Abstract: Artificial intelligence presents both opportunities and risks for sustainable development. This seminar offers a preliminary, evidence-based exploration of the interlinkages between AI and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing these synergies and trade-offs. It also highlights how AI-driven analytics and high-resolution, geographically disaggregated data can improve policy responsiveness and enable more targeted, effective SDG interventions across diverse national contexts.
Speaker Bio-sketch: Dr Ranjula Bali Swain is Research Director at the Center for Sustainability Research (CSR), SIR, Stockholm School of Economics, and Professor of Economics at Södertörn University, Stockholm. She has researched and published widely in the fields of sustainable development, environmental economics, energy, circular economy, sustainable finance, and development economics. Her recently published volumes include, Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals (Edward Elgar, 2023) and Handbook of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Research and Policy (Routledge, 2025).