Faculté des Sciences, des Technologies et de Médecine
Faculté de Droit, d’Économie et de Finance
Faculté des Sciences Humaines, des Sciences de l’Éducation et des Sciences Sociales
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History
Luxembourg Centre for European Law
Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental Systems
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) # 1 aims to « End poverty in all its forms everywhere » by 2030. This means ensuring that everyone has access to basic needs such as food, water, healthcare, education, and income opportunities. Poverty is not just about income, but also about lack of access to basic human rights and opportunities.
Achieving SDG #1 is an important step towards sustainability. Unsustainable consumption and production practices, environmental degradation, reduced societal resilience and social cohesion constitute major barriers to sustainable development. By resolutely addressing poverty, we can create more equitable and sustainable societies where everyone has access to the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.
What is the state of the fight against poverty in the world and in Europe? Are we well positioned to achieve SDG #1? This is the subject of the Sustainability LunchTalk on 26 April.
Speakers
Prof. Conchita D’Ambrosio, Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) of the University of Luxembourg, is co-speaker of this talk. FNR-PEARL Chair (2013-2018) of the research programme on socio-economic inequalities, member of the Scientific Council of STATEC and of the Institute of Advanced Studies, she has been developing theoretical and applied research on individual and social well-being and its determinants, economic insecurity, multi-dimensional poverty, relative deprivation, resilience, and social exclusion.
Abstract: Sustainable development requires not only the preservation of the environment for the future generations. The promotion of prosperity while protecting the planet calls for action by all countries along several dimensions: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first SDG aims to eradicate poverty. In this talk we will discuss key facts about poverty in the world, the EU countries and Luxembourg from 1985 to nowadays.
Prof. Philippe Van Kerm is the other co-speaker of this talk. Since 2017 he is on a joint assignment as Professor of Social Inequality and Social Policy at FHSE and in the Living Conditions department at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). His research interests are in applied micro-econometrics, welfare and labour with particular reference to poverty and income distribution dynamics, wealth inequality, social mobility, wage, tax, social protection and social policy.