Fostering Student Leadership: An International Student Challenge to Address SDG2 Zero Hunger

Abstract

In 2022, the SDG2-Zero Hunger Consortium, under the umbrella of the University Global Coalition (UGC), launched an international student challenge. More than 200 students applied to participate from around the world. Eleven teams completed the challenge in May 2023; each team produced a three-minute video explaining an innovative idea for addressing hunger. The first-place team included students from Indonesia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Spain, and the United States. Their idea was to establish an End-Hunger Community Center (EHCC) in Indonesia. This chapter describes why and how the SDG2 Consortium developed this challenge and includes a case study from the winning student team. The chapter provides other higher education (HE) institutions with ideas for engaging students in innovation for the SDGs.

Citation

Oberer, K., Shoemaker, J. and Rosen-Molina, T. (2024), "Fostering Student Leadership: An International Student Challenge to Address SDG2 Zero Hunger", Cripps, K. and Thondre, P.S. (Ed.) Higher Education and SDG2: Zero Hunger (Higher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 137-159. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-458-720241007