Transdisciplinary Research for Pathways to Sustainability (Pathways)


This Collaborative Research Action (CRA) aimed to provide a science base for achieving sustainability goals and was intended to support 1-2 years of collaborative research networking activities that focus on integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches to develop Earth-system-based transformation pathways for sustainable development.
This call was launched in 2020 and the selected projects are ongoing.
This CRA was supported by FWF, FAPESP, MOST, FERPA (previously AllEnvi), ANR, DFG, REGIG, Future Earth, IAI, GEO, NIMR, NRF, TÜBİTAK, and NSF.
Thirteen projects were selected:
UComNetSus-Africa | Building Urban Community Networks for Sustainable Cities in Africa |
AirGeo | Citizens’ Empowerment through Biomonitoring of Air Quality in Response to Mining, Recycling and Using Georesources |
COVPATH | Coviability Path, a New Framework to Sustainably Link Mankind and Biosphere |
DREAMS | Developing REsilient African cities and their urban environMent facing the pro-vision of essential urban SDGs |
Fish2Sustainability | Enhancing the Contribution of Small-Scale Fisheries to the Sustainable Development Goal |
SAM Consortium | Guiding the Pursuit for Sustainability by Co-developing a Sustainable Agriculture Matrix |
Eco2Health | Health and Agriculture Sustainability through Interdisciplinary Surveillance and Risk Assessment Platform of Global Emerging Zoonotic Diseases |
PACPATH | Pacific Ocean Pathways in Support of Sustainable Development: an Integrated Approach |
PREMISS | Partnership for Research to Enhance Methodologies In Sustainability Science |
SDG-pathfinding | SDG-Pathfinding: Co-Creating Pathways for Sustainable Development in Africa |
SUSTAINDAM | Sustainable Management and Planning of Hydropower Generation in West Africa under Climate Change and Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics |
RREFlood | The Residual Risk of Extreme Floods: A Challenge for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals |
SCARIA | Towards Sustainable Community-Based Mitigation of Rodent Issues in African Cities |