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Welcome to the Science Summit at UNGA76, a major contribution to advancing Science for the UN SDGs. Online from 14- September - 5 October 2021.
ISC will organise the second edition of the UNGA76 Science Summit around the 76th United Nations General Assembly (SSUNGA76) in September 2021. The objective of the virtual meeting will be to raise awareness of the role and contribution of science to the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It will demonstrate initiatives that provide models for global science mechanisms and activities in support of the SDGs, particularly in science infrastructure and capacity building. Science is and will enable sustainable economic, environmental, and societal development. Science is more than a funding prioritisation exercise: science is impacting all areas of policy-making and is playing a more critical role in how policy objectives are achieved and the consequent benefit to people everywhere, including responses to global challenges.
Engagement with policy leadership is more important than ever: UNGA76 is a unique forum for science to demonstrate how policy and political leadership can benefit from innovation. Central to this is the role of nonstate actors and the multilateral fora, which increasingly determine how priorities are set. Science needs to be part of this dialogue and inform outputs through thought leadership, evidence, insights, analysis, and innovation.

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Wambui Kariuki

Strathmore University
Teaching Fellow
Wambui Kariuki holds a BA degree in Political Science and Sociology from the Catholic University of
Eastern Africa, Nairobi Kenya and a Master of Public Policy and Management from Strathmore
University, Nairobi, Kenya. Wambui also holds a Diploma in Public Management from the University of
Chile in Santiago, Chile.
Wambui works in the Law School as a Teaching Fellow, where she instructs the Law and Literature
course. She also serves as the Law School Communications Coordinator, Mentoring Coordinator and sits
on the University Wellness Committee as the Law School Wellness Champion. Her research interests
include, urban transport policy and sports policy among other issues of policy and governance. She has
written on urban transport choice in Nairobi country and continues to research on issues of transport
justice.