Overall Rating	Bronze - expired
Overall Score	37.54
Liaison	Matthew Shockey
Submission Date	Dec. 17, 2020
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Indiana University South Bend
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	6.33 / 12.00	Erika Zynda Staff Academic Affairs Office

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Part 1

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):

158

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :

8.86

Part 2

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:

34.78

Research Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

IU_South_Bend_Research_Inventory_for_STARS.docx

The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):

Each article listed on the Indiana University South Bend Faculty/Staff Publications List 2018 was evaluated to assess which publications aligned with one or more of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). Each publication that aligned with one or more of the SDGS was selected as research that is related to Sustainability and added to the Indiana University South Bend Sustainability research inventory. All faculty and staff that published research are included as researchers.

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

https://academics.iusb.edu/aa-faculty-resources/aa-publications.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The Indiana University South Bend Faculty/Staff Publications List 2018 was retrieved from IU South Bend Office of Research Administration, and used to determine which publications are related to Sustainability. This list was also used to determine the Part 1 data; total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount), Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount), and Part 2 data; Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research, Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research. link to the Faculty Publications: https://academics.iusb.edu/aa-faculty-resources/aa-publications.html