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Key experiences for the transdisciplinary approach: fieldwork-based training in sustainability science education
- University of Tokyo
- National University of Singapore
- University of the Free State
- International Christian University
This paper aims to describe how a sustainability-focused program in higher education can provide training and key experiences for implementing transdisciplinary approaches. The case is a fieldwork-based training course called …
- Posted May 28, 2021
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Creating an academic landscape of sustainability science: an analysis of the citation network
- University of Tokyo
Sustainability is an important concept for society, economics, and the environment, with thousands of research papers published on the subject annually. As sustainability science becomes a distinctive research field, it …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2019
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Toward designing sustainability education programs: a survey of master’s programs through semi-structured interviews
- University of Tokyo
- Osaka University
With the emergence of sustainability science as an academic field, sustainability education (SE) has increasingly been discussed in terms of nurturing students’ competencies to bring about environmental innovation and global …
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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The Issues and Methodologies in Sustainability Assessment Tools for Higher Education Institutions
- University of Tokyo
Assessment tools influence incentives to higher education institutions by encouraging them to move towards sustainability. A review of 16 sustainability assessment tools was conducted to examine the recent trends in …
- Posted June 28, 2018
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Evaluating Core Competencies Development in Sustainability and Environmental Master's Programs: An empirical analysis
- Boise State University (ID)
- Global Council Science and the Environment (DC)
- University of Tokyo
- Hokkaido University (Hokkaido)
- Tohoku University
Interest in and understanding of the various competencies that university sustainability and environmental graduate degree programs should aim for has increased in recent years. Yet empirical efforts that assess the …
- Posted April 24, 2018
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The ecological domain in the sustainability science research and education
- University of Tokyo
A single disciplinary approach fails to tackle problems threatening the sustainable development. Thus, the sustainability science – focused on the problem, normative, and covering many disciplines – has been developed …
- Posted April 17, 2018
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Implementing Sustainability Co-Creation between Universities and Society: A Typology-Based Understanding
- Clark University (MA)
- University of Tokyo
- University College London (London)
- United Nations University
Universities are under mounting pressure to partner with societal stakeholders and organizations to collaboratively create and implement sustainability-advancing knowledge, tools, and societal transformations. Simultaneously, an increasing number of societal organizations …
- Posted May 19, 2017
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Utilizing international networks for accelerating research and learning in transformational sustainability science
- University of Tokyo
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
- Stellenbosch University (Western Cape)
- Lund University
- Maastricht University
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DF)
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Arizona State University (AZ)
A promising approach for addressing sustainability problems is to recognize the unique conditions of a particular place, such as problem features and solution capabilities, and adopt and adapt solutions developed …
- Posted Jan. 31, 2017
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Student participation in the co-creation of knowledge and social experiments for advancing sustainability: experiences from the University of Tokyo
- Clark University (MA)
- University of Tokyo
- University College London (London)
Universities around the world are increasingly engaging in multi-stakeholder collaborations for the co-creation of knowledge, tools and experiments with social and technical systems for advancing societal sustainability. With much of …
- Posted June 8, 2016
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The role of students in the co-creation of transformational knowledge and sustainability experiments: Experiences from Sweden, Japan and the USA
- Clark University (MA)
- Oberlin College (OH)
- University of Tokyo
- Lund University
Accompanying realizations that engagement of multiple societal sectors (academia, industry, government, citizenry) and disciplines are required for formulating effective responses to complex sustainability challenges, calls for new forms of knowledge …
- Posted May 31, 2016
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Co-creating sustainability: cross-sector university collaborations for driving sustainable urban transformations
- University of Tokyo
This paper attempts to ‘connect the dots’ between several cases and provide a comprehensive global analysis of the trend of universities reaching across campus boundaries to form partnerships with government, …
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Establishing sustainability science in higher education institutions: towards an integration of academic development, institutionalization, and stakeholder collaborations
- University of Tokyo
- University of Zurich
- Lund University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
The field of sustainability science aims to understand the complex and dynamic interactions between natural and human systems in order to transform and develop these in a sustainable manner. As …
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Master of Sustainability Science
- University of Tokyo
- United Nations University
The Graduate Program in Sustainability Science - Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI) provides the training necessary to enable future global leaders to make a profound impact on sustainability science and sustainable …
- Posted April 20, 2016
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Sustainability Science (PhD)
- University of Tokyo
- United Nations University
The Graduate Program in Sustainability Science - Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI) provides the training necessary to enable future global leaders to make a profound impact on sustainability science and sustainable …
- Posted April 20, 2016
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