MLA720 Researching Sustainability Assessment 2 : Coursework Reflection

MLA720 Assessment 2 : Coursework Reflection

You are required to write a 1,000-word reflective piece, which counts for 20% of your final grade. Your response should be clear, concise, and demonstrate critical engagement with the study you review.

You must base your reflection on the following study:

Participatory planning for local sustainability guided by the Sustainable Development Goals
Szetey, K. et al. (2021) ‘Participatory planning for local sustainability guided by the Sustainable Development Goals’, Ecology and Society, 26. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12566-260316

What you need to do:

• Examine the study, with particular attention to its methods. MLA720 Assessment January 2026
• Reflect on how successful these methods were in delivering the aims of the project.
• Propose an alternative methodological approach that could produce broadly similar results.
• Reflect on what differences this alternative approach might produce and whether, considering these differences, the goals of the project should be revised.