Spanish Universities’ Sustainability Performance and Sustainability-Related R&
| Autor: | Leyla Angélica Sandoval-Hamón, Fernando Casani, Daniela De Filippo, Elías Sanz-Casado |
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| Přispěvatelé: | UAM. Departamento de Organización de Empresas |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Web of science
020209 energy Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 university policies on sustainability Spanish university system 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Ideal (ethics) Renewable energy sources Economía Political science 11. Sustainability 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering GE1-350 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Scope (project management) Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Scientometric indicators 4. Education Sustainability science Subject (documents) Public relations University policies on sustainability Biblioteconomía y Documentación Environmental sciences Sustainability scientometric indicators Web of Science CORDIS business Strengths and weaknesses University system |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 20 Biblos-e Archivo: Repositorio Institucional de la UAM Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 20, p 5570 (2019) e-Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid instname Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su11205570 |
| Popis: | For its scope and the breadth of its available resources, the university system is one of the keys to implementing and propagating policies, with sustainability policies being among them. Building on sustainability performance in universities, this study aimed to: Identify the procedures deployed by universities to measure sustainability detect the strengths and weaknesses of the Spanish university system (SUS) sustainability practice analyse the SUS contributions to sustainability-related Research, Development and Innovation (R& D+I) and assess the efficacy of such practices and procedures as reported in the literature. The indicators of scientific activity were defined by applying scientometric techniques to analyse the journal (Web of Science) and European project (CORDIS) databases, along with reports issued by national institutions. The findings showed that measuring sustainability in the SUS is a very recent endeavour and that one of the strengths is the university community&rsquo s engagement with the ideal. Nonetheless, high performance is still elusive in most of the items analysed. Whereas universities account for nearly 90 % of the Spanish papers published in the WoS subject category, Green and Sustainable Science and Technology, their contribution to research projects is meagre. A divide still exists in the SUS between policies and results, although the gap has been narrowing in recent years. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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