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Sustainability Summit

Sustainability Summit

  Ababa University, University of Oslo and ARUA-GUILD hosted an international Sustainability Summit on 12 March 2025 at AAU’s Ras Mekonnen Hall of Sidist Kilo Campus. The summit was co-organized in partnership with University of Malawi, University of Pretoria,...

AAU Organizes a Seminar on Sustainable Development Goals

AAU Organizes a Seminar on Sustainable Development Goals

Addis Ababa University (AAU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Development organized a seminar on Sustainable Development Goals at Sidist Kilo (Main) Campus on the 29th of September 2022. Scholars from various local and international institutions...

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The Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) is an academic and research center within the College of Social Sciences.  The Center was established with a collaborative project among Addis Ababa University(AAU), the University of Oslo(UiO), and the University of Malawi(UoM) with financial support from the Norwegian Development Agency (Norad) through the Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education (NORHED II). CSD runs a multidisciplinary PhD program, serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research on sustainability and sustainable development, and engages in community services.