Impact in Action: Institutionalizing Research-Driven Public Service for a Sustainable Nation

With this theme, CUPSCon will once again bring together practitioners, researchers, and scholars specializing in public service to share and discuss their research on collaborative, inclusive, and responsive initiatives that address global and local challenges.

The conference is open to all interested participants from:

• Local and International Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
• National Government Agencies (NGAs) and Local Government Units (LGUs)
• Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
• People’s Organizations and the private sector.

CUPSCon is open to public service research that incorporates one or more of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, addressing, but not limited to, the following sub-themes:

• From Knowledge to Social Action
  • Sustainable solutions to real-world problems
  • Knowledge mobilization, extension, and science communication
  • Integrating sustainability and civic responsibility into curricula
• Community Engagement
  • Co-creating solutions with local marginalized sectors and indigenous communities
  • Service learning, volunteerism, outreach, and participatory research
  • Universities as anchor institutions for sustainable development
• Public Policy, Governance, and Partnerships
  • Evidence-based policymaking for sustainability
  • University partnerships with government and public institutions
  • Research informing climate, environmental, and social policy
• Technology, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship
  • Sustainable technologies and innovations emerging from higher education
  • Living labs, incubators, and public-interest technologies
  • Scaling solutions through cross-sector collaboration
• Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
  • Just transitions and fair sustainability pathways
  • Environmental and Climate Justice and Advocacy
  • Decolonization and Indigenous Knowledge
  • Gender, Youth, Disability, and Intersectionability
• Institutional Leadership and University Transformation
  • Sustainability in university governance and operations
  • Incentives, metrics, and culture for public service-oriented research
  • Best practices in sustainability
• Global Challenges, Local Actions
  • Aligning university public service with the SDGs
  • Comparative and international perspectives
  • Responding to climate change, health, and social crises across contexts

Other studies that do not fall within the themes above but still touch on public service are also welcome.