Collaboration on the SDGs
Between 2019 and 2023, Massey University co-authored more than 2,700 internationally collaborated papers on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) topics (SciVal data).
These included research with the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and many Aotearoa New Zealand research institutions, government agencies and corporations.
Topics ranged from protecting species to building sustainable cities, fighting climate change, reducing inequality, ensuring food security, and managing disasters.
On average, more than half, 58.9 per cent, of our papers were in collaboration with international researchers.
| SDG publications – 2018 to 2022 | Scholarly Output | International collaboration (%) | Field-weighted citation impact | Citation count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDG 1: No Poverty | 99 | 54.5% | 1.22 | 869 |
| SDG 2: Zero Hunger | 304 | 56.9% | 1.57 | 3,423 |
| SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being | 962 | 66.6% | 1.51 | 12,021 |
| SDG 4: Quality Education | 246 | 45.1% | 1.15 | 1,434 |
| SDG 5: Gender Equality | 139 | 56.8% | 1.76 | 2,071 |
| SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation | 183 | 53.0% | 1.33 | 1,992 |
| SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 181 | 71.3% | 1.59 | 3,169 |
| SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth | 289 | 59.9% | 1.66 | 3,578 |
| SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure | 328 | 52.1% | 1.51 | 3,502 |
| SDG 10: Reduced Inequality | 356 | 52.0% | 1.44 | 3,015 |
| SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 354 | 57.9% | 1.53 | 3,864 |
| SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production | 272 | 58.5% | 1.72 | 3,637 |
| SDG 13: Climate Action | 268 | 62.3% | 1.69 | 3,541 |
| SDG 14: Life Below Water | 136 | 71.3% | 1.65 | 1,669 |
| SDG 15: Life on Land | 326 | 57.1% | 1.54 | 4,642 |
| SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions | 262 | 55.3% | 1.48 | 2,360 |
| TOTAL | 4,705 | 58.9% | 1.52 | 54,787 |
All statistics are for 2019 to 2023, extracted from the Scopus database using SciVal. Values are as at October, 2024. 2023 Elsevier SDG definitions used. All Scopus publications (including articles, reviews, conference papers, books and book chapters).
Massey hosts Sustainability Development Goals summit
Massey University recently held a summit titled “How to achieve the SDGs? Let’s ask Nature”, uniting sustainability advocates from government ministries, NGOs like Volunteer Service Abroad, Enviroschools and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, along with representatives from other universities. The event is a precursor to the major Aotearoa National Sustainable Development Goals Summit scheduled for 2025, which Massey will host on its Manawatū campus.
In 2022, Massey hosted the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) conference on The Future of Sustainability.
Sustainability champions from campus communities across Australasia and the Pacific shared and inspired transformative actions towards a future that is fair, just and equitable for all.
Read more about the How to achieve the SDGs summit
Read more about the 2022 ACTS summit
Global One Health Research Partnership programme
In 2023, Massey hosted a four-day Global One Health Research Partnership programme, which brought together Massey’s One Health researchers, international partners, government scientists and the New Zealand One Health research community. One Health aims to improve health outcomes by recognising, understanding and managing the relationships between people, animals and their shared environment.
KIWI Challenge partnership
Massey partnered with Education New Zealand on the KIWI Challenge Competition, an annual entrepreneurship competition for Indonesian students. In 2022, Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry was the challenging theme.
Good Impressions charity initiative
In 2023, through the Good Impressions charity initiative, Massey actively donated advertising value to digital billboards for organisations advocating social change across New Zealand. Beneficiaries included I Am Hope, Forest and Bird, Māori Women’s Development Inc and Sustainable Coastlines.
Virtual SDG programme
As part of Massey’s Global Citizen programme, some students undertook a Virtual SDG programme to learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals. Participants worked in global teams and worked on an SDG Challenge Project.
The university was part of the team that won the 2022 challenge. The prize included a certificate for trees, which will be planted in Nepal by Eden Reforestation projects.
International symposium on global nutrition
The world’s leading experts on protein, including several New Zealand scientists, met in Utrecht in September 2023 to discuss ways to address the nutritional needs of a burgeoning world population. The International Symposium: Dietary Protein for Human Health was co-organised by Massey’s Riddet Institute, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Wageningen University, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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