debates
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Goal 4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all which, according to the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, will require “increasing efforts, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia and for vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities, indigenous people, refugee children and poor children in rural areas”. The promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all is another aspect of the goal. Read more about Goal 4