A adesão da agenda 2030 pela universidade federal de Uberlândia: uma análise dos resultados no the impact rankings 2021

Abstract

Thinking about the challenges faced in the contemporary world, on its most diverse fronts, requires strategic planning with the direction of achievable goals and actors engaged for its success. The 2030 Agenda emerges as a multidisciplinary and ambitious proposal, as it establishes a list of goals to be achieved around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, by 2030. Therefore, the commitment of actors of different natures is fundamental, in an attempt to put this action plan in place at local, regional and global levels. In this sense, the role of universities stands out, which, through their tripod of research, teaching and extension, contributes and has the potential to leverage this process. This theme is also incorporated by THE Impact Rankings, which seeks to measure the impact generated by higher education institutions around the world in the delivery of actions related to the Agenda. In this sense, this work aims to analyze the role of rankings that promote the SDGs in the internalization of the 2030 Agenda in universities through a case study of UFU's participation in THE Impact Rankings 2021. For this purpose, the methodology consisted of a bibliographic review of the main authors that deal with the internationalization of higher education and international university rankings and a qualitative case study of the UFU results in this ranking. Through interviews, we also considered the perception of the public servants who are members of the Rankings Committee in an attempt to investigate whether participation in this ranking has an impact on university management.