Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 48.58
Liaison Janna Cohen-Rosenthal
Submission Date July 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Massachusetts Boston
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Dennis Swinford
Director of Campus Planning & Sustainability
Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
533

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
175

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
32.83

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
41

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
33

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
80.49

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
To collect information on research staff, the chairs from each department were contacted to report all faculty and staff involved in research in the last three years and identify those involved in sustainability research. Sustainability research was determined using several methods. A list of sustainable keywords, the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and AASHES definition for sustainability were used as criteria to identify sustainability research. The list of researchers were then reviewed for accuracy and consistency.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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