| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.81 |
| Liaison | Austin Eriksson |
| Submission Date | Nov. 29, 2021 |
California State University, Northridge
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
11.55 / 12.00 |
Sarah
Johnson Sustainability Program Analyst Institute for Sustainability |
Total number of employees that conduct research:
Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
See below for a description of the methodology. The attached inventory includes "Research Faculty" (first worksheet) which identifies 144 faculty whose research was identified as sustainability-related based on a keyword search from abstracts and proposals.
The second sheet titled, "Survey Data" includes additional research identified
based on self-reported data from faculty who responded to a survey sent by the Provost on behalf of the Institute for Sustainability that went to all faculty. This survey included AASHE's definition of sustainability, sustainability challenges, and the Earth Charter and SDG keywords. Twenty additional faculty were identified via this method.
A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
A report of all actively funded research projects via Cayuse (grant management software) was used to search for all funded projects of tenured and tenure-track faculty in 2019-2021. The titles and abstracts were searched using keywords identified by the SDG and Earth charter principles utilized in our identification of sustainability-related courses. Titles and Abstracts which included keywords were separated and vetted by an administrator. The faculty members whose research or publications are included on the uploaded spreadsheet and counted in the total were those who passed through these trials.
In addition to this keyword search, a survey was sent to all faculty which asked them to self-identify sustainability research or publications. These results are included separately on the second tab of the uploaded spreadsheet, and they are also included in the final total.
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.