ERIM PhD Series
Welcome to the SDG PhD dashboard. On this page SDG analyses of PhD dissertations are presented.
- First, we present analyses on the whole dissertations dataset.
- Next, we offer zoom in on the SDG profiles of specific programs and offer the possibility to compare different programs on their SDG profile
We present the following analyses:
- SDG Profile: The SDG profile is the distribution of SDGs across theses within a programme. With these analyses you can find the main SDGs within a programme.
- SDG Footprint: One publication can relate to multiple SDG's. The SDG Footprint allows you to compare the distribution of the number of SDGs dissertations relate to.
- SDG Coverage: Some theses might score a few SDG's very high and other dissertations might score multiple SDG's with a lower score. Deciding which one scores better needs a proxy that is sensitive for the overall SDG scores of a dissertations. We designed an indicator called "SDG coverage", in order to get a proxy of "fairness" for the theses in the set. Coverage is calculated as the (sum of the SDG's scored by a thesis/ nr of SDG's (17)) * 100 , so a value between zero and 100 results.
- SDG Significance: The SDG Significance mirrors the REF GPA, indicating the overall quality of an instutes submissions. REF GPA is calculated by multiplying the % at each quality level by its rating (e.g % of 4*-rated research multiplied by 4), adding the four together and dividing by 100. For the design of the SDG Significance metric we do a comparable calculation. We use all the results produced by the SDG mapper, not only the results with a >50% proxy as applied in the SDG ratio metric. SDG significance gives an indication of the overall power in SDG relatedness of a programme.
The following table summarizes the SDG GPA logic and the 5 SDG significance metric levels.
| Quartile score of SDG GPA | Weight | SDG Significance score | SDG Significance metric |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Unclassified |
| 0 - 0.25 | 1 | 0-0.25 | 1 SDG Star |
| 0.25 - 0.50 | 2 | 0.5 - 1 | 2 SDG Stars |
| 0.50 - 0.75 | 3 | 1.5 - 2.5 | 3 SDG Stars |
| 0.75 - 1 | 4 | 3 - 4 | 4 SDG Stars |
The first part of this dashboard gives an overall overview of the SDG metrics on the entire set of dissertations.
This visual shows the SDG profile on all the dissertations. The user can adjust the years that are included with the slider on the left-hand side of the visual.
This visual shows the SDG Footprint per year. The years that are shown can be adjusted with the slider on the left hand side of the visual.
In the second part of this dashboard the SDG metrics will be showed for each of the five ERIM PhD domains.
This visual shows the SDG Significance for each of the five ERIM domains. It is possible to drop or add a domain using the searchbar on the left hand side of the visual.
This visual shows the SDG profile for a specific ERIM domain. The domain can be changed with the selection box on the left hand side of the visual.
This visual enables the user to compare SDG ratios for each one of the 17 SDGs.
This visual shows the SDG coverage for each of the 5 ERIM domains.
This visual enables the user to compare ERIM domains on SDG Ratios per SDG. The SDG category can be changed with the selection box on the left hand side of the visual.
