A convening platform to promote and support the College's sustainable development research, education and innovation
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The Global Development Hub brings together Imperial’s community to develop, amplify and support research and education impact in Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
The Hub supports Imperial's contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Agenda 2030, and our work more broadly with some of the most vulnerable and marginalised in societies where multiple global challenges are acutely concentrated.
Research
The Hub supports the building of equitable partnerships to support research impact in a global development context. We offer a community-building network to support new multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral research partnerships focused on global development challenges, bringing together academia, government/policymakers, NGOs, civil society and industry.
Education
The Hub develops and pilots coordinated education activities for global development, co-created with partners in Lower Middle Income and Least Developed Countries. Programmes develop solutions for locally formulated challenges and embed research and innovation skills with global relevance. We offer a platform to support education and student experience at Imperial, linking to and developing programmes that instil in students a passion for sustainable development and the skills and thinking needed to rise the challenge of the UN SDGs and the legacy beyond them.
Innovation
The Hub seeks to co-design and co-deliver a series of Enterprise Lab affiliate programmes in Lower Middle Income Countries, with a specific initial focus on partners in Africa. We offer a series of SDG-focused access points to the research and innovation ecosystem at Imperial, covering dozens of research centres of excellence and profiling the mission-driven start-ups, SMEs and industry research centres constantly emerging from our labs, hackspaces and incubators.
The Hub's strategy and activity is guided by an Academic Advisory Group made up of colleagues from across all sections of Imperial and led by two Academic Chairs. The Hub is supported and co-ordinated by the Imperial's International Relations Office.
