1 Hiroshima University SDGs Awareness Survey 2022 (Preliminary results as of 2022-04-28)
1.1 Brief Overview of the Survey
1.1.1 Study Methods
Study Period
Feb.28-Mar.18, 2022
Study Methods
Internet-based Survey
Recruiting Respondents
Posted a request twice on Momeji (student information system) and Iroha
(faculty and staff information system)
Requests were sent for staff and faculty members through each department
by NERPS
1.1.2 Breakdowns of Respondents
The total number of respondents is 1044 after removing incomplete
responses.
The survey was targeted anyone who belongs to Hiroshima University.
Respondents are categorized into the following groups.
Students: both graduate and undergraduate students
including non-degree students and alumni.
Staff: administrative staff members
Faculty: research and education staff members
1.1.2.1 Students
Respondents by Department
Student
| Respondents by department | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student (Total N =508) | |||||||||||
| Department | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | M1 | M2 | D1 | D2 | D3 | Other1 | Total |
| School of Integrated Arts and Sciences | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| School of Letters | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| School of Education | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| School of Law | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| School of Economics | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| School of Science | 10 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| School of Medicine | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| School of Dentistry | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| School of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| School of Engineering | 14 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
| School of Applied Biological Science | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| School of Informatics and Data Science | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Graduate School of Letters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Graduate School of Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Graduate School of Social Sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Graduate School of Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Graduate School of Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Graduate School of Biosphere Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Law School | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
| Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 includes alumni | |||||||||||
1.1.2.2 Staff
Respondents by Department
| Respondents by department | |
|---|---|
| Staff (Total N =300) | |
| Department | Frequency |
| Education Office | 21 |
| Financial and General Affairs Office | 17 |
| Hospital | 54 |
| International Office | 2 |
| Management Support Office (Higashi-Hiroshima) | 41 |
| Management Support Office (Higashisenda) | 4 |
| Management Support Office (Kasumi) | 18 |
| Medical Policy Office | 5 |
| Office of Academic Research and Industry-Government Collaboration | 41 |
| Office of University Strategy, etc | 13 |
| Other (Higashi-Hiroshima) | 51 |
| Other (Higashisenda) | 2 |
| Other (Kasumi) | 31 |
1.1.2.3 faculty
Respondents by Department
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|---|---|
| Faculty (Total N =236) | |
| Department | Frequency |
| Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC) | 1 |
| Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering | 46 |
| Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter | 2 |
| Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences | 45 |
| Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences | 20 |
| Graduate School of Education | 3 |
| Graduate School of Engineering | 4 |
| Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences | 30 |
| Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences | 6 |
| Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life | 25 |
| Graduate School of Science | 1 |
| Graduate School of Social Sciences | 3 |
| Law School | 2 |
| Others | 21 |
| Research Center | 25 |
1.2 SDGs Awareness
All the respondents were asked “Have you already known about
the SDGs before doing this questionnaire?” and chosen a
response from the following three choices:
1) Yes, I have heard of them and know them well.
2) I have heard of them, but I don’t know what they mean.
3) No.
1.3 Our common agenda Awareness
All the respondents were asked “Have you already known about
”Our Common Agenda” before doing this questionnaire?” and
chosen a response from the following three choices:
1) Yes, I have heard of them and know them well.
2) I have heard of them, but I don’t know what they mean.
3) No.
1.4 Expectations to the Society regarding SDGs implementations
To measure their expectations of respondents regarding SDGs
implementations, all respondents were asked to rate on a five-point
scale if they strongly agree (1) or disagree (5) with the following
statements:
1) I hope the municipality I am currently living in gets actively
involved in the SDGs.
2) I hope the school/company I currently belong to gets actively
involved in the SDGs.
3) If I were to move to a different location in the future, I wish to
live in a municipality that is actively involved in the SDGs
4) If I were to get a job or change occupation, I wish to work for a
company that is actively involved in the SDGs.
The scale indicates as follows:
(1) Strongly agree
(2) Somewhat agree
(3) Neither agree nor disagree
(4) Somewhat disagree
(5) Strongly disagree
Bars on the right side (Choices 1 & 2) indicates that positive
reaction to given statements in the Figures.
1.4.1 Student
1.4.2 Staff
1.4.3 Faculty
1.5 SDGs implementation
To measure willingness to support SDGs implementations and the
current status of its implementations, all respondents were asked to
rate on a five-point scale if they strongly agree (1) or disagree (5)
with the following statements:
1) I’d like to actively be involved in SDGs implementation.
The scale indicates as follows:
(1) Strongly agree
(2) Somewhat agree
(3) Neither agree nor disagree
(4) Somewhat disagree
(5) Strongly disagree
To further investigate willingness to incorporate the SDGs in
research and education, graduate students and faculty members were asked
to rate on a five-point scale if they strongly agree (1) or disagree (5)
with the following statements:
2-a) I’d like to incorporate the SDGs into daily life.
3-a) I’d like to incorporate the SDGs into teaching.
4-a) I’d like to incorporate the SDGs into research.
2-b) I have been incorporating the SDGs into daily life.
3-b) I have been incorporating the SDGs into teaching.
4-b) I have been incorporating the SDGs into research.
The scale indicates as follows:
(1) Strongly agree
(2) Somewhat agree
(3) Neither agree nor disagree
(4) Somewhat disagree
(5) Strongly disagree
(6) No basis of judgment (coded as missing)
1.5.1 Student
Questions 2-a) to 4-d) aim at teaching and research; only graduate students were asked Questions 2-a)-4-b).
1.5.2 Staff
Questions 2-a) to 4-d) aim at teaching and research; staff was asked Question 1) only.
1.5.3 Faculty
1.6 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Achieving the SDGs
To measure perceptions of multidisciplinary approach in means of
achieving the SDGs, graduate students and faculty members were asked to
rate on a five-point scale if they strongly agree (1) or disagree (5)
with the following statements:
1-a) To achieve the SDGs, it requires multidisciplinary approaches to
university education.
2-a) To achieve the SDGs, it requires multidisciplinary approaches to
research.
1-b) I have been incorporating multidisciplinary into teaching.
2-b) I have been incorporating multidisciplinary into research.
The scale indicates as follows:
(1) Strongly agree
(2) Somewhat agree
(3) Neither agree nor disagree
(4) Somewhat disagree
(5) Strongly disagree
(6) No basis of judgment (coded as missing)
1.6.1 Student
Only graduate students were asked questions.
1.6.2 Faculty
1.7 Effects of the Current COVID Crisis on the SDGs implementations
To measure perceptions of effects of the current COVID crisis into
achieving the SDGs, all respondents were asked to rate on a five-point
scale if they strongly agree (1) or disagree (5) with the following
statements:
1) The current SDG framework helps prevent and mitigate major global
risks, such as pandemic
2) The current crisis will slow down the implementation of most of the
SDGs in the long run.
The scale indicates as follows:
(1) Strongly agree
(2) Somewhat agree
(3) Neither agree nor disagree
(4) Somewhat disagree
(5) Strongly disagree
(6) No basis of judgment (coded as missing)
1.7.1 Student
1.7.2 Staff
1.7.3 Faculty
1.8 Perceptions on Individual Goals
We asked which of 17 SDGs respondents are interested in, in which
they have already taken action as an individual, and in which they want
to put efforts into achieving. All respondents were asked to select the
maximum of five goals on the following:
SDGs which you are interested in
SDGs which you have already taken action
SDGs which you want to put efforts in achieving
Numbers in each bar indicated that
Top: Row number of responses
Bottom: Ratio of responses to total respondents (ratios don’t add up to
100 % as respondents answered max of five goals.)
1.8.1 Student
1.8.2 Staff
1.8.3 Faculty
1.9 Hiroshima University’s SDG implementations
To measure Hiroshima University members’ perceptions on Hiroshima
university’s SDG implementations, all respondents were asked to rate on
a five-point scale if they strongly agree (1) or disagree (5) with the
following statements:
1) Hiroshima University is actively working on the SDGs.
2) At Hiroshima University, student can receive education on the
SDGs.
3) At Hiroshima University, it is easy to work on research on the
SDGs
The scale indicates as follows:
(1) Strongly agree
(2) Somewhat agree
(3) Neither agree nor disagree
(4) Somewhat disagree
(5) Strongly disagree
(6) No basis of judgment (coded as missing)
1.9.1 Student
1.9.2 Staff
1.9.3 Faculty
1.10 Awareness about NERPS
The Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability
(NERPS) was fund in 2018 to become an international network of
educators, researchers, and practitioners collaborating towards the
advancement of peaceful and sustainable societies amidst global
challenges as well as to serve as a resource hub for SDG-related
activities of Hiroshima University. To better understand the awareness
level within the university to advance the NERPS activities, all
respondents were asked to mark all that apply to the following
statements.
1) I have seen the NERPS logo.
2) I know what NERPS stands for.
3) I know what NERPS does.
4) I’ve been involved in NERPS.
5) I’d like to involve in NERPS in the future.
6) I don’t know / I’ve never hard of NERPS.
NERPS website: https://nerps.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/
1.10.1 Student
1.10.2 Staff
1.10.3 Faculty
In closing, we would like to thank all those who supported the project. We hope that this report serves as a reference to people who are planning actions towards achieving the SDGs.