The Race to Sustainability: Decoding Green University Rankings Through a Comparative Analysis (2018–2022)

IF 2.2 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Innovative Higher Education Pub Date : 2024-08-20 DOI:10.1007/s10755-024-09734-4

Seda Abacıoğlu, Büşra Ayan, Dragan Pamucar

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This study investigates the evolving landscape of green universities by analyzing and comparing rankings from 2018 to 2022. It expands beyond the single score offered by the UI GreenMetric, employing Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) techniques to evaluate universities from diverse perspectives. Focusing on the top 50 universities from 2022, the study assesses their performance across six key criteria: setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation, and education and research. Various MCDM methods (LOPCOW MEREC, CoCoSo, CRADIS, EDAS, MABAC, MAIRCA, and MARCOS) are implemented, revealing how they prioritize different aspects of sustainability. Furthermore, the study examines the correlation between rankings and employs the COPELAND aggregation approach to derive a unified ranking. This investigation not only contrasts MCDM outcomes with the UI GreenMetric’s total score-based rankings but also illuminates the relative significance of each criterion and its variation across weighting techniques. Additionally, the study delves into the temporal dynamics of university rankings, offering insights into institutional performance across different years.

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可持续发展的竞赛：通过比较分析解码绿色大学排名（2018-2022年）

本研究通过分析和比较 2018 年至 2022 年的排名，调查了绿色大学不断发展的情况。它超越了美国大学绿色指标（UI GreenMetric）提供的单一分数，采用多标准决策（MCDM）技术，从不同角度对大学进行评估。该研究以 2022 年的前 50 所大学为重点，评估了它们在以下六个关键标准方面的表现：环境与基础设施、能源与气候变化、废物、水、交通以及教育与研究。研究采用了多种 MCDM 方法（LOPCOW MEREC、CoCoSo、CRADIS、EDAS、MABAC、MAIRCA 和 MARCOS），揭示了它们如何优先考虑可持续发展的不同方面。此外，研究还考察了排名之间的相关性，并采用 COPELAND 聚合方法得出统一排名。这项调查不仅将 MCDM 的结果与 UI GreenMetric 基于总分的排名进行了对比，还揭示了每项标准的相对重要性及其在不同加权技术中的差异。此外，本研究还深入探讨了大学排名的时间动态，为了解不同年份的机构表现提供了见解。

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Innovative Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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4.30

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： Innovative Higher Education is a refereed scholarly journal that strives to package fresh ideas in higher education in a straightforward and readable fashion. The four main purposes of Innovative Higher Education are: (1) to present descriptions and evaluations of current innovations and provocative new ideas with relevance for action beyond the immediate context in higher education; (2) to focus on the effect of such innovations on teaching and students; (3) to be open to diverse forms of scholarship and research methods by maintaining flexibility in the selection of topics deemed appropriate for the journal; and (4) to strike a balance between practice and theory by presenting manuscripts in a readable and scholarly manner to both faculty and administrators in the academic community.