THE’s Global Sustainable Development Congress 2022 was hosted in partnership with the University of Glasgow on 31 October - 1 November and delivered an immersive, multi-track agenda tackling the big issues around the SDGs, with world leaders and influencers sharing their insights on the challenges faced in converting the goals into action and impact.

Bridging the perspectives gap: How can research help us to communicate better?

By Dr. Philippa Lloyd, Vice-Principal, Policy and Strategic Partnerships, Queen Mary University of London

Great expectations? How community-led research is paving the way to new outcomes

By Dr. Philippa Lloyd, Vice-Principal, Policy and Strategic Partnerships, Queen Mary University of London

Research for health equity

By Professor Chloe Orkin, Professor of HIV Medicine, Queen Mary University of London

Hackmanite is an exceptional mineral – it changes colour and glows in the dark. Research on the material started by chance at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Turku, and researchers there have been astounded by its versatility. Hackmanite’s properties have been tested in the bunkers of the Sweden’s Ministry of Defence and, within a year, the mineral will be sent to space.

Imaging Makes Invisible Visible

Turku can, for a good reason, be called the imaging capital of Finland and even the entire Europe. The city is home to both the headquarters of the Euro-BioImaging research infrastructure and the national Turku PET Centre, one of the continent’s most important medical imaging centres.