Prandelli Marta, Rizzoli Valentina, Tolusso Emiliano
Open Psychology Research Centre, School of Psychology and Counselling, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2025 Apr;64(2):e12822. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12822. Epub 2024 Nov 6.
The United Nations Agenda 2030, inclusive of its 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), serves as the global blueprint for sustainability for both present and future generations. Scientific research is entrusted with the responsibility of contributing by informing the current situation and future challenges in achieving the SDGs. This paper investigates the role of social psychology in contributing to the SDGs and the environmental, economic and social pillars of the UN Agenda. We analysed 4808 papers using Natural Language Processing to identify (i) the relevance of social psychology within the SDG-related literature and (ii) the current and potential contribution of social psychology to the SDGs. Results highlight that social psychology contributes to the SDGs by addressing typical social issues, primarily those related to health and gender, while noting its under-representation in some environmental and economic areas, despite social psychology well-established research on these topics. This paper introduces a novel approach for assessing the SDGs, fostering a critical reflection on the SDG framework and social psychology to guide less explored research paths. This approach could potentially enhance the evaluation and advancement of the 2030 Agenda, facilitating a deeper dialogue between the scientific community and policymakers, driving social change.
联合国《2030年议程》及其包含的17项可持续发展目标（SDGs），是为当代和后代实现可持续发展的全球蓝图。科学研究肩负着通过告知实现可持续发展目标的现状和未来挑战来做出贡献的责任。本文探讨了社会心理学在为可持续发展目标以及联合国议程的环境、经济和社会支柱做出贡献方面的作用。我们使用自然语言处理分析了4808篇论文，以确定（i）社会心理学在与可持续发展目标相关的文献中的相关性，以及（ii）社会心理学对可持续发展目标的当前和潜在贡献。结果表明，社会心理学通过解决典型的社会问题，主要是与健康和性别相关的问题，为可持续发展目标做出贡献，同时指出尽管社会心理学在这些主题上有成熟的研究，但在一些环境和经济领域的代表性不足。本文介绍了一种评估可持续发展目标的新方法，促进对可持续发展目标框架和社会心理学的批判性反思，以指导较少探索的研究路径。这种方法有可能加强对《2030年议程》的评估和推进，促进科学界与政策制定者之间更深入的对话，推动社会变革。
