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Transformative research for sustainability: characteristics, tensions, and moving forward
- Utrecht University
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- University of Kassel
- University of Helsinki
- Czech Academy of Sciences
The question of how science can become a lever in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals permeates most recent sustainability research. Wide-ranging literature calling for a transformative approach has emerged in …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Do higher education institutions contribute to countries’ SDG progress: Evidence from university rankings
- University of Helsinki
- Sumy State University
- Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education
- Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become a universal call to action over the past few years and a basis for assessing the progress of sustainable development of countries …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Commercialising university inventions for sustainability—a case study of (non-)intermediating ‘cleantech’ at Aalto University
- Utrecht University
- University of Helsinki
- University of Sussex (Sussex)
The challenge to transform towards more sustainable societies requires action on multiple levels, including commercialisation of inventions created in universities. We examine intermediation in the pre-commercialisation phase of cleantech inventions …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
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Sustainability through a Phenomenon-based learning approach : A study of student reflections
- University of Helsinki
The purpose of this thesis is to study on how a phenomenon-based approach might evoke critical reflection on sustainability. By using the phenomenon-based learning (PhBL) approach, the aim of the …
- Posted May 20, 2022
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Adopting sustainability competence-based education in academic disciplines: Insights from 13 higher education institutions
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
- Griffith University (Queensland)
- University of Helsinki
- Universidade Aberta
- Gävle University College
- University of Zaragoza
- University of Belgrade
- Warsaw University of Technology
- University of A Coruña (a Coruña)
- Central University of Technology
- Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales
- European University of Lefke
- University of Nyíregyháza
- Universidad de las Américas Puebla
- Università degli Studi di Parma
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been incorporating sustainability into education and curricula, where recent research has focussed on sustainability competences, pedagogical approaches, and how to connect them, generally on a …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Promoting Sustainability Through Multimodal Storytelling
- Åbo Akademi University (Varsinais-Suomi)
- University of Helsinki
In recent years, sustainability has been increasingly recognized within the early childhoodeducation and care (ECEC) context. Early childhood educatorsí capacities to designmeaningful learning opportunities for young children have been underlined. …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Educated professionals of sustainability and the dimensions of practices
- University of Helsinki
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) (Uusimaa)
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expand the competence-led structuring and understanding of sustainability education by analysing the practices of professional individuals who have completed university education geared …
- Posted May 5, 2021
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Perceptions of interconnected sustainability: Students’ narratives bridging transition and education
- University of Helsinki
As sustainability becomes a focal point and important aspect of educational development in several disciplines and universities globally, it is important to critically reflect on the different utilisations of sustainability …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Sustainability science in education: analysis of master’s programmes’ curricula
- University of Helsinki
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) (Uusimaa)
Sustainability science is an emerging, free-standing scientific discipline. It has introduced a new approach to both sustainability research and educational programmes, while evoking novel perspectives to stronger societal contextualization. Among …
- Posted May 12, 2020
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Transactional learning and sustainability co-creation in a university – business collaboration
- University of Helsinki
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) (Uusimaa)
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the learning outcomes of the project-based learning in a Master Class programme on sustainability carried out in collaboration by the University …
- Posted May 11, 2020
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Co-creating transdisciplinary global change research agendas in Finland
- University of Helsinki
Co-creation principles have become prominent in the scientific disciplines that aim to respond to global sustainability challenges especially in the global south. This paper analyses a co-creation pilot of global …
- Posted April 17, 2020
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An Issue of Scale: The Challenge of Time, Space and Multitude in Sustainability and Geography Education
- University of Helsinki
- University of Stavanger
The field of geography is important for any sustainability education. The aim of geography education is to enable students to understand the environment, its influence on human activity, and how …
- Posted March 6, 2020
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Universities responding to the call for sustainability: A typology of sustainability centres
- University of Helsinki
Universities worldwide are experiencing a growing trend to respond to the need for sustainability. Sustainability centres are one key aspect in the sustainability transitions of universities. Until currently, these centres …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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A pedagogy of interconnectedness for encountering climate change as a wicked sustainability problem
- University of Helsinki
- University of Eastern Finland
Climate change is a wicked problem of our time. It is a phenomenon that is difficult to combat with prevailing ways of thinking and behaving related to a modern understanding …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2018
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Sustainability, Human Well-Being, and the Future of Education
- Harvard University (MA)
- Western Michigan University (MI)
- University of Helsinki
This open access book explores the key dimensions of a future education system designed to enable individuals, schools, and communities to achieve the twin twenty-first century challenges of sustainability and …
- Posted Oct. 23, 2018
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Learning how to understand complexity and deal with sustainability challenges – A framework for a comprehensive approach and its application in university education
- University of Helsinki
Sustainability challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty and rapid urbanization are complex and strongly interrelated. In order to successfully deal with these challenges, we need comprehensive approaches that …
- Posted March 22, 2018
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High Performance Education Fails in Sustainability? - A Reflection on Finnish Primary Teacher Education
- Åbo Akademi University (Varsinais-Suomi)
- University of Helsinki
Sustainability is internationally often emphasized as an essential aim of higher education, but more as a principle than on the practical level. This is also obvious in the academic education …
- Posted May 4, 2017
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