Aligning community outreach initiatives with SDGs in a higher education institution with artificial intelligence

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Jaluza Maria Lima Silva Borsatto , Carla Bonato Marcolin , Etienne Cardoso Abdalla , Fabiola Dutra Amaral
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Abstract

Purpose

Considering the role of community outreach of a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in promoting sustainable regional development, based on the objectives of the UN 2030 Agenda, the present study aims to verify, with the usage of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool, the alignment of community outreach actions of an HEI to the SDGs and identify its actions with the greatest impact.

Design/methodology/approach

The study is descriptive through a case study at a university in Brazil. Documentary analysis was carried out using data on more than 15,000 community outreach projects developed from 2009 to 2022, using natural language processing (NLP). In addition to the descriptive aspects, combining NLP with statistical techniques allowed us to discuss the alignment between community outreach projects and the SDGs from a longitudinal perspective.

Findings

The results demonstrated that the main SDGs in community outreach actions are SDG 17: Partnerships and Means of Implementation; SDG 4: Quality Education; SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production and SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth. These results are prominent because community outreach aims to establish a dialogical relationship between society and the university, conceiving the exchange of knowledge based on the actions developed and sharing knowledge with those involved in community extension.

Originality

The use of AI technologies to identify and monitor data on community outreach actions in HEI towards the SDGs, and to propose ways to share this information with internal and external stakeholders of the institution.

利用人工智能使高等教育机构的社区外联活动与可持续发展目标相一致
目的考虑到高等教育机构(HEI)的社区外联在促进基于联合国 2030 年议程目标的可持续区域发展中的作用,本研究旨在利用人工智能(AI)工具,验证高等教育机构的社区外联行动与可持续发展目标的一致性,并确定其影响最大的行动。利用自然语言处理(NLP)技术,对 2009 年至 2022 年期间开发的 15,000 多个社区外联项目的数据进行了文献分析。研究结果表明,社区外联行动中的主要可持续发展目标是:可持续发展目标 17:伙伴关系和实施手段;可持续发展目标 4:优质教育;可持续发展目标 12:可持续消费和生产;可持续发展目标 8:体面工作和经济增长。这些结果之所以突出,是因为社区外联旨在建立社会与大学之间的对话关系,根据所制定的行动构想知识交流,并与参与社区外联的人员分享知识。原创性利用人工智能技术识别和监测高等院校为实现可持续发展目标而开展的社区外联行动的数据,并提出与院校内部和外部利益相关者分享这些信息的方法。
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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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