The EDINSOST2-SDG project: introducing SDGs in higher education

The main objective of the EDINSOST2-SDG project is to introduce sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Higher Education. The project focuses on Engineering degrees, Education Degrees, and the Business Administration and Management degrees of the Spanish university system. The project has four main objectives: (O1) Identify the SDGs in the EDINSOST sustainability competency maps (SCM); (O2) Improve the learning outcomes of sustainability and SDGs in the degrees related to the project; (O3) Faculty training in Education for Sustainability and SDGs; and (O4) Analyse the students’ learning in Sustainability and SDGs during their training at the university. The current project began in 2019 and is scheduled to end in December 2022. This paper presents the main results achieved so far in the O1. SDGs have been included in the SCMs previously designed by the EDINSOST project. Each SCM learning outcome is related to a set of UNESCO learning objectives and UN indicators of the SDGs. As EDINSOST2-SDG results, the SCM has been simplified to make it easier for teachers. A pilot project is currently being carried out at the UPC-BarcelonaTech to analyse ten engineering degrees using this simplified SCM. The results of the pilot project will be presented in June 2022, but the preliminary results show that the reduction in the number of learning outcomes has been a key aspect to motivate those responsible for the different degrees involved in the pilot project to use the SCM as a tool to introduce sustainability in their degrees.