scholarly journals Gender Parity within the Gender—Sustainability Paradigm: A Case Study on Management Structures of the Romanian Academia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Drumea ◽  
Bogdan Băcanu ◽  
Carmen Elena Anton ◽  
Adriana Veronica Litra ◽  
Steliana Busuioceanu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Gender Groups

Our study proposes a Romanian national perspective of the gender–sustainability paradigm in higher education under the Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5) approach. The starting point is the interlinkage of the two concepts, gender parity and sustainability, depicted on a fundamental societal domain. Data collection was completed following a census approach, resulting in staffing data on 47 Romanian state-owned universities. Data collected envisaged the tenure teaching staff, divided into two gender groups; the count was focused on executive roles and collective managerial elected bodies for the 2015–2019 mandate. The gender situation was analyzed quantitatively by the number of teaching staff, their gender structure, and their representation in the executive functions and collective decision-making bodies. We calculated gender indexes and used statistical correlation coefficients to explain the relations between the different categories of personnel and their influence on establishing the management structures. The results of the gender configuration analysis were further associated with the latest national meta-ranking of Romanian universities. Our findings show that Romanian universities demonstrate sustainability under SDG5 through their institutional capacity to use either feminine majorities or a statistically detected pro-female voting propensity in order to construct optimally gendered management structures through vote only.

scholarly journals ENSURING GENDER EQUALITY AND DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF UKRAINE ACCORDING TO THE OBJECTIVES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : GENDER PORTRAIT OF PRYDNIPROVSKA STATE ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

2021 ◽  
pp. 114-127
Author(s):  
M. V. SAVYTSKYI ◽  
H. P. YEVSIEIEVA ◽  
V.A. BABENKO ◽  
S.P. VOLKOVA ◽  
G.I. LYSENKO
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Parity

Formulation of the problem. Ukraine's accession to the global democratic processes of recognition ofequal rights and opportunities for everyone within the global process of sustainable development has launched aninclusive process of adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and establishing strategic frameworks for Ukraine'snational development until 2030. The actualization of the policy of equal rights and opportunities for scientific andpedagogical community of higher education institutions of Ukraine has become especially important, in accordancewith the defined goals of sustainable development, contributed to updating gender portraits of educational institutions toassess the real situation in the institutions, priority issues, needs and interests of women and men, ways to ensure genderbalance and social justice. Higher education institutions of Ukraine form basic humanistic concepts, such as: genderculture, adherence to the principles of gender equality, prevention of gender discrimination in its various forms,involved in the development and implementation of promising programs to ensure gender equality, research on genderissues. The purpose. The aim is to study the observance of the principles of gender equality in education as a factor ofdemocratic transformation in higher education institutions of Ukraine, to create a gender portrait of Prydniprovska StateAcademy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and on this basis to form the principles of gender equality and genderculture in PSACEA educational environment. Conclusions. Ukraine, which is developing inseparably from worlddevelopment and world political and gender thought, is approaching gender parity. The share of working women withhigher education and scientific degrees in the total number of employed in Ukraine is one of the largest in the world30.4% (3rd place). At the same time, although there are fewer and fewer purely male and purely female professions inUkraine and the world today, there are some gender distortions. In the field of education, medicine, culture, economy,mostly women work, and in industrial and technical fields − most men. The gender audit in the PSACEA confirms thistrend in some faculties, including economics, where women predominate among both students and teachers, in contrastto technical faculties, where men predominate. Among doctors of sciences, professors, especially in exact sciences, menstill prevail. The analysis of the gender portrait of PSACEA as a whole shows the relative gender parity, both in thestudent environment and among the teaching staff, in the leading structural units. As we can see, Ukraine, as ademocratic state, is gradually introducing the idea of egalitarianism in all spheres and, in particular, in the system ofhigher education, which characterizes the level of democratization of the state.

scholarly journals Actions to Align Energy Projects With the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constança Martins Leite de Almeida ◽  
Elin Bergqvist ◽  
Scott Thacker ◽  
Francesco Fuso Nerini
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract The 2030 Agenda is an aspiring set of goals and targets that aims to prompt humanity towards a sustainable development by 2030. In order to achieve this, actions that mitigate trade-offs and enhance synergies within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) need to be identified. However, for the energy sector these actions are dispersed across the scientific literature, which is a clear barrier to encourage practitioners to have a proactive and pragmatic approach towards the SDGs. For this reason, a set of actions for energy projects was compiled. This compilation addresses the synergies and trade-offs identified in the Sustainable Development Goals Impact Assessment Framework for Energy Projects (SDG-IAE). One case study was used to test the actions, the lighthouse Project VARGA. Subsequently, an analysis was conducted to understand how possible actions can impact different technologies, project stages, actors and SDG targets. In this way, enabling policymakers and project developers to define areas of action when evaluating policies or considering specific intervention. This article aims to be the starting point of stakeholder discussions that consistently frame energy projects within the achievement of the SDGs.

scholarly journals When behavior change fails: evidence for building WASH strategies on existing motivations

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Marshall ◽  
Jessica Kaminsky
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Local Stakeholders

Despite increased efforts, an estimated 30–40% of rural drinking water initiatives in developing countries fail to provide sustainable solutions. The Sustainable Development Goal for water (SDG 6) challenges us to solve this problem to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. In this paper, we explore one possible barrier to success: a potential misalignment between local and outside motivations. We address this problem by analyzing how strategies used to successfully (n = 148) and unsuccessfully (n = 70) deliver drinking water to rural areas align with known motivations of local stakeholders. As one tool and starting point, we use definitions in Maslow's theory of motivation to learn and share how to more consistently and successfully build comprehensive motivations into solutions. The results reveal that successful strategies rarely focus on physiological needs (2/148) and often focus on higher-level needs, including self-esteem (75/148), love and belonging (46/148), and safety (69/148). Successful strategies also typically address multiple needs and are designed to meet the actualization (fulfill potential) of both communities and donors. Unsuccessful strategies focus on needs of outside stakeholders above local stakeholders (46/70), fail to address higher-level or multiple needs, and/or unsuccessfully address existing needs.

scholarly journals Water research in support of the Sustainable Development Goal 6: A case study in Belgium

2020 ◽  
Vol 277 ◽  
pp. 124082
Author(s):  
Long Ho ◽  
Alice Alonso ◽  
Marie Anne Eurie Forio ◽  
Marnik Vanclooster ◽  
Peter L.M. Goethals
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Water Research ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6

scholarly journals Understanding water-related emotional distress for improving water services: a case study from an Ethiopian small town

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Thomas ◽  
Samuel Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Complementary Approach ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This paper introduces the concept of emotional distress as a means of measuring the direct experience of inadequate access to drinking water in a small town in Ethiopia under the UNICEF-Government of Ethiopia urban ONEWASH plus programme. The paper explores a new perspective on the relationship between water technologies, water services, household socio-economic characteristics (as predictors) and mental health in its broad definition. Results indicate that water-related emotional distress is predominantly associated with the ‘cost of water’ and the ‘size of household’. Quantity of water, reliability of the preferred source and accessibility were not significant predictors to emotional distress. Whether the household accessed a pipe into a compound or another improved source was not a significant predictor either. The safely managed target in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.1 focuses on the affordability, accessibility and safety of water but does not explore the relation between cost and water-related emotional distress. This evidence offers a complementary approach to the ‘affordability of water services’ as it looks beyond the mere financial implications of water costs.

scholarly journals Development of a tool to optimize economic and environmental feasibility of food waste chains

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Celli ◽  
Edoardo Brunori ◽  
Michele Eugeni ◽  
Cecilia Andrea Cristinariu ◽  
Mauro Zampilli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Umbria Region ◽  
Environmental Feasibility ◽  
The University

AbstractThe Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 focuses on food and its inedible parts that exit the supply chain and thus are lost or wasted. This work addresses the food waste problem by presenting the development of a tool to design business models to reduce the production of food waste. This has been developed within the LIFE16 project iRexfo, coordinated by the University of Perugia. The tool aims at transferring the results obtained in a pilot region (Umbria, Italy) to 4 other regions in Europe. It has been coded in Python and has a graphical user interface (GUI) to insert inputs and display outputs. The GUI has been developed in FLASK and it is hosted in the website of PythonAnywhere. A case study on the application of the software is also presented, mainly based on data retrieved in the Umbria region, Italy. Together with economic analysis, also, environmental assessment is performed.

scholarly journals Transmission of Place Branding Values through Experiential Events: Wine BC Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3002
Author(s):  
F.J. Cristófol ◽  
Elena Cruz-Ruiz ◽  
Gorka Zamarreño-Aramendia
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Place Branding ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Sustainability is to promote economic growth that generates equitable wealth for all without harming the environment, becoming one of the objectives that serve as a starting point for many place branding strategies. Cultural heritage, environmental sustainability, and the valorization of the territory are nowadays unavoidable elements to sustain brands. This research analyzes the transmission of place branding values through experiential events, as a formula for business improvement according to the principles of sustainable development. The research is focused on the case of wine in British Columbia (Canada). The methodology applied was based on a theoretical framework as a starting point for the study. From there, on the one hand, an analysis of the contents of the events carried out by the winegrowers of British Columbia during the harvest months in 2019 and 2020 has been carried out. On the other hand, interviews were conducted with relevant professionals and academics in the sector in order to determine the extent to which they meet the needs of promotion of the site, taking into account the impact on the sustainability of the territory. The results show the link between the events and the territory brand, which is a means to generate growth through wine tourism promoted by the wineries, thus revaluing the winegrowing landscape and, in general, the traditions of the place, among others. There is also a need to look for strategies that seek collaboration between the public and private sectors to improve the creation of integrated events that transmit the branding values of the place. Events are a tool to generate territory branding and can, if well-conceived, contribute to the sustainable development goals (SDGs). In the case study, the results show that the vast majority of events organized by BC wineries aim to promote place branding within the framework of sustainability. A methodology that could be applicable to other territories and countries.

Chemometric Analysis for the Classification of some Groups of Drugs with Divergent Pharmacological Activity on the Basis of some Chromatographic and Molecular Modeling Parameters

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-137
Author(s):  
Jolanta Stasiak ◽  
Marcin Koba ◽  
Marcin Gackowski ◽  
Tomasz Baczek
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Pharmacological Activity ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Cardiovascular Drugs ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Analgesic Drugs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Chromatographic Parameters

Aim and Objective: In this study, chemometric methods as correlation analysis, cluster analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA), and factor analysis (FA) have been used to reduce the number of chromatographic parameters (logk/logkw) and various (e.g., 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D) structural descriptors for three different groups of drugs, such as 12 analgesic drugs, 11 cardiovascular drugs and 36 “other” compounds and especially to choose the most important data of them. Material and Methods: All chemometric analyses have been carried out, graphically presented and also discussed for each group of drugs. At first, compounds’ structural and chromatographic parameters were correlated. The best results of correlation analysis were as follows: correlation coefficients like R = 0.93, R = 0.88, R = 0.91 for cardiac medications, analgesic drugs, and 36 “other” compounds, respectively. Next, part of molecular and HPLC experimental data from each group of drugs were submitted to FA/PCA and CA techniques. Results: Almost all results obtained by FA or PCA, and total data variance, from all analyzed parameters (experimental and calculated) were explained by first two/three factors: 84.28%, 76.38 %, 69.71% for cardiovascular drugs, for analgesic drugs and for 36 “other” compounds, respectively. Compounds clustering by CA method had similar characteristic as those obtained by FA/PCA. In our paper, statistical classification of mentioned drugs performed has been widely characterized and discussed in case of their molecular structure and pharmacological activity. Conclusion: Proposed QSAR strategy of reduced number of parameters could be useful starting point for further statistical analysis as well as support for designing new drugs and predicting their possible activity.

Ein rechtsfreier Raum? Die legale Situation auf den Färöern im Spiegel der ‚Færeyinga saga‘

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-45
Author(s):  
Andreas Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Old Icelandic ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Narrative Literature ◽  
The Law

AbstractThe chapter argues for a more nuanced and empirically based understanding of the discourse on law and socio-cultural norms in Old Icelandic literature on the grounds of a narratological reading of ‘Færeyinga saga’ as a case study. It has often been claimed that Icelandic sources express an ideal of freedom based on communality as guaranteed by the law. By contrast, ‘Færeyinga saga’ represents a cynical discourse on power politics that renders law as an invariable concept obsolete and works solely on the principle that ‘might is right’. This cynicism, however, is presented in a form that leaves the narrative open to interpretation, showing that regardless of its possible dating, narrative literature can serve as a starting point for social discussion. Consequently, the discourse on law in medieval Iceland must be perceived as more polyphonic than has been allowed for by previous unifying readings in scholarship.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of the Formative Experiences of Students Enrolled in Postgraduate Studies in Education: Case Study in Northern Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4790
Author(s):  
Brenda Imelda Boroel Cervantes ◽  
José Alfonso Jiménez Moreno ◽  
Salvador Ponce Ceballos ◽  
José Sánchez Santamaría
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Training Context ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Successful Design ◽  
Formative Experiences

The educational journey in postgraduate programs is linked to the actors, processes and results, setting the tone for different approaches from the perspective of characterization, development and evaluation. It is summarized in a sequential manner in four stages: entry to the program, progress within the program, and the final educational stretch, where the instructor/tutor plays an important part and obtaining the diploma or degree. The goal of this research was to evaluate, using the students’ perceptions, formative experiences as a result of their academic journey in postgraduate programs within education in Northern Mexico. We have used a case study based on the focus groups technique, applied to a sample of cases comprised of students enrolled in their final educational stage. The information was analyzed using inductive data analysis. The main results were grouped into three meta categories: (1) development of professional skills for the successful design of the intervention proposal, which unfolded into four categories; (2) the role of the tutor during the formative process, consisting of four analysis categories and (3) contributions of the teaching staff in their profession, consisting of two categories. These trends also evidence the formative abundance in the personal, academic and social training context of the students.

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