Intermediary organizations and their role in advancing the SDGs in higher education

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• dc.contributor.author Lakhno, Marina
• dc.contributor.author Ortiz Gervasi, Luis
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-09-20T10:47:38Z
• dc.date.available 2024-09-20T10:47:38Z
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.date.updated 2024-09-20T10:47:38Z
• dc.description.abstract Drawing on evidence from documents and semi-structured interviews with members of the Catalan system of higher education, this research explores how intermediary organizations (IOs) facilitate the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), conceived as a global policy framework, in local contexts. We observed that, despite the voluntary nature of SDGs-related policies, most Catalan public universities embraced the SDGs. Two contextual factors likely facilitated their effective engagement with this global initiative: first, the autonomy granted by regional and national governments to the higher education sector when it comes to social responsibility, and, second, the willingness and ability of higher education institutions (HEIs) in Catalonia to work with the SDGs. The key element added to these contextual factors was the collaboration stimulated by meso-level actors, namely Catalan intermediaries. The Catalan case exhibits a process whereby IOs effectively engage with HEIs, forging a platform for collaboration; in turn, this led the local government to delegate the task of promoting the SDGs to IOs. This paper contributes to the debate in global higher education policy-making as it discusses the policy implications of the involvement of intermediary actors in bringing global policy frameworks to local level.
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• dc.identifier.citation Lakhno M, Ortiz-Gervasi L. Intermediary organizations and their role in advancing the SDGs in higher education. Policy Reviews in Higher Education. 2024;8(1):56-84. DOI: 10.1080/23322969.2024.2323735
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322969.2024.2323735
• dc.identifier.issn 2332-2969
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/61192
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
• dc.relation.ispartof Policy Reviews in Higher Education. 2024;8(1):56-84
• dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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• dc.subject.keyword Higher education policy
• dc.subject.keyword Sustainability
• dc.subject.keyword The SDGs
• dc.subject.keyword Intermediaries
• dc.title Intermediary organizations and their role in advancing the SDGs in higher education
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