Dataset: Government Metagovernance and Sustainable Development Goal Localisation Across Political Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

Dataset: Government Metagovernance and SDG Localisation
Final analytical corpus: 69 publications
Systematic review:
Government Metagovernance and Sustainable Development Goal Localisation Across Political Systems: A Systematic Review
Author: Asep Saepudin  
Affiliation: Doctoral Program in Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Diponegoro University, Indonesia.
Search design
Primary Scopus route
Search date: 4–5 September 2026.
Exact TITLE-ABS-KEY query:
`TITLE-ABS-KEY("Government Governance Capacity" AND "SDG Localization Governance" AND "Democratic Authoritarian Governance" AND "Democratic Authoritarian Regimes")`
Filters: 2016–2026; Article; Social Sciences; English; Q1–Q2 journals.
Primary route: 54 identified → 38 screened → 36 full texts sought → 25 retained.
Supplementary AI-assisted discovery
Search date: 5 September 2026.
Prompt used in Scopus AI and Scite AI:
`Effectiveness of government roles in metagovernance of SDG localization`
Scopus AI: 58 identified; 39 passed initial screening.  
Scite AI: 19 identified; 15 passed initial screening.
After consolidation, overlap removal, eligibility and accessibility assessment, 44 additional publications were retained. Together with the 25 primary Scopus publications, the final corpus is 69.
The supplementary AI-assisted route was not retrospectively restricted to 2016–2026; relevant foundational studies outside the primary period could therefore be retained.
Dataset variables
No.; Judul Penelitian; Lokasi Penelitian; Nama Penulis; Tahun Terbit; Insight Utama; Teori/Kerangka yang Digunakan; Metode Penelitian; Hasil Penelitian; Keterbatasan Penelitian; Korelasi dengan Penelitian yang Akan Dilakukan.
Analytical use
The dataset supports synthesis of government metagovernance, SDG localisation, governance capacity, multi-actor governance, localisation effectiveness, and political-system context.
The thematic frequencies in the manuscript are coding prevalence, not statistical estimates of causal effects.
Suggested citation after Zenodo publication
Saepudin, A. (2026). Dataset: Government metagovernance and sustainable development goal localisation across political systems: A systematic literature review [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/[DOI assigned by Zenodo]
Recommended license
CC BY 4.0, subject to applicable rights in the underlying publications.
Version 1.0 — 27 September 2026.