Mapping Sustainable Development Goals: A network analysis framework

The sustainable development goals proposed by the United Nations in 2015 presented a new graphic depicting the s17 goals in a table-like format. This overlaps with the original Venn diagram of sustainable development developed after 1987. The two graphics are used independently, often raising the question of how they are linked. The aim of this paper is to investigate how the Sustainable Development Goals graphic can be simplified as a concept and framework using the Venn diagram of sustainable development. We employ expert elicitation using a networking analysis framework to provide answers. The resulting diagrams provide an important step towards combining the two graphics into one.