| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.02 |
| Liaison | Christine Bruckner |
| Submission Date | Jan. 24, 2025 |
Illinois State University
AC-6: Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
5.57 / 10.00 |
Christine
Bruckner Assistant Director Office of Sustainability |
6.1 Percentage of academic departments engaged in sustainability research
Number of academic departments engaged in sustainability research:
Annotated list or inventory of the institution’s sustainability research by department:
Description of the process used to identify the institution’s sustainability research:
The process began by contacting individual department chairs and school directors for information on their faculty's sustainability research. The researchers identified by chairs/directors doing sustainability research were included in the researcher inventory. Additionally, faculty website profiles were reviewed for any additional faculty that were engaged in sustainability research. To identify those faculty, specific keywords were sought under the faculty research interests section of each website: "sustainability," "ESG," "corporate social responsibility (CSR)," "climate change," "green." We also utilized the Web of Science database and their SDG crosswalk. This process involved finding ISU-affiliated research and linking the micro citation topics of research within the database to the respective SDG identified in the crosswalk. After the SDG was assigned, each link was reviewed for relevance and accuracy and adjustments were made accordingly.
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following two figures:
Points earned for indicator AC 6.1:
6.2 Incentives for sustainability research
Description of the sustainability research incentives for academic staff:
Does the institution provide incentives for students to conduct sustainability research?:
Description of the sustainability research incentives for students:
The Office of Student Research provides various levels of grant funding to support student sustainability research. Additionally, the Center for a Sustainable Water Future provides funding for student sustainability research focused on water.
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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