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Accelerating progress on the SDGs: Policy guidance from the global modeling literature

Allen, C., Malekpour, S., Persson, Å. & Bennich, T. (2025) One Earth, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101286

Scoping article: research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals

Hickmann T, Biermann F, Sénit C-A, et al. Scoping article: research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals. Global Sustainability, 2024;7:e7. doi: 10.1017/sus.2024.4.
Modelling six sustainable development transformations in Australia and their accelerators, impediments, enablers, and interlinkages

Allen, C., Biddulph, A., Wiedmann, T. et al. Modelling six sustainable development transformations in Australia and their accelerators, impediments, enablers, and interlinkages. Nat Commun 15, 594 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44655-4
Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda

Malekpour, S., Raven, R., Allen, C. et al. Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda. Nat Sustain 7, 516–518 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01324-8
What scientists need to do to accelerate progress on the SDGs

Malekpour, S., Allen, C., Sagar, A., Scholz, I., Persson, Å., Miranda, J. J., Bennich, T., Dube, O. P., Kanie, N., Madise, N., Shackell, N., Montoya, J. C., Pan, J., Hathie, I., Bobylev, S. N., & Agard, J. (2023). What scientists need to do to accelerate progress on the SDGs. Nature, 621(7978), 250-254. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02808-x
Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals

Biermann, F., Hickmann, T., Sénit, C., Beisheim, M., Bernstein, S., Chasek, P., Grob, L., Kim, R. E., Kotzé, L. J., Nilsson, M., Ordóñez Llanos, A., Okereke, C., Pradhan, P., Raven, R., Sun, Y., Vijge, M. J., Van Vuuren, D., & Wicke, B. (2022). Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability, 5(9), 795-800. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00909-5
Policy: Map the interactions between Sustainable Development Goals

Nilsson, M., Griggs, D. & Visbeck, M. Policy: Map the interactions between Sustainable Development Goals. Nature 534, 320–322 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/534320a
Sustainable development goals for people and planet

Griggs, D., Stafford-Smith, M., Gaffney, O. et al. Sustainable development goals for people and planet. Nature 495, 305–307 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/495305a

Allen, C., Malekpour, S., Persson, Å. & Bennich, T. (2025) Accelerating progress on the SDGs: Policy guidance from the global modeling literature. One Earth, Volume 8, Issue 7, 101382

Biermann, F. et al. (Eds.) (2025) Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: An A-Z Guide. Routledge, Abingdon & New York. [Contributing authors]

Fischer A, Cameron G, Tilus C, Espey J, Badiee S. (2025) Revisiting the assumptions of the data revolution as an accelerator of the sustainable development goals. Data & Policy, 7:e49. doi:10.1017/dap.2025.10015

Kochskämper, E., Glass, L.-M., Haupt, W., Malekpour, S. & Grainger-Brown, J. (2025) Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals: a scrutiny of urban strategies in the 100 Resilient Cities initiative. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 68(7): 1691-1717.

Cuesta-Claros A, Bonar G, Malekpour S, Raven R & Kestin T (2024) Uncovering perspectives on SDG integration for university transformations, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 1252-1278. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-03-2023-0111 .

Ningrum D, Malekpour S, Raven R, Moallemi EA, Bonar G (2024). Three perspectives on enabling local actions for the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Global Sustainability 7, e22, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.20

Allen C & Malekpour S (2023) Unlocking and accelerating transformations to the SDGs: a review of existing knowledge. Sustain Sci 18, 1939–1960 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01342-z.

Allen C, Malekpour S & Mintrom M (2023) Cross-scale, cross-level and multi-actor governance of transformations toward the Sustainable Development Goals: A review of common challenges and solutions. Sustainable Development, 31(3), 1250-1267. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2495

Bennich T, Persson Å, Beaussart R, Allen C & Malekpour S (2023) Recurring patterns of SDG interlinkages and how they can advance the 2030 Agenda, One Earth, Volume 6, Issue 11, 2023, Pages 1465-1476,ISSN 2590-3322,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.008.

Cuesta-Claros A, Malekpour S, Raven R & Kestin T (2023) Are the sustainable development goals transforming universities? – An analysis of steering effects and depth of change. Earth System Governance, 17, [100186]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2023.100186.

Kestin, T.S., Lumbreras, J. & Puch, M.C. (2023), Mobilizing higher education action on the SDGs: Insights from system change approaches, Cabrera, Á. and Cutright, D. (Ed.) Higher Education and SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 27-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-704-420231003.

Ningrum D, Raven R, Malekpour S, Moallemi EA & Bryan BA (2023) Transformative potential in sustainable development goals engagement: Experience from local governance in Australia. Global Environmental Change, 80, 102670, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102670 .

Allen C, Breuer A, Kercher J, Leininger J & Balasubramanian P (2022) Connections that Matter: How The Quality of Governance Institutions May Be the Booster Shot We Need to Reduce Poverty and Inequality: A Systematic Literature Review on SDG 16 Interlinkages with SDG 1 and SDG 10.

Grainger-Brown J, Malekpour S, Raven R & Taylor E (2022) Exploring urban transformation to inform the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Cities, 131, 103928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103928.

Iyer-Raniga, U., Raman, T., Wasiluk, K., Kestin, T. (2022), “Sustainability in Australian Universities: The Road to 2050”. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Doni, F., Salvia, A.L. (eds) Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68074-9_66-1

Ningrum D, Malekpour S, Raven R & Moallemi EA (2022) Lessons learnt from previous local sustainability efforts to inform local action for the Sustainable Development Goals. Environmental Science & Policy, 129, 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.12.018.

Stubbs W, Dahlmann F & Raven R (2022) The Purpose Ecosystem and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Interactions Among Private Sector Actors and Stakeholders. J Bus Ethics 180, 1097–1112 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05188-w.

Kanie, N., Griggs, D., Young, O. et al. Rules to goals: emergence of new governance strategies for sustainable development. (2019) Sustain Sci 14, 1745–1749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-019-00729-1

Stafford-Smith M, Griggs D, Gaffney O et al. (2017) Integration: the key to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustain Sci 12, 911–919 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-016-0383-3

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Academic publications

Accelerating progress on the SDGs: Policy guidance from the global modeling literature

Scoping article: research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals

Modelling six sustainable development transformations in Australia and their accelerators, impediments, enablers, and interlinkages

Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda

What scientists need to do to accelerate progress on the SDGs

Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals

Policy: Map the interactions between Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable development goals for people and planet