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Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions: Accounting for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions by a Data Mining Analysis of Publications

Authors : Samara da Silva Neiva, Wellyngton Silva de Amorim, André Borchardt Deggau, Rafael Gustavo de Lima, Gabriélli do Livramento Gonçalves, Flávio Ceci, Robert Samuel Birch, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra

Published in: Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Higher education institutions (HEIs) play an important role in achieving and promoting sustainable development in their surroundings and integrating with communities. They can be considered as central agents for sustainable development due to their ability to deal with challenges, opening opportunities for the creation of local or global smart solutions, linking the academic community, civil society, decision-makers and stakeholders. Accounting for sustainability in terms of physical data and presenting this information in a clear and meaningful way goes some way to addressing the major challenges and risks posed by sustainability-related issues. The work presented in this article examines how a global analysis of the publication output from HEIs can provide a measureable metric for sustainability in their operational management, research and teaching activities. This investigation is achieved using a data mining method based on a semi automatic approach for the recognition, correlation and extraction of named entities and relations from textual documents.

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Title: Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions: Accounting for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions by a Data Mining Analysis of Publications
Authors: Samara da Silva Neiva
Wellyngton Silva de Amorim
André Borchardt Deggau
Rafael Gustavo de Lima
Gabriélli do Livramento Gonçalves
Flávio Ceci
Robert Samuel Birch
José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-63398-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-63399-8

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_33

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