International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 20 Issue 5

Barriers to innovation and sustainability in universities: an international comparison

Lucas Veiga Ávila, Thiago Antonio Beuron, Luciana Londero Brandli, Luana Inês Damke, Rudiney Soares Pereira, Leander Luiz Klein

Sustainability has become a global concern to deal with complex and unprecedent survival, social, political and peace issues. Higher education institutions play a key role in this…

Transculturality as a drive for the SDGs achievement

Norman de Paula Arruda Filho, Barbara Sueli Przybylowicz Beuter

This study aims to assess how transculturality can potentiate projects developed between UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) signatories’ institutions by…

Sustainability in Brazilian HEI: practices overview

Manoela Maria Caron Moura, Fernanda Frankenberger, Ubiratã Tortato

The purpose of this paper is to verify how Brazilian HEIs apply sustainability practices, as means to improve their effects towards society, making clear to the public, including…

Energy efficiency actions at a Brazilian university and their contribution to sustainable development Goal 7

Bianca Gasparetto Rebelatto, Amanda Lange Salvia, Giovana Reginatto, Rangel Casanova Daneli, Luciana Londero Brandli

The purpose of this paper is to analyse recent actions of energy efficiency implemented by University of Passo Fundo, a higher education institution located in the south of…

Including SDGs in the education of globally responsible leaders

Norman de Paula Arruda Filho, Marcia Cassitas Hino, Barbara Sueli Przybylowicz Beuter

This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of the role of education in developing a new mindset for sustainability leadership by analyzing a project of a Brazilian business…

Study to promote the sustainable mobility in university

Ana Paula Scheffer, Viviane Pagnussat Cechetti, Lisandra Paola Lauermann, Eliara Riasyk Porto, Francisco Dalla Rosa

The United Nations (2030 Agenda) recognize the need to work with sustainable urban mobility problems such as traffic jams, pollution, inadequate infrastructure are becoming…

Sustainable development of communities: ISO 37120 and UN goals

Suane A. Moschen, Janaina Macke, Suélen Bebber, Marcelo Benetti Correa da Silva

The aims of this study is to put on the agenda discussions concerning the approach of sustainable goals and indicators, in terms of how they relate to each other and how to list…

Knowledge management, the missing piece in the 2030 agenda and SDGs puzzle

Christian Eric Barrantes Briceño, Fernando César Almada Santos

This paper aims to analyze some knowledge management (KM) frameworks that sustainable development goals (SDGs) can apply to such a challenging implementation.

The participatory process of planning social and environmental responsibility at a Brazilian university

Marcos Antonio Frandoloso, Bianca Gasparetto Rebelatto

Universities have an important role in articulation of the transformation of society, in the formation of individuals capable of acting in the processes that enable sustainable…

Implementation of SDGs at the University of South Africa

Albert Mawonde, Muchaiteyi Togo

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how universities can play a pivotal role in implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs). It recognises the advantage that…

Towards a holistic approach to sustainability in the Argentine Patagonia: Research results and educational proposal

Cecilia E. Silvana Alvaro, Alida Marina Abad, Norma Sbarbati Nudelman

Sustainability involves a strong interrelationship of ecological, cultural, technological, scientific, economic and social aspects and deserves to undertake a holistic treatment…