Methods for Analysing Steering Effects of Global Goals
Book chapter, 2022
This chapter provides an overview of the multi-faceted landscape of methods used to study the steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals. After a discussion of the political use of science and the complex relations between science and politics, the chapter showcases a selection of different methods that are employed to trace the steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals. Selecting the most suitable method for a particular research question requires understanding their main characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. The chapter highlights that all methods and tools need to be combined to comprehensively assess the political impact of the goals, the progress towards their achievement, and their overall transformative potential. As data gaps and unequal geographical coverage still hamper a broader understanding of the political impact of the globalgoals, we need to build bridges across language communities, disciplines and methodological camps, which still work very much in isolation.
Discourse analysis
Qualitative case studies
Interpretative approaches
Model-based scenario building
Indicators
Network analysis
Monitoring approaches
Science-policy relation
Author
Prajal Pradhan
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Detlef van Vuuren
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Utrecht University
Birka Wicke
Radboud University
Maya Bogers
Utrecht University
Thomas Hickmann
Lund University
Agni Kalfagianni
Utrecht University
Julia Leininger
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Lorenzo di Lucia
Imperial College London
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Heleen VAN SOEST
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Anne Warchold
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Caroline Zimm
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance through Global Goals?
172-203
9781316514290 (ISBN)
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Political Science (Excluding Peace and Conflict Studies)
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
DOI
10.1017/9781009082945.008