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Mapping Economic Growth and Employment in EU-Funded Research Projects: Trac(k)ing the SDG 8 Trajectory

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  • Kris Boudt

    (Ghent University
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • Yanick Inghels

    (Ghent University)

  • André Spithoven

    (Ghent University
    Belgian Science Policy Office
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Abstract

Research on Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8) promotes sustained economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work. This paper presents a complementary approach to standard systematic literature reviews and monitors the intended ex-ante research efforts on SDG 8. We introduce a large-scale research project analysis framework to trace and track the prevalence of SDGs within research funded by the European Union (EU) since 1984, underscoring the EU's significant role in promoting research on sustainable development. Using the publicly available CORDIS database, we identify the extent to which SDG 8 related targets have been represented in the titles and abstracts of projects funded by the EU's Framework Programmes. Our findings reveal that SDG 8-related research projects are dominated by four targets: economic growth, productivity, entrepreneurship and decent work, and full and decent employment.

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  • Kris Boudt & Yanick Inghels & André Spithoven, 2025. "Mapping Economic Growth and Employment in EU-Funded Research Projects: Trac(k)ing the SDG 8 Trajectory," De Economist, Springer, vol. 173(1), pages 245-275, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:decono:v:173:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s10645-024-09448-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10645-024-09448-0
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    Keywords

    Sustainable development goals; SDG 8; Natural language processing; European framework programmes; Research funding;
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    JEL classification:

    • L38 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Policy
    • O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • O00 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - General - - - General

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