From publications to policy | The impact of research towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
New global analysis of over 12 million documents reveals how academic research shapes sustainable development policy
« The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become a powerful lens through which we understand and address society’s most urgent challenges and they now make up 24% of all published research. The issues they address – public health, climate change, renewable energy, environmental protection, economic growth, and societal inequality – were already active areas of academic research long before the introduction of the SDGs in 2015. Recent research from Springer Nature has also shown that a majority of researchers would like “public good” to be taken into account in assessments of their research contributions, in terms of the effect of their work on society, the economy, or global challenges more broadly.i The Goals provide a common framework for researchers, funders, policymakers, and institutions to measure progress and to demonstrate the real-world impact of research. (…) »
