Initial Questions Addressed by the Team
Creating an Impact and Shaping the Global Agenda
What we do at the university affects Wisconsin and the world, and the world affects us. The university is uniquely positioned to play a leadership role in research and education about many global issues such as health, security, poverty, social justice, energy, and the environment. By focusing our extraordinary talents and resources on major global issues, we can work with and through others to both impact those issues and, in the process, help shape the global agenda. The following questions guide the development of both a general model to serve multiple issues, as well as an in-depth model for one issue. We have chosen environmental sustainability to serve as a starting point for an in-depth model.
- How might the university effect change at a global scale by being leaders in addressing issues of global significance?
- What role is appropriate for a public research institution in educating and informing the public on issues of global significance?
- In what ways should we consider the interrelationships among global issues?
- How can we support learning and discovery that has an impact on global issues?
- How can we develop nimble processes that allow us to address critical questions in a timely way?