Cultivating resilience, changing the world

19–22 APRIL 2021

The global outbreak of Covid-19 has disrupted life as we know it. Now, more than ever, society is looking to the global research community to respond to the emerging existential challenges to global development, and our survival.

Hosted in partnership with The University of Auckland and The Pennsylvania State University, this four-day virtual summit will examine the critical factors for supporting research impact based around these agenda themes:

What are the key drivers of global innovation?
Do we have the right vision of impact?
Does impact create resilience?
Do we know what we need?

The summit will also feature the exclusive live reveal of the THE Impact Rankings 2021, a global performance table that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ranking reveal will be accompanied by a live Q&A session for delegates.

To support the launch of the THE Impact Rankings 2021, we have put together a set of videos in which we describe the 17 SDGs and why they are relevant for higher education.