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Driving Transformational Sustainability in a University Through Structural and Academic Innovation: A Case Study of A Public University in Spain
- United Nations University
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly engaged in the urgent and important work involved in the global transition towards sustainable development. They are potentially well suited to address key challenges ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Multilevel barrier and driver analysis to improve sustainability implementation strategies: Towards sustainable operations in institutions of higher education
- United Nations University
- Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden)
In practice what they preach in research and education, higher education institutions (HEIs) must consider economic, ecological, and social impacts in their quest for sustainable operations. We contribute to the ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Creating Transdisciplinary Teaching Spaces. Cooperation of Universities and Non-University Partners to Design Higher Education for Regional Sustainable Transition
- United Nations University
- Universität Duisburg-Essen
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Teaching formats involving non-university partners are increasingly gaining importance to deliver key competencies needed in higher education for sustainable development. Such teaching formats may also create new transdisciplinary spaces that ...
- Posted May 5, 2021
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Community capacity-building for sustainable development: Effectively striving towards achieving local community sustainability targets
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- United Nations University
Purpose Although the value of community capacity building is widely accepted within scholarly literature, these initiatives thus far appear to have achieved very little impact in the achievement of community ...
- Posted Feb. 8, 2021
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The Role of Environmental Management Performance in Higher Education Institutions
- United Nations University
- Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden)
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are influential social institutions which educate future decision-makers and shape society as a whole. Motivated by new public management, the proliferation of business tools, and a ...
- Posted May 13, 2020
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Higher education for sustainable development: actioning the global goals in policy, curriculum and practice
- University of Queensland (QLD)
- United Nations University
Higher education for sustainable development (HEfSD) is being significantly shaped by the global sustainability agenda. Many higher education institutions, responsible for equipping the next generation of sustainability leaders with knowledge ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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Beacons, Not Towers: How Higher Education Can Help Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
- United Nations University
Higher education is often idealized as a tool for implementing sustainable development. Yet the structures of higher education institutions (HEIs) often inhibit the types of problem solving and pedagogical design ...
- Posted Feb. 22, 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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Connecting Higher Education to Agenda 2030
- Portland Community College (OR)
- United Nations University
Sustainability efforts have grown across higher education institutions, schools, non-profits, government agencies, and the private sector. As established in the Ahmedabad Declaration, higher education is necessary for helping achieve a ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Aligning Efforts and Increasing Outreach Through the Sustainable Development Goals
- Portland Community College (OR)
- United Nations University
- KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux)
Sustainability efforts continue to grow around the world; however, achieving a sustainable future requires increasing our collective impact by aligning efforts with broader initiatives and increasing our outreach. This panel ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Higher education for today and tomorrow: university appraisal for diversity, innovation and change towards sustainable development
- United Nations University
This article serves as a position paper of a consortium of universities in the Asia–Pacific region working to address challenges of sustainable development and rapidly changing social, economic and ...
- Posted May 6, 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 development ...
- 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 development ...
- Posted April 20, 2016
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