Blockchain and Sustainability: A Tertiary Study
Shanshan Jiang, Kine Jakobsen, Letizia Jaccheri, Jingyue Li
TL;DR
This paper conducts a tertiary study analyzing existing literature reviews to synthesize how blockchain technology relates to sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals, providing a consolidated overview of current research.
Contribution
It offers a comprehensive synthesis of existing reviews on blockchain and sustainability, focusing on the alignment with Sustainable Development Goals.
Findings
Initial thematic analysis of 18 reviews
Identification of key themes linking blockchain and SDGs
Highlighting gaps for future research
Abstract
Blockchain is an emerging technology with potential to address issues related to sustainability. Literature reviews on blockchain and sustainability exist, but there is a need to consolidate existing results, in particular, in terms of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This extended abstract presents an ongoing tertiary study based on existing literature reviews to investigate the relationship between blockchain and sustainability in terms of SDGs. Results from a pilot analysis of 18 reviews using thematic analysis are presented.
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlockchain Technology Applications and Security · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance