Data Visualization Report

Executive Summary

Key Insights

Institutional Specialization Patterns: UNU-CPR demonstrates the highest project concentration with 15 initiatives heavily focused on governance and peace (SDG 16), while smaller institutes like UNU-INRA and UNU-Biolac maintain focused portfolios of 2 projects each, suggesting strategic specialization versus diversification approaches across the UNU system.
SDG Coverage Imbalances: SDG 16 (Peace & Justice) and SDG 17 (Partnerships) dominate the portfolio with 25 and 24 project alignments respectively, while critical SDGs like SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 14 (Life Below Water) show significant underrepresentation with only 6 and 2 projects respectively.
Multi-SDG Integration Excellence: Several projects demonstrate exceptional cross-SDG integration, with the Migration Policy Roundtable Series covering 10 SDGs and COVID-19 response initiatives spanning all 17 SDGs, indicating sophisticated understanding of interconnected sustainable development challenges.
Technology-Governance Convergence: Digital transformation institutes (UNU-eGov, UNU-Macau) show strong alignment with governance outcomes, while environmental institutes (UNU-Flores, UNU-EHS) demonstrate broader SDG integration, revealing opportunities for cross-institute collaboration on technology-enabled environmental governance.
Geographic and Thematic Clustering: Projects show regional concentration in Africa, Asia, and Europe with notable focus on climate adaptation, digital inclusion, and capacity building, suggesting potential for systematic expansion to underserved regions and themes.

Strategic Recommendations

Establish Cross-Institute Collaboration Framework: Create formal mechanisms for institutes working on overlapping SDGs (particularly SDG 16 and 17) to share methodologies and coordinate complementary research approaches, especially between UNU-CPR's governance expertise and UNU-eGov's digital transformation capabilities.
Address Critical SDG Gaps: Develop targeted initiatives to strengthen coverage of underrepresented SDGs, particularly SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 14 (Life Below Water), and SDG 7 (Clean Energy), through strategic partnerships and resource reallocation across institutes with relevant expertise.
Scale Multi-SDG Integration Models: Systematically analyze and replicate the approaches used by high-performing multi-SDG projects like the Migration Policy Roundtable Series and COVID-19 response initiatives to enhance integration across all institute portfolios.
Optimize Resource Allocation: Implement portfolio balancing strategies that leverage UNU-CPR's large project capacity to support smaller institutes' specialized expertise, creating synergies between high-volume and high-specialization approaches.
Expand Geographic Coverage: Develop systematic expansion plans for underserved regions, particularly Latin America and small island developing states, using successful regional models from existing Africa and Asia-focused initiatives.

Key Metrics

Total Project Portfolio: [Loading...] - Indicates substantial research capacity across the UNU system. Compared to benchmark: Demonstrates significant global reach and impact potential.
Institute Participation Rate: [Loading...] - Indicates comprehensive system-wide engagement. Compared to benchmark: Shows strong institutional coordination and diverse expertise coverage.
SDG Coverage Breadth: [Loading...] - Indicates complete SDG alignment across portfolio. Compared to benchmark: Demonstrates comprehensive sustainable development commitment.
Average SDGs per Project: [Loading...] - Indicates strong integration approach. Compared to benchmark: Above average for multi-SDG project complexity and impact potential.
Cross-Institute Collaboration Potential: [Loading...] - Indicates significant untapped synergy opportunities. Compared to benchmark: Below optimal collaboration levels, suggesting need for enhanced coordination mechanisms.

Generated Charts

SDG-Institute Project Distribution Heatmap

Analysis Note:

Description: This heatmap visualizes the distribution of projects across UNU institutes and SDGs, with cell intensity representing the number of projects each institute contributes to specific SDGs. Key insights reveal UNU-CPR's dominance in SDG 16 (Peace & Justice) with 11 projects, while UNU-EHS shows the broadest SDG coverage with strong focus on climate action (SDG 13) with 7 projects. Notable gaps appear in SDG 14 (Life Below Water) with only 2 total projects and SDG 7 (Clean Energy) with 4 projects. The visualization demonstrates clear institutional specialization patterns, with governance-focused institutes (UNU-CPR, UNU-eGov) concentrating on SDG 16, while environmental institutes (UNU-EHS, UNU-Flores) show broader integration across multiple SDGs. Recommendations include establishing cross-institute collaboration frameworks for overlapping SDG areas and developing targeted initiatives to address underrepresented SDGs.

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Institute Project Portfolio Analysis

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Description: This bar chart compares project volume (blue bars) against SDG diversity (red bars) across all UNU institutes. The analysis reveals three distinct strategic approaches: UNU-CPR leads in project volume (15 projects) with high SDG diversity (14 SDGs), representing a comprehensive approach; UNU-IIGH and UNU-IAS achieve maximum SDG coverage (17 and 15 SDGs respectively) with moderate project volumes, indicating efficient integration strategies; while UNU-eGov focuses on fewer SDGs (5) but maintains high project volume (8), demonstrating specialization efficiency. Notable outliers include UNU-EHS with the second-highest project count (8) and maximum SDG diversity (15), suggesting strong integration capabilities. Smaller institutes like UNU-INRA and UNU-Biolac maintain focused portfolios (2 projects each) with limited but targeted SDG coverage. Recommendations include leveraging UNU-CPR's capacity to support specialized institutes and replicating UNU-IIGH's integration model across the system.

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SDG Coverage Distribution Across UNU System

Analysis Note:

Description: This analysis shows the total number of project alignments across all 17 SDGs, calculated by summing each project's SDG contributions across the entire UNU system. SDG 16 (Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions) leads with 25 alignments, followed closely by SDG 17 (Partnerships) with 24 alignments, reflecting UNU's strong focus on governance and collaboration. SDG 13 (Climate Action) ranks third with 21 alignments, demonstrating significant environmental commitment. Critical gaps emerge in SDG 14 (Life Below Water) with only 2 alignments and SDG 7 (Affordable Clean Energy) with 4 alignments, indicating underrepresented areas requiring strategic attention. The distribution reveals UNU's strength in governance, partnerships, and climate action, while highlighting opportunities to expand coverage in marine conservation, energy access, and responsible consumption (SDG 12 with 5 alignments). Recommendations include developing targeted initiatives for underrepresented SDGs and leveraging strong partnership capabilities (SDG 17) to address coverage gaps through strategic collaborations.

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Multi-SDG Integration Complexity Analysis

Analysis Note:

Description: This scatter plot analyzes the complexity of SDG integration across the project portfolio, showing the distribution of projects by the number of SDGs they address. The analysis reveals that most projects (15) target 2 SDGs, followed by 12 projects addressing 3 SDGs, indicating a preference for focused multi-SDG approaches. Only 8 projects focus on single SDGs, suggesting UNU's commitment to integrated solutions. Notably, highly integrated projects exist at the extremes: 2 projects address 10 SDGs (Migration Policy Roundtable Series) and 1 project covers all 17 SDGs (COVID-19 EPIC Tracker), demonstrating sophisticated understanding of interconnected challenges. The distribution shows a clear pattern where complexity decreases as SDG count increases, with most projects maintaining manageable integration levels (2-4 SDGs) while still achieving meaningful cross-sectoral impact. Recommendations include studying the methodologies of high-integration projects (10+ SDGs) to develop replicable frameworks and supporting mid-range projects (4-6 SDGs) to enhance their integration approaches without compromising focus.

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Institute Collaboration Potential Network

Analysis Note:

Description: This network visualization maps collaboration potential between UNU institutes based on SDG overlaps, where node size represents project portfolio volume and edge thickness indicates the number of shared SDGs between institutes. The analysis reveals UNU-CPR as the central hub with strongest collaboration potential, particularly with UNU-IIGH (9 shared SDGs), UNU-EHS (8 shared SDGs), and UNU-IAS (7 shared SDGs), indicating opportunities for governance-health, governance-environment, and governance-education partnerships. UNU-EHS and UNU-IAS show strong mutual collaboration potential (6 shared SDGs) in climate-education nexus areas. Isolated or weakly connected institutes like UNU-INWEH, UNU-Biolac, and UNU-INRA suggest untapped collaboration opportunities, particularly in water-environment, biotechnology-health, and natural resources-climate partnerships. The network structure indicates that most collaboration flows through governance (UNU-CPR) and environmental (UNU-EHS) institutes, suggesting these as natural coordination hubs. Recommendations include establishing formal collaboration protocols between high-potential pairs, creating thematic working groups around shared SDGs, and developing bridge projects to connect isolated institutes with the broader network.

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Institute Thematic Clustering Analysis

Analysis Note:

Description: This radar chart presents the UNU system's thematic strength profile across seven key areas, calculated by aggregating project alignments and institutional focus areas. The analysis reveals Governance & Peace as the strongest thematic area (85/100), driven primarily by UNU-CPR's extensive portfolio in SDG 16 and related governance initiatives. Climate & Environment ranks second (70/100), reflecting strong contributions from UNU-EHS, UNU-Flores, and UNU-INRA across climate adaptation, natural resource management, and environmental sustainability. Digital Transformation (60/100) shows moderate strength through UNU-eGov and UNU-Macau's focused portfolios, while Social Inclusion (65/100) demonstrates broad-based commitment across multiple institutes. Health & Wellbeing (45/100) and Economic Development (50/100) show opportunities for strengthening, despite UNU-IIGH's health focus and various economic-oriented projects. Education & Capacity (55/100) reflects UNU's foundational mission but suggests potential for expansion. Recommendations include leveraging governance expertise to strengthen weaker areas, developing integrated approaches that combine strong themes (governance-environment, digital-inclusion), and establishing targeted initiatives to boost health and economic development capabilities across the system.

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SDG-Institute Project Distribution Heatmap

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Institute Project Portfolio Analysis

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SDG Coverage Distribution Across UNU System

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Multi-SDG Integration Complexity Analysis

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Institute Collaboration Potential Network

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Institute Thematic Clustering Analysis

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