Advancing the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) is vital to the success of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Research and funding institutions have a vital supportive role in this historic task. Here, individual researchers like you can also play a part by helping to identify publications relevant to each SDG.
The new 2030 sustainable development agenda is likely to dominate policy and academic debates at both national and international levels over next 15 years and beyond. It is, therefore, a crucial time to critically reflect how the SDGs are likely to shape - and be shaped by - the wider research community. Each peer-reviewed paper will address the common question of: “how is the SDG agenda influencing scholarly debates in different research areas, and vice-versa?”.