Gyeongnam National University LINC+ Project Group Hosts UOK Living Lab Research Seminar

Discussion on Implementation Strategies for Universities to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Gyeongnam National University LINC+ Project Group is taking a commemorative photo after the UOK Living Lab Research Seminar. (Photo by Gyeongnam National University)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] The LINC+ Project Group at Gyeongnam National University announced on the 21st that it held a seminar titled “UOK Living Lab Research Group University Strategies for Implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” in the international seminar room on the 4th floor of the main building.

The seminar was attended by Gyeongnam National University’s Vice President for Academic Affairs Jae-yoon Park, Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Jae-gwan Kang, Director of Planning Jeong-hyo Hong, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Young-rok Jeon, Director of Academic Affairs Seon-wook Choi, and officials from the LINC+ Project Group.

At the seminar, Chang-eon Lee, Chair of the University Cooperation Special Committee of the Korean Society for Sustainable Development, gave a special lecture on “Innovation in University Education and the Social Role of Universities through SDGs,” and Joong-dae Guk, Director of the Social Innovation Center at Hanyang University, delivered a special lecture on “Sharing Social Innovation Cases through the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” discussing the future development and sustainability of universities and strategies for promotion.

Gyeongnam National University’s Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Jae-gwan Kang said, “It was a valuable time to reaffirm that supporting the regional community to move in a sustainable direction through the UOK Living Lab and that the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must start from universities.”

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