Global Sustainable Futures (GSF) is a joint platform between Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg that facilitates the advancement of science-based knowledge towards achieving Agenda 2030 through collaboration with partners in low- and middle-income countries.
We promote research, training and utilisation aimed at sustainable development through support, coordination and events for networking and sharing of knowledge and experiences.
GSF is part of the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development (GMV).
West African and Gothenburg universities join forces in the Swanex initiative, aiming jointly to address air quality, ch…
12 Jun 2023
The spatial challenges resulting from the peri-urban expansion of small rural towns in South Africa's Limpopo Province t…
7 Jun 2023
SWEAFUN, the Sweden-East Africa University Network, is now halfway through its three-year project, and a significant mil…
22 Jun 2023
Spatial challenges arising from the peri-urban expansion of small rural towns in the Limpopo Province in South Africa, w…
20 Mar 2023
GU¿s Summer School for Sustainability brings together students from all over the world in a generous five-week program o…
30 Mar 2023
Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Gothenburg, and their common initiative Global Sustainable Futures …
17 Mar 2023
Report from the conference
8 Sep 2022
Magdalena Eriksson, Director of Global Sustainable Futures, reporting from Stockholm +50. Wide agreements on the shortag…
7 Jun 2022
Act Sustainable Research Conference 2022, November 16-18th 2022.
12 May 2022
"Just name a country and we can connect you with someone" said Omar Zabian at Global Sustainable Futures' and GMV:s Stud…
8 Apr 2022
For ten years, the Kisumu Local Interaction Platform (KLIP) has been the hub of sustainable urban development in the Cit…
1 Mar 2022
Interested in knowing what we have worked on during 2021? Read our Annual Report.
3 Feb 2022
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 is all about ensuring "availability and sustainable management of wate…
27 Jan 2022
The Sweden-East Africa University Network (SWEAFUN) is a new strategic joint initiative between Chalmers University of T…
2 Dec 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed global inequalities in many ways. Despite the world-wide spread, vaccines have mainly …
22 Nov 2021
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has raised serious concerns in the academic world about the prospects for scientists…
16 Sep 2021
Mid-Year Greetings from Global Sustainable Futures
30 Jun 2021
Since the 1990's, architectural students at Chalmers have had the opportunity to apply for a master course called Realit…
28 Apr 2021
In the early years of the twenty-first century, indigenous and working-class people of Bolivia mobilised in protest of i…
9 Mar 2021
In times of crisis, governments often struggle with budget deficits. The International Monetary Fund can provide funding…
10 Feb 2021
