Publications
Introduction
AASHE’s publications library is the leading repository of reports, journal articles, books, and student research on sustainability in higher education. Certain publication types are entered in the annual AASHE Awards Program.
At a Glance
Total Resources
Organizations
Countries
U.S. States & Territories
Canadian Provinces
Bars in graphs can be clicked to view resources that align with a particular category. Because a resource may be listed under multiple topics and disciplines, graph data may include higher total counts than what is indicated in total resources above.
New Resources
Exploring personal definitions of sustainability and their impact on perceptions of sustainability culture
- James Madison University (VA)
- Inflexion
The purpose of this paper is to present an exploratory analysis of campus community member (i.e. students, faculty, staff) definitions of sustainability, their perceptions of select elements of sustainability culture …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Education for sustainable development in Japan and Malaysia: a comparative study among engineering undergraduates
- King Abdulaziz University
- Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (Perak Darul Ridzuan)
- Kanazawa Institute of Technology
This study aims to examine the impacts of education for sustainable development subject(s) offered at University A, Japan and University B, Malaysia on the attitude and perception toward environment, social …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Students’ home-university commuting patterns: A shift towards more sustainable modes of transport
- University of Minho
Students commuting to and from university campuses have important social, environmental and transportation impacts. Based on a questionnaire conducted with 686 students from the University of Minho, Portugal, this study …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
The three enablers of sustainability intelligence
- Breda University of Applied Sciences
- University of Antwerp
Sustainability intelligence is critical for the prosperity of societies worldwide, for conservation of the natural world, for achieving future business success and for the credibility of the concept of sustainability …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Making open educational resource videos on sustainable development: students’ attitudes, rationales, and approaches
- National Chengchi University
The aim of this study was to investigate students’ attitudes, rationales, and approaches to making open educational resource (OER) videos (a form of OERs) on sustainable development (SD) in order …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Sustainability challenges in architectural education: assessment of an architectural technology course on the bioclimatic redesign of existing buildings in Greece
- National Technical University of Athens
During the last decades, the sustainable redesign of existing buildings has been gaining importance in both architectural practice and education. While based on the knowledge of the basic principles of …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
The implementation of the Principles for Responsible Management Education within tourism higher education institutions: A comparative analysis of European Union countries
- Auckland University of Technology
- University of Winchester
- Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Despite the growing body of literature on tourism higher education, there is a notable absence regarding the Principles for Responsible Management Education and the tourism higher education and sustainability nexus. …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Green Campus Initiatives as sustainable development dissemination at higher education institutions: Students’ perceptions
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina)
- Université de l'État de Santa Catarina
- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
- Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
- University of Vale do Itajaí
- Unoesc Joaçaba
Students are future leaders who will be expected to make decisions aimed at achieving sustainability as they take up key roles in education in the area of sustainable development. In …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Toward a Green and Sustainable Chemistry Education Road Map
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- University of Oregon (OR)
- American Chemical Society (DC)
Although principles and practices of green and sustainable chemistry have been articulated for more than 20 years, they have yet to become systemically infused into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. The …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Water conservation potential within higher education institutions: lessons from a Brazilian university
- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG
- Universidade de Pernambuco
This study seeks to analyze water consumption and promote water conservation measures in universities through a case study conducted at the University of Pernambuco, Brazil. The methodology consisted of collecting …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Evaluation of Scientific Research in Universities Based on the Idea of Education for Sustainable Development
- Nanyang Technological University
- Tsinghua University
- Hubei University
- Wuhan University
Our research aims to establish an evaluation framework and evaluate the sustainability of scientific research in universities. Based on the concept of Education for Sustainable Development and the function of …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Sustainable Development Goals and Education: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- UNICEF (NY)
The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda sets out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at improving life in all its dimensions, covering all sectors, with a particular emphasis on education. The …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Potential for urban agriculture to support accessible and impactful undergraduate biology education
- Rollins College (FL)
- Salish Kootenai College (MT)
- Tulane University (LA)
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
- University of San Diego (CA)
Active learning in STEM education is essential for engaging the diverse pool of scholars needed to address pressing environmental and social challenges. However, active learning formats are difficult to scale …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Sustainability at Universities as a Determinant of Entrepreneurship for Sustainability
- Universitatea din București
- Woosong University
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of universities in promoting sustainability and sustainable development goals among Indian students as future entrepreneurs, supporting the mission of sustainability. …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Enabling Sustainable Development by Embedding Tongan Knowledge into University Science Curricula
- University of Auckland
Sustainable development requires the valuing of Indigenous knowledges. The complex and intertwined processes of coloniality and globalisation have contributed to spreading a dominant set of Western knowledge, values, and practices …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Universitas: how do students perceive university social responsibility in three European higher education institutions?
- Universidade do Porto
The social dimension of Higher Education has gained relevance on the political and strategic discourses that urge Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to put University Social Responsibility (USR) into action and …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Toward a sustainability assessment framework of research impacts: Contributions of a business school
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
Business schools have the potential to become an important driver for sustainable development (SD) by broadening their research assessments beyond scientific performance. Assessment frameworks that expand the scope from academic …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
The influence of group-level factors on individual energy-saving behaviors in a shared space: The case of shared residences
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Shenzhen University
In business and service buildings, shared spaces constitute large areas where occupants share energy resources and manage them. Changing people's behaviors toward conscious and efficient energy use within shared spaces …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Perceived factors affecting student-teachers’ learning about social urban sustainability
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Kentriki Makedonia)
- University of Western Macedonia
The present study aims to explore the perceived factors affecting student-teachers’ (STs) learning about social urban sustainability. Participants were 63 STs enrolled in a Department of Primary Education located in …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Understanding How Stand-Alone Sustainability Courses Are Taught in Marketing: A Global Baseline Analysis
- Utah State University (UT)
The growing societal and environmental challenges of the 21st century are ubiquitous. Thus, marketing educators are tasked with incorporating a sustainability approach into their curriculum, educating students on the synchronous …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Making Change Visible – An Explorative Case Study of Dealing With Climate Change Deniers in Forest Education
- School Administration of Lower Saxony
This case study addresses the issue of climate change denial among students in their firstyear of vocational education. It was possible to shake the belief that man-made climatechange was not …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Organizational Change Management for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Quantitative Literature Review
- University of Surrey
Higher education institutions (HEIs) have been urged to integrate sustainability across all their structural and organizational dimensions. A promising area of research and practice that can help to deliver this …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
The role of community-based learning in teaching about industrial ecology and sustainability in the context of engineering education: A case study from the field
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Industrial ecology and sustainability education have evolved over time, as this relatively new discipline has emerged and has been refined. Courses engaging with these topics are often found in engineering …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Identifying Assessment Opportunities in Postgraduate Learning for Sustainability
- London South Bank University
- University of the West Indies (Kingston 7)
- University of Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire)
This paper offers a rationale for how ESD related learning at postgraduate level can beassessed. It proposes a framework for evaluating whether assessments in Masterís levelprogrammes align with the pedagogical …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
The Culture and Personal Disposal Practices of University Students: A Qualitative Study in Brazil and Germany
- Universidade Federal do Ceará
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between cultural components and municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal individual practices in the context of Brazilian and German university students. To achieve this …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
A comprehensive approach for the feasibility assessment of on-campus food waste composting
- American University of Sharjah
- German Jordanian University
Food waste management is increasingly emphasized globally due to its economic and environmental impacts and the strategic transformation towards sustainability. This can be observed from the increasing number of Zero …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
A cost-minimizing approach to eliminating the primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions at institutions of higher education
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
- University of Massachusetts Boston (MA)
Many institutions of higher education have committed to carbon neutrality. Given this goal, the main economic issue is minimizing cost. As for society as a whole, dominant decarbonization strategies are …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
A scale for assessing student understandings of marine resource conservation and sustainability: psychometric verification and the latent mean difference between genders
- Tzu Chi University
- National Taiwan Ocean University
This study developed a scale for evaluating how well students understand marine-resource conservation and sustainability; it evaluated the scale’s psychometric properties and investigated the gender difference in the scale’s score. …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
A framework for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in university programmes
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- University of Coimbra
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- University of Passo Fundo
- University of Aveiro
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Universidade federal de Santa Maria
- University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz
- University of Belgrade
- University of Milano-Bicocca
- University of Wroclaw/Uniwersytet Wrocławski (Wrocław)
- Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
- Universidade Positivo
There is a perceived need to develop approaches, methods and tools that may help higher education institutions to systematically introduce the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into research and teaching as …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Education for Sustainable Development in Spanish Engineering Degrees. Case study
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
- University of Cadiz
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
The purpose of this work is to present a methodology for analyzing the perception of engineering students about the sustainability learning they have achieved during their university studies. This study …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Self-construal types and organizational citizenship behavior for the environment of employees in a university
- Adekunle Ajasin University
In researching into workplace pro-environmental behaviors, there is sparse evidence on self-construals with dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE), particularly among university employees. To fill this gap, …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Stimulating student’s pro-environmental behavior in higher education institutions: an ability–motivation–opportunity perspective
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
- Women University Swabi
- Hefei University of Technology
The slow and inadequate environmental performance of higher education institutions is attracting the consideration of researchers toward a behavioral change of teachers and students rather than just concentrating on learning …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Carbon footprint in Higher Education Institutions: a literature review and prospects for future research
- Universitat Jaume I (Castelló)
Higher Education Institutions (HEI) or universities, as organisations engaged in education, research and community services, play an important role in promoting sustainable development. Therefore, they are increasingly linked to the …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Nurturing the Seeds of Sustainability Education: Information Regime in Brazilian Public HEI
- Northumbria University (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
- Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca
- Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
We currently live under the Anthropocene, a period in which human beings have generated impacts on nature corresponding to a geological force capable of modifying the planet's biophysical parameters, affecting …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Education for sustainable development with transdisciplinary-oriented courses - experiences and recommendations for future collaborations in higher education teaching
- Wuppertal Institut
The paper investigates how teacher trainees in higher education geography and external, non-scientific partners perceive and experience collaborations in an active teaching and learning approach. Such formats are recommended in …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
A clustering approach for classifying universities in a world sustainability ranking
- University of Bari Aldo Moro
Sustainability indicators are increasingly recognized as a useful tool to provide policy information in support of environmental, economic or social improvement. Various approaches to sustainability have also been adopted in …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
A proposal of personal competencies for sustainable consumption
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Despite advances in Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) scholarship and practice, ESE has not yet contributed to mitigate the sustainability-related problems it is meant to remedy. As part of an …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Investigating Web-Based Sustainability Reporting in Italian Public Universities in the Era of Covid-19
- University of Salerno
- Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Universities are increasingly called to demonstrate to stakeholders their active commitment to responding to social and environmental issues through comprehensive reporting practices. Such expectations were further enhanced by the recent …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Don’t be a waster! Student perceptions of recycling strategies at an English University’s halls of residence
- Bournemouth University (Dorset)
This paper aims to explore student perceptions of recycling and explore whether one university’s strategy helped or hindered student recycling in their university's halls of residence. There is near-universal acknowledgement …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
UNESCO's Education for Sustainable Development Framework and the Reality of University–Community Cooperation in the Caucasus Mountain Region
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- Armenian State Pedagogical University
- Tbilisi State University
The project Transdisciplinarity for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caucasus Region (CaucaSusT) initiated the integration of transdisciplinary approaches into partner universities in Armenia and Georgia. The aim was to develop …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Integrating global sustainability into social studies teachers' education: a collaborative self-study
- Kennesaw State University (GA)
There have been increasing calls for social studies educators to engage issues of sustainability. Proponents argue that the very survival of the planet depends on the degree to which teachers …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Can student managed investment funds (SMIFs) narrow the environmental, social and governance (ESG) skills gap?
- Queen's University
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (NL)
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it endeavors to document the current state of environmental, social and governance (ESG) pedagogy within undergraduate finance courses of business schools, and …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Institutionalizing the intangible through research and engagement: Indigenous knowledge and higher education for sustainable development in Zambia
- Rowan University (NJ)
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Zambia
Universities have an integral role in the development of communities. This is underpinned by the notion that universities possess a social responsibility to be agents of change in relation to …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Development and Application of the Just Employment Policy Assessment in American Higher Education Institutions
- University of Toronto (ON)
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the visibility of economic inequality and the inadequacy of current minimum wage laws in the United States. Changes in the minimum wage, a living wage, …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Assessment of the Ecological Footprint of Eskisehir Technical University–Iki Eylul Campus
- Eskişehir Technical University
- Kastamonu Universitesi
Sustainable development is a concept that has started gaining importance in recent years. It helps reduce the environmental impacts of cities with dense human populations. On a smaller scale, social …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Multiple case-study analysis of service-learning as a means to foster sustainability competencies amongst pre-service educators
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
- Rovira i Virgili University
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
The aim of this multiple case-study analysis was to find out the influence that service-learning methodology has on the development of sustainability competences amongst university students (Preschool, Primary and Social …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Strategies for Energy and Climate Management at the British Columbia Institute of Technology
- British Columbia Institute of Technology (BC)
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is Canada's premier polytechnic. In 2008, BCIT partnered with its local electricity utility to hire a full-time energy manager. The following year, BCIT's …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Corporate Social Responsibility through SDGs: Preliminary Results from a Pilot Study in Italian Universities
- Università del Salento
Background: In the broad scientific debate on the integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the strategic planning of universities and on the use of monitoring the results of the …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Factors influencing sustainable development integration in management education: An Empirical Assessment of management education institutions in India
- GLA University
- University of Lucknow
The popularity of the notion of sustainable development has increased immensely in today's fast-paced business environment. The public's awareness of various sustainability challenges around the world has also increased, and …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more
Handling climate change education at universities: an overview
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Campinas
- University of Passo Fundo
- Universidade Federal Fluminense
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University of Belgrade
- University of Latvia
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Indian Institute of Management (Jharkhand)
- Hiroshima University
- University of Colombo
- University of Fort Hare
- Universidade Fernando Pessoa
- University of Education, Winneba
- Kwara State University
- Romanian Academy
- Universidad Católica del Norte
This paper reports on a study which aimed at identifying the extent to which matters related to climate change are addressed within the teaching and research practices at universities, with …
- Posted May 11, 2022
- Publications
- View more