Sustainable Development Goals and Education: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis

Esther Prieto-Jiménez, Luis López-Catalán, Blanca López-Catalán and Guillermo Domínguez-Fernández
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Esther Prieto-Jiménez: Department of Education and Social Psychology, Pablo de Olavide University, 41013 Seville, Spain
Luis López-Catalán: Department of Innovation, UNICEF Spain, 28046 Madrid, Spain
Blanca López-Catalán: Department of Management and Marketing, Pablo de Olavide University, 41013 Seville, Spain
Guillermo Domínguez-Fernández: Department of Education and Social Psychology, Pablo de Olavide University, 41013 Seville, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda sets out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at improving life in all its dimensions, covering all sectors, with a particular emphasis on education. The study presented here focuses on universities as priority organisations and agents of change within the sphere of their social commitment. We thus conducted an analysis of the related scientific production as well as a bibliometric mapping, identifying the main publications indexed in the Web of Science, within its main collection. Focusing on scientific production, we examine the types of documents published, the evolution of the number of publications, the countries of origin of the publications, the most cited sources and articles, together with the most productive authors and a co-citation analysis. Regarding the bibliometric mapping analysis, the five core clusters included in the study were: SDGs in general; SDG 4 on Quality Education; Education for Sustainable Development; Higher Education; and Education Management. Among the main conclusions reached, we would emphasise the need for a change in role and function of university education to tackle sustainable development.

Keywords: sustainable development goals; education; sustainable development; higher education; education management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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