International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
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Embracing sustainable development goals in B.Arch. design studio curriculum guideline through framework
Sanjana Moondra, Mohammad Amir KhanThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established by the UN in 2015 as an international call to action to end poverty, protect the environment, and ensure that everyone…
Vertically integrated project: uniting teaching, research, and community in favor of sustainability
Cristiano Morini, Edmundo Inacio Junior, Anibal Tavares de Azevedo, Francisco Elíseo Fernandes Sanches, Eduardo Avancci DionisioHigher education institutions (HEIs) are crucial in sustainable development. To this end, they must infuse sustainability into all their endeavors. This study aims to delve into…
Progress and challenges of gender mainstreaming in Spanish university cooperation for international development: the technical staff’s viewpoints
Alba Castellsagué, Peter SzyszloConsidering the critical role of higher education institutions in the advancement of the 2030 Agenda, this paper aims to analyse the incorporation of the gender perspective…
Promoting education about and for sustainable development: assessing the incorporation of SDGs in Chinese higher education
Jason Cong LinThis study aims to examine and assess how sustainable development goal (SDG) Target 4.7 is incorporated in one leading higher education institution (HEI) in China (with a focus on…
Are the best higher education institutions also more sustainable?
Elizane Maria de Siqueira Wilhelm, Celso Bilynkievycz dos Santos, Luiz Alberto Alberto PilattiThe purpose of this study is to analyze the integration of sustainable practices in the strategies and operations of world-class higher education institutions (HEIs) under the…
Perceptions of different communication strategies on proenvironmental waste disposal behavior: a case study with university students in Brazil
Cassiana Maris Lima Cruz, Igor Grotto Bosa, Camila Kolling, Janine Fleith de Medeiros, José Luís Duarte RibeiroThis study aims to understand the perception of young people regarding different communication strategies to promote proenvironmental disposal behavior. Based on the…
Biodiversity preservation in German higher education institutions: existing approaches, challenges and future developments
Stella-Maria Yerokhin, Yu-Shan Lin Feuer, Remmer SassenThis paper aims to explore the current stage of biodiversity preservation in higher education institutions (HEIs), using samples from German universities and investigating three…
Sustainability assessment for indoor air quality using unit-based sustainability assessment tool in 11 Thai public universities
Silalak Sritima Grove, Suthirat Kittipongvises, Nutta TaneepanichskulThis study aims to assess the status of sustainable performance, given the significance of indoor air quality related to health and the environment. This research focus on the…
Technical academia goes back to school: the role of universities in environmental and sustainable education for childhood
Elena Comino, Laura Dominici, Anna Reyneri, Anna TrevesThis paper aims to investigate the relationship between academia and society focusing on how technical universities perform Third Mission (TM) to promote knowledge outside the…
Motivating factors of higher education institutions sustainable development goals online disclosure: a systematic literature review
Yussri Sawani, Corina Joseph, Siow Hoo LeongThis study aims to analyse the existing literature on factors motivating higher education institutions to disclose their Sustainability Development Goals initiatives.
The implementation of sustainability in Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology
Mauren Corrêa dos Santos Benites, Ricardo Ribeiro Alves, João Garibaldi Almeida VianaThis study aims to identify how the sustainability of Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology is implemented.
From teachers to students: a correlational analysis of the pro-environmental behavior in a private university in the Philippines
Mark Chris Maglanque Lapuz, Christopher Rivera ManlapazThis study aims to address the following objectives: determine the pro-environmental behavior of students and professors engaged in the course Sustainable Tourism; determine the…
Development and validation of a college organisational sustainability scale
Ge Zhang, Pengfei Chen, Si XuGiven that the current sustainability assessment in higher education institutions primarily relies on qualitative methods with relatively limited quantitative tools, the purpose…
Carbon neutrality in Andean universities: the centrality of context in comparative analysis of assessment, opportunities and obstacles
Jonathan R. Barton, Paula Hernández Díaz, Andrés Robalino-López, Timothy Gutowski, Ignacio Oliva, Gabriela Fernanda Araujo Vizuete, María Rojas CelyThis paper aims to analyze the influences of context and methodological differences in how universities confront, report and manage carbon neutrality in selected Andean…
Sustainability agendas and communication design pedagogy in HE
Thomas Ellis, Vic NewtonPrevious research has evidenced that communication design students wish to engage further with sustainable practices but struggle to understand how (Newton and Ellis, HER…
Sustainable food systems education in nutrition and dietetics: an appraisal of the tertiary landscape in multiple countries
Jessica Wegener, Liesel Carlsson, Liza Barbour, Tracy Everitt, Clare Pettinger, Alba Reguant-Closa, Nanna Meyer, Sean Svette, Dareen Hassan, Jillian PlatnarDespite a growing awareness of the gap between professional expectations and competence, there has been no comprehensive appraisal of sustainable food systems (SFS) education…
What do medical students know about sustainable development?
Arda Borlu, Tuğba Coşkun Aslan, Hasan Durmus, Neslihan Öner, Ayşe Nur TatThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the level of sustainability consciousness (SC) and sustainable development (SD) awareness of medical students, as well as to identify the…
Journey of a university research institute: transition from multi-disciplinary to inter-disciplinary research in supporting sustainable development goals (SDGS)
Goh Choo Ta, Sharina Abdul Halim, Mohamad Mahathir Amir Sultan, Wan Daraputri Razali, Mazlin Mokhtar, Ibrahim KomooUniversity research institutes were established in Malaysian Universities to facilitate research activities that do not fit into discipline-oriented departments, including the…
Perception about sustainable development goals among Erasmus students in a Spanish university
Xose Picatoste, Diana Mihaela Tirca, Isabel Novo-CortiThis study aims to analyse the positioning of young people in the face of the challenges posed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It focuses on the case of Erasmus…
Student-led discussions for sustainability education: an autoethnographic exploration
Nathan HensleyThe purpose of this paper is to explore an interactive teaching approach using an autoethnographic lens to enhance key competencies in sustainability. These competencies are…
Sustainable development through service learning and community engagement in higher education: a systematic literature review
Denise Rodríguez-Zurita, Maria Jaya-Montalvo, Jerry Moreira-Arboleda, Esther Raya-Diez, Paul Carrión-MeroThis study aims to delve into the evolution, trends and implications of scientific production related to service learning (SL) and community engagement for sustainability in…
Hands-on sustainability: designing an engaging undergraduate sustainable business course
Yasmin Abdou, Nesma AmmarThis paper outlines the active learning methods used to develop and deliver a sustainable business course to undergraduate students. Moreover, the paper aims to investigate the…
Study on university students’ intention to choose reusable takeaway food containers: evidence from China
Ruijuan Li, Yuanchun Zhou, Hua Wang, Qi WangReusable takeaway food containers (RTFCs) are a newly emerging green packaging choice for the takeaway industry that can effectively reduce campus solid waste but are not yet well…
Student engagement on climate learning: what does the academic community say about it?
Luciana Londero Brandli, Giovana Reginatto, Amanda Lange Salvia, Pedro Henrique Carretta DinizThis paper aims to describe the academic community’s perspectives about climate change learning and engagement opportunities by means of a case study at the University of Passo…
Understanding the drivers of sustainable food consumption of Chinese university students: a moderated mediation model
Ali Nawaz Khan, Hammad S. Saleh Alotaibi, Zain Ali RazaThe purpose of this study is to assess how Sustainable food consumption (SFC) can improve the quality of life for consumers and encourage green food production. Sustainable…
A study about pre-service teachers’ knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals
María Calero, Tatiana Pina, Olga Mayoral, José Cantó, M. Ángeles Ull, Amparo VilchesThe purpose of this research is to analyse the level of knowledge about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of pre-service teachers in Early Childhood and Primary School…
Factors influencing online sustainability disclosure in Spanish universities
Yolanda Ramírez, Montserrat Manzaneque, Elena MerinoThis paper aims to investigate the extent of sustainability disclosure through websites at Spanish universities and analyse the determinants that affect such disclosure.
Sustainability accounting education: challenges and outlook
Charles H. Cho, Ericka CostaThis viewpoint aims to discuss the transformative role, the current challenges and the outlook of sustainability accounting education (SAE).
Is all that glitters gold? Exploring sustainability and business ethics education in ethics-friendly environments
Elies Seguí-Mas, Guillermina Tormo-Carbó, Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson, Auður Arna ArnardóttirThis study aims to identify students’ perceptions of the importance and objectives of sustainability and business ethics education, considering contextual factors (ethics-friendly…
Research on the influencing factors and upgrading paths for innovation and entrepreneurship education in universities under the background of sustainable development goals: a QCA empirical study on new engineering of Chinese and foreign universities
Xu WangThe global COVID-19 epidemic has posed significant challenges to the development of innovation and entrepreneurship education in Chinese and foreign universities, and the…
Recovering sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon: an analysis of engineering courses from the perspective of innovation and sustainability
Diego Marques Cavalcante, Lucas Veiga Ávila, Rosley Anholon, Álvaro Luiz Neuenfeldt Júnior, Vitor W.B. MartinsThis study aims, from the perspective of the recovery of sustainability, to develop a framework on sustainability and innovation in the formation of engineers in the courses of…
Enabling change agents for sustainable development: a whole-institution approach to embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals in higher education
Elizabeth Price, Dawn Theresa Nicholson, Rachel Dunk, Cormac Lawler, Matthew Carney, Valeria Ruiz Vargas, Sally Veitch, Sophie Leigh, Matt Singleton, Sarah MottramRecognising that there is increasing urgency to equip graduates to become future leaders in delivering the sustainable development goals (SDGs), this study presents a critical…
Sustainability in (engineering) education through reclaiming and reusing electronic components from e-waste: a last decade research review
Nikolaos Nikoloudakis, Maria RangoussiThis paper aims to investigate the e-waste aspect of sustainability in education, with a specific interest in engineering education. Specifically, it focuses on recycling through…
The relationship between low-consumption single-use plastic awareness and behaviour: a case study of FPT University students (Ho Chi Minh Branch)
Nhi Yen Nguyen, Hao Gia Tran, Dang Thanh Tra, Nhung Tuyet Le, Hien Thi Thuy NguyenThis study aims to combine two theories, the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the Norm Activation Model (NAM), to investigate the relationship between the awareness of…
Developing systems thinking to address climate change
María-Asunción Lorenzo-Rial, Mercedes Varela-Losada, Uxío Pérez-Rodríguez, Pedro Vega-MarcoteThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the presence of systems thinking after an educational proposal on climate sustainability based on reflection and video creation. To…
“Going beyond the call of duty”: academic agency and promoting transformation for sustainability in higher education
Grace Ese-osa Idahosa, Dina Zoe Belluigi, Nandita Banerjee DhawanIn the past decade, against increasing global inequality, higher education has grappled with increased demands for social justice, transformation and decolonisation. While a lot…
Sustainability and sustainable development values in creative practices among design undergraduates of Russia and Malaysia
Balamuralithara Balakrishnan, Natalia Fedorova, Catherina UgapThe aim of this study is to gauge the consideration toward sustainability and sustainable development in the creative process or activities in design practices among the design…
Eco-citizens of academia: unraveling students’ behavior toward biodiversity management in higher education institutions
Ruksar Ali, Sujood , Ariba Naz, Mohd AzharThe purpose of this study is to assess students' behaviors toward biodiversity management in higher education institutions. This study expands upon the value belief norm (VBN…
Improved social equity learning in an introduction to sustainability course
Michael Kaplowitz, Yuqing Liu, Matt Raven, Crystal EusticeThis paper aims to examine the impact on diverse students’ social equity outcome measures that result from incorporating social justice education and inclusive practices into an…
Reporting of and policy on greenhouse gas emissions from air travel at Canadian universities
Derek HallThis paper aims to explore the extent and characteristics of Canadian university reporting of and policy regarding greenhouse gas emissions from air travel. It identifies current…
Perceptions of South Africa’s higher education leaders on the realisation of sustainable development goal 4 quality education
Dominique Marié Nupen, Jayseema Jagernath, Shamola PramjeethHigher education institutions (HEIs) play a key role in facilitating increases in socio-economic growth and economic development. Sustainable development goal 4 (SDG 4): quality…
Forging a sustainable path: the QualEnv consortium's practices and strategies in promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions
Anelise Leal Vieira Cubas, Ana Paula Provin, Ana Regina de Aguiar Dutra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra, Clarissa Carneiro MussiHigher education institutions (HEIs) have a pivotal role in global sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to assess the QualEnv Consortium's contributions (QualEnv…
A case study on the effectiveness of cocurricular interdisciplinary sustainability programming for graduate students to create sustainability leaders
E. Woo, Margaret Wooldridge, Elizabeth Ann LaPorteThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of sustainability-focused, cocurricular, interdisciplinary programming for graduate students at creating future leaders…
Assessing the determinants of participation in the circular plastic economy by Nigerian students
Silifat Abimbola Okoya, Muyiwa Oyinlola, Olubunmi Ajala, Oluwaseun Kolade, Arinola Adefila, Esther AkinlabiThis study aims to address the critical subject of building capacity for the circular economy in the global south. It complements the literature by providing information on the…
Linking the UN sustainable development goals to life cycle impact applied to a university campus
Gabriela Giusti, Antonio Carlos Farrapo Junior, Daiane Vitória Silva, Diogo A.L. SilvaThe study aims to explore the relationship between the SDGs and the environmental and social impacts of university classes. It evaluates the potential contributions of different…
Student responses to climate knowledge: enabling climate concern to flourish
Sara-Jayne Williams, Rosamund Portus, Carla De LaurentisThis paper aims to examine a co-produced initiative implemented at the University of the West of England, UWE (UWE) between September 2022 and April 2023. The student-led project…
Recognising the need for biodiversity knowledge for engineering students – a case study in Norway
Javier Cantillo, B. Natchiyar, Ottar MichelsenThe purpose of this study is to understand how to improve the recognition of biodiversity knowledge for engineering students, using a case study in the context of Norway.
Climate lessons from the cold edge: rethinking the university as an ethical ecology
Simon BoxleyThis largely conceptual study aims to draw from the author’s experience of conversations with Svalbard’s educators, lessons for international higher education institutions’…
Guidelines to promote sustainable transport in higher education universities: a bibliometric and systematic review
Letícia Oestreich, Álvaro Neuenfeldt Júnior, Alejandro Ruiz-PadilloUnplanned urban mobility causes negative effects on the population and the environment. This study aims to understand how higher education institutions (HEIs) are managing the…
Approaches to education for sustainability leadership development in higher education: an international comparative study in the Asia Pacific region
Majid Ghasemy, James A. Elwood, Geoffrey ScottThis study aims to focus on key approaches to education for sustainability (EfS) leadership development in the context of Malaysian and Japanese universities. The authors identify…
Current themes and future directions of the sustainable development goals in higher education
Fu-Ling Chung, Hsin-Hsuan Chung, Shu-Min LinThis study aims to help scholars comprehend the major research themes on sustainable development goals (SDGs) in higher education which researchers from various fields have…
Exploring the factors shaping business students’ environmental concern
Barbara Borusiak, Bartlomiej Pieranski, Aleksandra Gaweł, David B López Lluch, Krisztián Kis, Sándor Nagy, Jozsef Gal, Anna Mravcová, Jana Gálová, Blazenka Knezevic, Pavel Kotyza, Lubos Smutka, Karel MalecIncreasing the need for education for sustainable development in universities requires an understanding of the predictors of students’ environmental concern (EC). In this paper…
The possibility of a theory of change to tackle the climate crisis in a UK university
Ruth Bookbinder, Anna Mdee, Katy RoelichThis paper aims to discuss the practical dilemmas of institutional change to tackle the climate crisis in a UK university, identifying key assumptions and issues that block…
Implementation of sustainability principles in landscape architecture education: an examination of faculty attitudes and course syllabi
Hye Yeon Park, Carlos V. Licon, Jennifer Givens, Ole Russell SleipnessThis study aims to investigate the integration of education for sustainable development (ESD) into landscape architecture (LA) programs in North American universities to…
Measurement of sustainable attitudes: a scale for business students
María Angela Prialé, Angela Vera Ruiz, Agustin Espinosa, Joanna Noelia Kamiche Zegarra, Gustavo Adolfo Yepes López, Adrián Marcelo Darmohraj, Carlos Ivan Flores VenturiThis study aims to present the development and validation of a scale to measure the attitudes of Latin American business students toward sustainable management practices in the…
French agricultural education students: “intermediaries” in the fight against climate change?
Rachel Levy, Jean-Pierre Del Corso, François Seck FallThe purpose of this study is to better understand how students of French agricultural education position themselves in the face of climate change and get involved in its fight.
Sustainable community development through peer-to-peer learning in the online and in-person classroom
Joe Campbell, Kylienne Shaul, Kristina M. Slagle, David SovicPrior research suggests that collaboration is key to sustainable community development and environmental management, and peer-to-peer learning (P2PL) may facilitate community…
Science-based targets for higher education? Evaluating alignment between Ivy+ climate action plans and the Science-Based Targets initiative’s net-zero standards
Leela Velautham, Jeremy Gregory, Julie NewmanThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which a sample of US-based higher education institution’s (HEI’s) climate targets and associated climate action planning…
Effect of sustainability measures on student satisfaction regarding accommodation services: practical study from the University of Northampton in the UK
Majida JradThis study aims to examine the relationship between sustainability initiatives and student satisfaction in accommodation services at the University of Northampton.
Reinforcing infrastructure equity through leveraging Envision rating system within construction education
Rubaya Rahat, Claudia Calle Müller, Mohamed ElZomorConstruction education rarely addressed the importance of disseminating knowledge on infrastructure equity, thus impeding progress toward creating equitable and sustainable…
Exploring sustainability consciousness as a psychological construct with undergraduate students in the Republic of Korea
Sung-Sang Yoo, Gahyung Kim, Soo Jung La, YooJeo SungThis paper explores how sustainability consciousness varies among undergraduate students at a higher education institution in the Republic of Korea. Based on the analyses of…
Sustainability teaching in higher education: assessing arts and design faculty perceptions and attitudes
Mihyun Kang, Katherine Cholakis-Kolysko, Negar DehghanThe purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions and attitudes of arts and design faculty on teaching sustainability in higher education institutions in the USA.
Influence mechanism of undergraduate students’ green innovation behavior: AMO perspective and multilevel empirical study
Jiaqi Liu, Haitao Wen, Rong Wen, Wenjue Zhang, Yun Cui, Heng WangTo contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, this study aims to explore how to encourage innovative green behaviors among college students and the mechanisms…
Raising pre-service English language teachers’ awareness of sustainable development goals through literary texts
Arda Arikan, Mehmet Galip ZorbaThis study aims to examine the outcome of an online project to inform preservice English language teachers regarding the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Design thinking for just transitions: exploring relational and justice-oriented learning at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Pablo Aránguiz Mesías, Guillermo Palau Salvador, Jordi Peris-BlanesThis paper aims to explore how young students experience the contribution of a pedagogical assemblage based on design thinking (DT) while contributing to the transition to a more…
The climate wins! – How a gamification approach can foster sustainable consumption on university campuses and beyond
Verena Berger, David KochEducational institutions have a special social responsibility to initiate processes of sustainability transformation in society, nevertheless, activities that effectively address…
Faculty development program about the food–energy–water nexus: supporting faculty’s adoption of a curricular module and program evaluation
Silvia-Jessica Mostacedo-Marasovic, Cory T. ForbesA faculty development program (FDP) introduced postsecondary instructors to a module focused on the food–energy–water (FEW) nexus, a socio-hydrologic issue (SHI) and a…
Investigating the role of green curriculum in shaping pro-environmental behaviors and environmental values orientation for sustainability
Likun Ni, Sayed Fayaz Ahmad, Ghadeer Alsanie, Na Lan, Muhammad Irshad, Rima H. Bin Saeed, Ahmad Bani Ahmad, Yasser KhanThis study aims to find out the role of green curriculum (GC) in making a green generation (GG) and ensuring sustainability. The study considers the green curriculum a key factor…
The academic quality of universities and its contribution to the sustainable development goals
Laura Sierra-García, Nicolás Gambetta, Fernando Azcarate Llanes, María Antonia García BenauThis paper aims to examine whether the position of universities in the times higher education (THE) impact rankings (IR) is related to the different dimensions of academic quality…
Unpacking place-based narratives: enhancing campus community participation in watershed conservation
Siti Norasiah Abd. Kadir, Sara MacBride-Stewart, Zeeda Fatimah MohamadThe study aims to identify the evoked “sense of place” that the campus community attributes to a watershed area in a Malaysian higher institution, aiming to enhance their…
Campus sustainability, organizational learning and sustainability reporting: an empirical analysis
Camille Washington-OttombreStudies have shown that higher education institutions (HEIs) need to achieve deep organizational learning to develop and implement long-term strategies for responding to the…
A survey of the most prevalent sustainability initiatives at universities
Karin Farag, Can Baran AktasThe purpose of this study is to identify the most prevalent initiatives undertaken by leading universities in sustainability and offer a roadmap for other institutions seeking to…
ESD action competencies of future teachers: self-perception and competence profile analysis
María Ángeles García-Fortes, Isabel Banos-González, Patricia Esteve-GuiraoThis study aims to analyse the self-perception of future secondary school teachers (FTs) of biology about their education for sustainable development (ESD) competencies and…
ESD training for university teachers: which is more effective, the face-to-face or digital format? Results of an intervention study
Ingrid Hemmer, Christoph Koch, Anna PeitzThis paper aims to analyze the extent to which education for sustainable development (ESD) training enhances university teachers’ professional competence and whether it has the…
University contributions to sustainability via state-level climate action plans in the USA
Nicole E. Spaulding, Ivan J. Fernandez, Parker R. GassettThe purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary analysis of the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in state climate science assessment (CSA) and state climate…
Sustainability in education through collaborative learning using social media: an exploratory study with moderating role of “knowledge creator” and “knowledge seeker”
Ranjan Chaudhuri, Sheshadri Chatterjee, Demetris Vrontis, Diego BegalliThis study aims to examine the impact of social media (SM) on the interactivity among teachers, among students and between students and teachers for sustainable academic…
Fostering the use of sustainable design to reduce energy use and GHG emissions at Canadian universities: a life cycle cost analysis approach
Philip R. Walsh, Holly Dunne, Omid Nikoubakht-TakThe purpose of this study is to examine the application of sustainable building design and operation within a university setting to determine its economic efficacy and potential…
Implementing and performing sustainability strategies at campus operations: the case of Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina
Osni Cristiano Reisch, Josiane Lima, Thiago Coelho Soares, Alessandra Yula Tutida, Gisele Mazon, Maurício Andrade de Lima, Carlos Rogério Montenegro de Lima, Ana Regina Aguiar Dutra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade GuerraThis study aims to analyze the alignment between sustainable performance and sustainability planning in higher education, proposing a strategic map that integrates planning with…
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