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Emergentist education and the opportunities of radical futurity
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Uppsala University
- University of the Sunshine Coast
Higher education has been criticised for its instrumental character, which constrains possibilities for meaningful change towards sustainability. Drawing on the concept of radical futurity, we develop a conception of education ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Which “sustainable university” are we actually talking about? A topic modelling-assisted discourse analysis of academic literature
- Uppsala University
The remarkably growing body of academic literature on the university in relation to sustainability pivots around the idea that the university has an important role to play regarding this issue ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Teaching action-oriented knowledge on sustainability issues
- Uppsala University
- Ghent University
Knowledge about sustainability problems as it is typically taught does not per se lead to action for tackling these problems. Environmental and sustainability education researchers have argued for teaching more ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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‘Look to the young’- a study on climate change coping, emotion, and hope among emerging adults
- Uppsala University
Climate change is already happening, but the long-term effects will be noticed by today’s young and future generations. Today’s young people will need to be part of mitigating ...
- Posted March 10, 2022
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Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions: Paradox or Pioneering?: A Case Study on the Universities of Goettingen and Uppsala
- Uppsala University
- University of Göttingen
Sustainable development (SD) as a concept and principle aims to find solutions to balance the needs of people worldwide with the resources and limits of the Earth’s ecosystems. Given ...
- Posted March 10, 2022
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Emotional reactions to climate change and associated coping strategies: a grounded theory study on graduate students of sustainability-related programmes
- Uppsala University
Climate change is happening. Yet this phenomenon does not only concern the environment, but also has various notable and important psychological implications for individuals in particular and society in general ...
- Posted May 4, 2021
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Lock-ins and opportunities for sustainability transition: A multi-level analysis of the Flemish higher education system
- Uppsala University
- Ghent University
This study aims to provide an overview of sustainability in Flemish higher education (HE) by using the multi-level perspective (MLP) on sustainability transitions for a comprehensive empirical analysis of how ...
- Posted May 18, 2020
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The Perception of Sustainability in Finance Education from Faculty-Member Perspective
- Uppsala University
This qualitative research aims to explore what different faculty-member at different Swedish and British Universities think about the role of sustainability in the finance industry and education. The investigation is ...
- Posted April 17, 2020
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Towards integrated sustainability in higher education – Mapping the use of the Accelerator toolset in all dimensions of university practice
- University of Calgary (AB)
- Vert Energy Group
- Uppsala University
- Charles University
The role of individual change agents and the human dimension in general are increasingly being acknowledged as critical elements in sustainability integration at higher education institutions. Yet few studies focus ...
- Posted May 14, 2018
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Creating Spaces for Sustainability Transformation at Universities: Conditions and practices at a transdisciplinary, student-driven center for sustainability in Uppsala, Sweden
- Uppsala University
Universities have struggled to implement sustainable development in innovative ways (Lozano, 2006). Not much is known about how this implementation happens, can happen and should happen in the higher education ...
- Posted April 6, 2018
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Student's learning processes for sustainable knowledge
- Uppsala University
The concept of sustainability has become one of today's most widely used and controversial concepts. It is therefore important to develop activities within all educational contexts in order to ...
- Posted March 29, 2018
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University Students as Change agents? A Comparative Study of the Role of Students in Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Germany and Sweden
- Uppsala University
To readjust the direction of social development and to enable sustainable learning for students at all levels, international policy emphasises the necessity to transform education systems based on a whole ...
- Posted June 23, 2016
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