"Societal challenges" refers to problems or issues that affect the entire society or community. These challenges can include things like poverty, inequality, climate change, public health concerns, education gaps, and other problems that require the collective efforts of individuals and institutions to address and overcome.
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We understand the deep, structural and
societal challenges facing attendance, which is reflected in our interventions and our approach.
It is the responsibility of the great universities of the world to confront
major societal challenges such as this so that our students can exercise good judgment, informed by facts.
Flexible packaging continues to be a solution to
societal challenges like food waste and changing consumer lifestyles, and 2017 looks to be another big year.
We support the accelerated growth of social enterprises that approach the world's most
pressing societal challenges with innovative business models.
That is how this great university has made a difference on
other societal challenges for decades and centuries, and it is how we will make a difference on this one.
Perhaps Fredrik Tunvall, a senior client engagement leader at IBM Watson said it best in Inverse, «As IBM has shown with Watson, the real work begins after the match, extending innovative technologies to
tackle societal challenges like improving health care, education and the environment.
Important societal challenges facing families today — risk for divorce in vulnerable families, couple and marital satisfaction in military families, child - raising challenges and positive outcomes in immigrant families, risk and resilience in families who adopt, and relationship transitions in diverse couples and families (e.g., in terms of race / ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability)-- are examples of topics addressed in JFP.
MaRS supports over 1,000 promising young ventures tackling key
societal challenges in the health, cleantech and ICT sectors.
News of the planned expansion of the Amazon Go concept is sure to set off fresh concerns about the
great societal challenges that come with the type of automation that Amazon is inventing.
One of the world's largest urban innovation hubs, MaRS supports a new generation of makers and innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address
key societal challenges.
Which is why we at FoodDrinkEurope have been taking actions, with our members, partners (old & new), and stakeholders, to tackle today's
societal challenges related to health and nutrition.
Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, said, «We have always believed in doing our part to tackle broader
societal challenges by starting within our own communities.
However, a rise in wildfires still will mean
significant societal challenges, such as higher pollution levels, which can affect human health and aggravate respiratory conditions.
The Waldorf approach to education empowers each child to respond to personal and
societal challenges from a solid ethical foundation and with a free mind.
Nonetheless, improving our understanding of viral social campaigns, social tipping points, and perhaps most importantly, how to sustain their momentum, is crucial for continuing to address critical
global societal challenges, such as poverty, climate change, global health, and terrorism.
This is why CIHT believes more needs to be done to recognise the wider benefits transport plays in people's health and wellbeing, and the role it has to play in tackling some of our big
societal challenges such as obesity, the ageing population and social exclusion.
Copernicus, through its Climate Change Service, provides climate analysis, indicators and projections for helping develop mitigation and adaptation strategies in various sectors and provides information
on societal challenges.
«We are committed to helping students
understand societal challenges, supporting them in expressing themselves in a safe manner if they wish to participate in the public dialogue, and developing future leaders who will help avoid situations like the ones of July 2016.»
Transport's wider benefits — transport has a role to play tackling some of our big
societal challenges including the rise in obesity (through active travel), the ageing population and social exclusion (through connecting people and places).
Science, farming, health and
even societal challenges like inequality will undergo huge upheaval thanks to the technologies being developed now.
A spokesman for Royal Dutch Shell called climate change a «
complex societal challenge» to be addressed by governments, «not by the courts.»
Preparing the Irish research community for interdisciplinary engagement with the
European societal challenges by fostering creative connections across all disciplines
When they completed the program, Fellows became part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, which now includes nearly 2,100 entrepreneurial leaders from 49 countries who share a commitment to enlightened leadership and to using their extraordinary creativity, energy and resources to tackle the
foremost societal challenges of our times.
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a values - driven company that is developing innovative solutions to improve the equity and access of our diverse school system and address deeply -
embedded societal challenges.
Working with the Female Artists» Foundation, these four African women artists
explore societal challenges and preconceptions in their works.
The world needs more of this kind of cross-sectoral collaboration to address the myriad environmental and
societal challenges ahead, enabling 10 billion people to live well on a healthy planet by 2050.
This four - year open competition comes with a $ 5 million award, challenging teams globally to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with AI technologies to solve «
grand societal challenges.»
As a culture, we are increasingly linking this toxic masculinity with many of the mental health and
societal challenges men face.
The ESRC also works collaboratively with six other UK research councils and Innovate UK to fund cross-disciplinary research and innovation addressing
major societal challenges.
I also urge you to explore the work of these young explorers, almost all of whom demonstrate not only a passion for science and engineering but also for directing their inquiry at
important societal challenges, like cutting the cost of medical tests or advancing clean energy technologies.
Opportunities for outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first - hand about federal policymaking while using their knowledge and analytical skills to address today's most
pressing societal challenges.
Public schools are educating the most diverse student population in history and have been helping students achieve more academic success despite
significant societal challenges, mandates, and regulatory requirements that curbed school board members» ability to devise even more innovative educational opportunities.
Speaking at the U.S. Military Academy commencement in New York, Obama praised the graduates for their achievements and laid out a scenario of military and
societal challenges in what is the ninth consecutive West Point commencement during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the fight against international terrorism.
«Our research and our collaborations nationally and globally in antibiotics resistance are at the forefront and can become very important for our chances of handling one of our time's
greatest societal challenges.»