Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
EDPACS, cilt.70, sa.7, ss.86-123, 2025 (Scopus)
Sustainable development is a concept that aims to optimize resource use for the future by combining environmental, economic, and social dimensions. Universities develop innovative solutions and lead in social transformation by increasing sustainability awareness through education, research, and community service. The aim of this research is to examine the academic activities carried out by public-funded research universities in Türkiye toward sustainable development goals. In this context, the study’s sample involves academic activities (352,820 in total) from 14 publicly funded research universities in Türkiye in the Academic Data Management System (AVESIS) databases. They were analyzed under the headings of 17 sustainable development goals, based on various activity groups, using the content analysis method. The activities are categorized under the following headings: publications, theses, given lessons, projects, event organizations, congress, and symposium participations, journal duty visual activities, awards, art activities, and research groups and units. The findings reveal that the contributions of universities to the goals vary in different areas and stand out in certain ones. While it makes significant contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in areas such as justice, health, and environment, it is seen that more efforts are needed in targets such as poverty and underwater life. Universities need to focus their contributions to the SDGs in a more number of quantitative studies. In this way, they support decisions and regulations of policy makers in a strategic way.