The 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report was commissioned by the United Nations to advance the scientific foundation for the transition towards sustainable development. In particular, the report called for transdisciplinary action and attention towards transforming our current trajectory. To concretize and make this aim feasible, the report introduced six entry points and four levers for sustainable development, as visualised in the model. 

In the Transformation Labs process, early-stage scholars (in their field of expertise) lead interdisciplinary groups toward idea exploration within each entry point. By using these six entrypoints and the four levers: Governance, Economy and Finance, Individual and Collective Action, and Science and Technology, this project seeks concrete ideas and solutions towards socio-ecological transformation.