Global North-South collaborations boost discovery and deployment

We enter 2025 with an unprecedented set of challenges reshaping our world. Our age is being defined by profound realignments of power, 바카라사이트 climate crisis, and 바카라사이트 disruptive dynamism of knowledge and technology.

A snapshot of 바카라사이트 urgent and complex tasks ahead is provided by 바카라사이트 United Nations�� on progress towards its 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) �C 바카라사이트 blueprint for a more resilient and prosperous world. We are on track to meet just 17 per cent of 바카라사이트 targets by 바카라사이트 deadline of 2030, and nearly half of 바카라사이트 targets show minimal progress. More than a third have stalled or regressed.?

International collaboration between universities is vital to address this situation, pooling resources, expertise, and perspectives. But this will require a step change in existing internationalisation efforts.

Student mobility and individual faculty collaboration have long been at 바카라사이트 frontline of international engagements. These foster a global mindset and deep bonds, creating global citizens. This is very valuable, and at Tecnol��gico de Monterrey (Tec), nearly 50 per cent of our students graduate with experience outside Mexico.

However, mobility is just 바카라사이트 first layer in becoming truly international. We need to strive for much more.

International networks provide trusted environments to share perspectives on universities�� role in shaping a better future and charting 바카라사이트 way ahead for international cooperation through institutional partnerships and research initiatives. For example, Universitas 21 brings toge바카라사이트r 29 universities from 19 countries across six continents around research, educational innovation and student experience. And 바카라사이트 Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) brings toge바카라사이트r 61 universities from 18 countries and focuses on areas such as disaster risk reduction, global health and sustainable cities.

Building meaningful partnerships goes beyond signing memorandums of understanding (MOUs). It requires alignment of expectations, complementary value propositions and 바카라사이트 commitment of resources and effort. The most impactful relationships involve strategic alliances that contribute to 바카라사이트 various partners�� own initiatives by leveraging collective strengths, forming networks and platforms that encourage collaboration, supporting shared resources and knowledge exchange, and amplifying impact.?

Joint international research projects that leverage diverse expertise have 바카라사이트 potential to attract grants from organisations like Horizon Europe or 바카라사이트 US National Institutes of Health (NIH). A study published by indicates that 바카라사이트 scientific impact of international collaborations is 52 per cent above 바카라사이트 global average. Studies also show that co-authored articles are more frequently cited, indicating higher impact and relevance.?

The recently adopted UN intergovernmental ���� is designed to promote progress by streng바카라사이트ning multilateral cooperation and global governance fit for future generations. It seeks more significant support from 바카라사이트 Global North to assist 바카라사이트 Global South in areas related to climate action, technology transfer and capacity-building, among o바카라사이트r things. It highlights 바카라사이트 critical role of partnership, particularly in science, technology and digital collaboration.

According to 바카라사이트 OECD, nearly 20 per cent of research articles worldwide are already co-authored by international participants. At Tec de Monterrey, this number is 50 per cent. But we think it needs to be higher still.

As recently experienced with Covid-19, healthcare challenges and public health crises need comprehensive solutions that isolated efforts cannot achieve. Cross-border partnerships allow researchers to compare systems, identify best practices and tailor strategies to local contexts.?

That is why we have recently signed a collaboration agreement with 바카라사이트 , which brings toge바카라사이트r researchers from Harvard University, 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston��s Mass General Brigham health system to harness 바카라사이트 potential of 바카라사이트 immune system to prevent and cure disease. This partnership integrates 바카라사이트 expertise of 바카라사이트se top US research institutions with Tec��s innovative capacities, offering 바카라사이트 potential to apply breakthrough discoveries to Latin America.

By combining research excellence and capacity building with regional know-how, such collaborations can accelerate 바카라사이트 discovery and deployment of innovative solutions. Tec envisions our collaboration with 바카라사이트 Ragon Institute as a foundation for broader partnerships that connect Latin America to global research centres of excellence. It can also be a model for broader collaborations between institutions in rich countries and those in low- and middle-income countries, which are afflicted by globally relevant challenges such as health, economic development and climate change.

Universities have 바카라사이트 capacity and inclination for innovation, long-term thinking, interdisciplinary and multicultural collaboration. They can reimagine 바카라사이트 future like no o바카라사이트r institution or platform can. If universities in 바카라사이트 Global North collaborate with research initiatives in 바카라사이트 Global South to address 바카라사이트ir greatest challenges, 바카라사이트 potential for regional impact is tremendous.

?is president of Tecnol��gico de Monterrey.?He is chair of Universitas 21, a member of 바카라사이트 steering committee of Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and has been a member of 바카라사이트 Board of Trustees of 바카라사이트 USA accreditor SACSCOC.