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Table 5 Categories used for articles classification on university role
University role
Examples of approaches/selection criteria
Curriculum greening
Education for sustainable development
Training graduates to apply sustainability in their jobs
Capacity building courses
Mobilising young people
Campus operations
Governance and operations aligned with sustainability
Incorporate SD into university reporting
Research
Research on sustainability or related to the SDGs
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research
Innovations and solutions
National and local implementation
Extension
Actions outside campus
Public engagement
Cross-sectoral dialogue and action
Policy development and advocacy for SD
External and internal partnerships
Source Prepared by the authors based on Leal (2011) and SDSN Australia/Pacific (2017)
2.3 Interconnection Among SDG 7 Targets and the Role
of Universities
Besides the classification made in the steps explained up to this stage, an interconnection between SDG 7 targets and the role of universities towards SD is proposed,
based on the review that has been conducted. This interconnection intends to provide
evidence of the means used by universities to engage with the SDGs (as presented
in Table 2).
After studying the group of selected articles, it was possible to understand how
university’s actions not only impact on, but also contribute to SDG 7 and help to
achieve its targets and indicators (Table 1).
3 Results
3.1 Systematic Review and Descriptive Analysis
The entire search process is shown in Fig. 1. The total number of articles located in the
databases numbered 1617 (893 from Web of Science and 724 from ScienceDirect).
After exclusion of duplications and articles not related to the research question, 545
scientific articles remained that were considered eligible for the analysis.
A. L. Salvia and L. L. Brandli
Table 5 Categories used for articles classification on university role
University role
Examples of approaches/selection criteria
Curriculum greening
Education for sustainable development
Training graduates to apply sustainability in their jobs
Capacity building courses
Mobilising young people
Campus operations
Governance and operations aligned with sustainability
Incorporate SD into university reporting
Research
Research on sustainability or related to the SDGs
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research
Innovations and solutions
National and local implementation
Extension
Actions outside campus
Public engagement
Cross-sectoral dialogue and action
Policy development and advocacy for SD
External and internal partnerships
Source Prepared by the authors based on Leal (2011) and SDSN Australia/Pacific (2017)
2.3 Interconnection Among SDG 7 Targets and the Role
of Universities
Besides the classification made in the steps explained up to this stage, an interconnection between SDG 7 targets and the role of universities towards SD is proposed,
based on the review that has been conducted. This interconnection intends to provide
evidence of the means used by universities to engage with the SDGs (as presented
in Table 2).
After studying the group of selected articles, it was possible to understand how
university’s actions not only impact on, but also contribute to SDG 7 and help to
achieve its targets and indicators (Table 1).
3 Results
3.1 Systematic Review and Descriptive Analysis
The entire search process is shown in Fig. 1. The total number of articles located in the
databases numbered 1617 (893 from Web of Science and 724 from ScienceDirect).
After exclusion of duplications and articles not related to the research question, 545
scientific articles remained that were considered eligible for the analysis.