Editorial: Bridging Disciplines for the Sustainable Development Goals: Interdisciplinary Evidence, Methods, and Practice-Relevant Insights

Fangyuan Liu; Siwei Sun; Taiyu Li

doi:10.62177/amit.v1i7.1108

Authors

Fangyuan Liu Department of Economics, University of Auckland
Siwei Sun Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Auckland
Taiyu Li College of Business and Public Management, Wenzhou-Kean University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62177/amit.v1i7.1108

Keywords:

Sustainable Development Goals, Interdisciplinary Integration, Sustainability Governance, Policy Implementation, Research Agenda

Abstract

Based on the six papers selected for the special issue from the 2025 Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Sustainable Development Goals (ISSDGs) (Auckland), this editorial paper reviews the interdisciplinary research findings and proposes a future research agenda. Although SDGs research is booming, existing literature still faces challenges such as disciplinary fragmentation and limited practical application. The interdisciplinary dialogue aims to promote substantive integration among fields such as economics, engineering, management, education, and digital technology. By summarizing the themes and comparing the methods of the selected papers, this paper recaps three aspects, including the measurement and governance mechanisms of sustainable performance, the trade-offs between environmental risks, industrial development, and infrastructure resilience, and human-centered digital transformation and innovation in sustainable education. Then, this paper proposes five research directions, including the causal pathways between SDG targets and policy integration design, a framework for the institutionalized measurement of governance capacity, data ethics and cross-scale comparability issues, the scaling and contextualized implementation of sustainable innovation, and the expansion and refinement of social sustainability indicator systems. Overall, this paper summarizes the findings of the Special Issue and provides insights into further theoretical development and practical application.

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