Our Mission
We pursue the full achievement of the SDGs by equipping and empowering the next generation of global leaders to create knowledge and inspire action on reaching the hardest to reach.
- 99 Students
- 284 Alumni
- 69 Published Case Studies
- 9 Universities
- 25 Involved Countries
The Reach Alliance, founded in 2015 at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, in partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, was inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
The Reach Alliance is a consortium of global universities – with partners in Ghana, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore – developing the leaders we need to solve urgent local challenges of the hard to reach – those under-served for geographic, administrative, or social reasons. Working in interdisciplinary teams, Reach’s globally-minded students use rigorous research methods to identify innovative solutions to climate, public health, and economic challenges. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) provide inspiration and a guiding framework. Research is conducted in collaboration with local communities and with guidance from university faculty members, building capacity and skills among Reach’s student researchers.
The Reach Alliance recruits top students – equipping the next generation of leaders, to produce actionable insights – and catalyzes impact through our institutional partners.
The Reach Alliance is a leading global network of stakeholders from across sectors committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Agenda. Together, we are uncovering the most effective ways to achieve inclusive growth and preparing a generation of leaders with the skills to make it happen.
Our program recruits student leaders across the world’s best universities to investigate inventive, local solutions to pressing global challenges. The actionable insights being generated by our network are advancing an inclusive economy, one that will deliver value to all stakeholders while enabling the success of graduates, companies, communities and countries.
How is the research used?
The power of the Reach Alliance stems from engaging leading universities to unleash actionable research insights for impact. To date, the Reach Alliance has trained nearly 330 undergraduate and graduate students across seven countries, launched over 80 case study reports, covering innovative interventions in more than 35 countries. These actionable research insights have been published in numerous journals such as Lancet and BMJ Global Health and are being used by policymakers and sector leaders, such as the Government of Canada and Stanford Social Innovation Review, to catalyze impact around the world.
Each case study digs into what’s working and why in a specific context. They take into account the political, cultural and social contexts in each country and provide an in-depth look at the barriers, costs and solutions to reaching the hardest to reach through innovative program delivery.
Through its unique student-led research model, the Reach Alliance will accelerate global efforts to ensure that no one is left behind.
Become a researcher
Find out how you can apply to be a Reach Alliance researcher.