Abstract
Universities have a critical role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), both for implementing active policies and for encouraging other actors to participate. This requires having the skills and mind-sets to contribute to these challenges. The relevance and the commitment of universities to sustainability has led to the inclusion of SDGs in the strategies and agendas of these institutions. This requires the involvement of all the actors and some structural and cultural changes that put SDGs at the core of the governance and management of the university, embracing all the stakeholders. Various internal and external factors may influence the impact and success of the policies and activities aiming at achieving the SDGs, both from an overall perspective and for individual SDGs. This paper assesses the influence of some internal factors, such as the presence of universities on the internet, the level of internationalization or the availability of financial resources. Through both regression analyses and the Gephi method, our results confirm the importance of the presence on the internet, the internationalization of the university and the financial resources for research and infrastructure received from regional governments for Spanish public universities to make a greater contribution to SDGs.
Highlights
Sustainable development has become a global political and social issue in the last decades
A wide range of variables was initially considered for the analysis of internal factors that could drive the achievement of SDGs in universities: different measures of their presence on the web dealing with the activity and visibility of the institutions, information on the rankings constructed by the BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic
The results show that the provision of external financial resources for research and infrastructure has a positive impact on university performance in terms of SDGs, as well as the level of internationalization and the presence of the universities on the internet
Summary
Sustainable development has become a global political and social issue in the last decades. SDGs are broken down into 169 targets, aiming at a holistic approach to achieving sustainable development for all, including ending poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality and the realization of human rights world-wide, as well as ensuring the protection of the planet and its natural resources They involve a complex range of social, economic and environmental challenges, that requires the commitment of all actors toward the transformation of societies and economies. A wide range of variables was initially considered for the analysis of internal factors that could drive the achievement of SDGs in universities: different measures of their presence on the web dealing with the activity and visibility of the institutions, information on the rankings constructed by the BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic. The last section draws some conclusions, highlighting the contributions of the research, the way forward and the limitations
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