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SDG Academy

Scaling Impact for Sustainable Development

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Overview

Every year, billions of dollars are invested in promising solutions to global challenges, yet many miss the opportunity to deliver impact at optimal scale. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to think beyond isolated projects and focus on scaling the impact of research and innovation.

This course introduces a practical approach to scaling for the public good. Unlike models that just focus on growth and replication, it offers guiding principles and tools to help innovators navigate scaling impact in uncertain and dynamic real-world contexts.

Scaling impact places people, communities, and the planet at the center of the scaling process. It is grounded in the experience of innovators across the Global South and complements—rather than replaces—other scaling frameworks and approaches.

Whether you are a researcher, practitioner, funder, policymaker, or student, if you are working toward sustainable and equitable development, this course is for you.

Taught by a global faculty of researchers and practitioners, the course combines short videos on theory and real-world case studies, with interactive activities you can complete at your own pace.

Syllabus

Module 1: Welcome to the course
Module 2: A new mindset: scaling impact
Module 3: Four guiding principles for scaling impact
Module 4: Case studies (agriculture, care economy, education, impact investing, water and climate, forced migration)
Module 5: Concluding the course

Bonus Material : Interviews with experts in the field

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