SDG Academy: Integrating Indigenous Perspectives into Research | webinar
Organised by the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute
SDG Academy: Integrating Indigenous Perspectives into Research
8 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 CEST | online webinar
Indigenous knowledge systems offer vital, relational ways of understanding the world—yet they are often overlooked in dominant research and policy frameworks. This exclusion can lead even well-intentioned efforts, like the green energy transition, to reproduce extractive and colonial dynamics.
This online SDG Academy webinar explores the vital role of Indigenous perspectives in reshaping research practices toward greater ethics and reciprocity. Across two talks, we’ll examine how these perspectives drive a much-needed paradigm shift in areas like sustainability, climate action, and resource governance.
Keynote speakers
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Myra Colis is an Indigenous Igorot from the Global South with expertise in Artificial Intelligence. She is responsible for INAIYAN, a pioneering initiative integrating Indigenous perspectives into AI development and governance.
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Moné Vasquez is a PhD candidate whose research examines the impacts of colonialism, and the coloniality of nature and power within Indigenous territories.
The IPBES Values Assessment provides a critical foundation by emphasizing the need to recognize the full diversity of values people hold toward nature. Learn more here!
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Photo by Willian Reis on Unsplash: A "toco toucan" (Ramphastos toco), the largest and one of the most well-known toucan species, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It’s easily recognized by its huge orange beak with a black tip, black body, and white throat and chest. This species is native to several regions of Brazil, including the Cerrado, the Amazon, and the Atlantic Forest.