The EUR Sustainability Monitor provides information about how our research and education are related to the SDGs. This version is currently a trial one, the monitor is under development, and further updates and improvements can be expected. In the meantime, the shared data already provides some interesting insights.
SDG mapper
The SDG mapper is used to classify the extent to which our education and research is related to the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations. It shows which of the seventeen goals have a high or low number of publications and courses and thereby, for example, can provide insights to start the conversation when formulation of impact ambitions at a school level. Important to note is that it does not say anything about EUR being sustainable or having impact. The algorithm that is used for the SDG mapper, is open sourced and available via Github. Currently only English-language academic articles and course descriptions are included from PURE, our Current Research Information System (CRIS) and OSIRIS in this alpha version. Dutch-language articles and course descriptions will be machine translated to be included in the next version. The SDG mapper algorithm is validated by researchers from International Institute of Social Studies. In addition, it is currently compared the EUR algorithm with that of Elsevier’s and Leiden CWTS’.