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Table I.

Comparison of three cases studies: universities pursuing the SDGs

Characteristics and insights of the university ^aSDG agenda	PU (UK)	AUBG (Europe)	HU (USA)
Research-intensive university	X	X	√
Teaching and research university	√	X	X
Teaching-priority university	X	√	X
Led by senior management with faculty and staff	√	X	X
Led by staff, with faculty and senior management	X	X	√
Led by external stakeholders, with senior management	X	√	X
Led by students	X	X	X
Influenced teaching and learning strategy	√	√	√
Influenced research and innovation strategy	√	X	√
Yielded new sources of income	√	√	√
Yielded reputational gain	√	√	√
Mission-focused transformation	√	X	X
Purpose-driven transformation (internal/external)	√	√	√
Used “living labs” framework	√	X	√
Evidence of capacity and capability building of human capital	√	√	√
Evidence of interdisciplinarity as enabler	√	√	√
Evidence of wider stakeholder impact/benefits	√	√	√
Evidence of context-related articulation of the SDGs	√	√	√

Characteristics and insights of the university ^aSDG agenda	PU(UK)	AUBG(Europe)	HU(USA)
Research-intensive university	X	X	√
Teaching and research university	√	X	X
Teaching-priority university	X	√	X
Led by senior management with faculty and staff	√	X	X
Led by staff, with faculty and senior management	X	X	√
Led by external stakeholders, with senior management	X	√	X
Led by students	X	X	X
Influenced teaching and learning strategy	√	√	√
Influenced research and innovation strategy	√	X	√
Yielded new sources of income	√	√	√
Yielded reputational gain	√	√	√
Mission-focused transformation	√	X	X
Purpose-driven transformation (internal/external)	√	√	√
Used “living labs” framework	√	X	√
Evidence of capacity and capability building of human capital	√	√	√
Evidence of interdisciplinarity as enabler	√	√	√
Evidence of wider stakeholder impact/benefits	√	√	√
Evidence of context-related articulation of the SDGs	√	√	√

Note:

a

SDG agenda is taken to include PU’s broader sustainability agenda that pre-dated the United Nations ratification of the goals in 2015