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.
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Perceptions of a green university: an exploratory study among students
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- Hong Kong Baptist University
This study aims at exploring perceptions of a green university among its students. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 postgraduate and undergraduate students at a green campus in Germany through …
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CSR Education in Economia Aziendale Curricula: An Overview
- Università del Salento
In the last few years, policymakers have underlined the need for new soft and hard skills about corporate social responsibility (CSR). The main debate about CSR education has been driven …
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Sustainability university rankings: a comparative analysis of UI green metric and the times higher education world university rankings
- University of São Paulo
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (PR)
This study aims to answer the research question: How to evaluate the structure of global university sustainability rankings according to the Berlin Principles (BP) framework.
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The Planetary Wellbeing Initiative: Pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
- UNESCO
- Pompeu Fabra University
- University of Essex
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)
- Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
- École d'économie de Paris
- Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
We live in a time of pressing planetary challenges, many of which threaten catastrophic change to the natural environment and require massive and novel coordinated scientific and societal efforts on …
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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. …
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Enhancing sustainability education in the accounting curriculum: an effective learning strategy
- University of Waikato
This paper aims to examine the embedding of sustainability courses in the accounting curriculum by using the Delta Business School in New Zealand as an example. The focus of this …
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Methodological approach for the construction of environmental management indicators in universities
- Universidad Central de Venezuela
Universities have become interested in environmental management. In them, there are problems of inadequate residues and waste management; high energy consumption and demand; water and air pollution; impacts on biodiversity, …
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Learning for the Future: Exploring Effective Characteristics of Sustainability Leadership Programs in Higher Education
- Thompson Rivers University (BC)
In response to global environmental, economic, and social issues, universities and colleges have begun to create and expand leadership courses and programs that aspire to foster sustainability change agents. This …
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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 …
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The Impact of Service Learning in the Development of Student Teachers’ Socio-Educational Commitment
- Comillas Universidad Pontificia (Madrid)
This research arises from the university’s need to contribute to the training of professionals, especially teachers, who, in turn are committed to contribute to a more sustainable and socially just …
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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 …
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Intention to adopt pro-environmental behaviors among university students of hard and soft sciences: the case of drinking by reusable bottles
- Università degli Studi di Torino
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
The market of bottled water is one of the largest in the world. Paradoxically, the consumption of water in plastic bottles is highest in countries rich in the potable tap …
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University leadership in climate mitigation: reducing emissions from waste through carbon pricing
- Syracuse University (NY)
- Seoul National University
Purpose - This paper aims to investigate potential impact of internal carbon pricing in emission reduction in Higher education institutions (HEIs). Over the past century, human activities have increased greenhouse …
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Challenge-based, interdisciplinary learning for sustainability in doctoral education
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Lund University
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Aalto University
Doctoral candidates possess specialized knowledge that could support sustainability transitions. Doctoral education, however, often focusses on discipline-specific topics and working methods, making it difficult to “see the bigger picture”. This …
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Using Macromarketing to Teach Business Sustainability
- University of Wyoming (WY)
The first macromarketing seminar held in 1976 represented a first attempt to “hack the system” of business schools to bring a societal focus to the teaching of marketing. This effort …
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Introducing the Nitrogen Footprint in SIMAP: A Review of Improvements in Nitrogen Footprint Methodology for Institutions
- Brown University (RI)
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Eastern Mennonite University (VA)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
- University of Virginia (VA)
- Marine Biological Laboratory (MA)
Nitrogen (N) footprint assessments have served as tools for sustainability, research, and education at institutions of higher learning by connecting institutional activities and resource consumption with environmental impacts through the …
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Let’s read green! A comparison between approaches in different disciplines to enhance preservice teachers’ environmental attitudes
- Universitat de València
This article examines the effect of different educational approaches to environmental education (EE) in the environmental attitudes of 507 preservice teachers. In one experimental group EE was addressed in a …
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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 …
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Determinants of transportation sustainability in universities of Islamabad, Pakistan
- National University of Sciences and Technology (Federal)
The purpose of this paper is to identify the barriers halting the usage of sustainable modes of transportation in a university campus.
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Developing leadership qualities in environmental sustainability through university co-curricular activities
- University of Calgary (AB)
This study aims to provide insight into the question of whether graduate students who deliver environmental education workshops/residencies to elementary school children will develop environmental sustainability leadership qualities in themselves: …
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Place-responsive Pedagogies in the Anthropocene: attuning with the more-than-human
- The Mind Lab
- University of Stirling (Scotland)
Drawing on New Materialist frameworks for environmental and sustainability education, we extend and deepen our understanding of contemporary place-responsive pedagogies in the light of our human-impacted geological epoch, the Anthropocene, …
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Pedagogy for sustainable tourism: reflections on the curriculum space of a master programme in Sweden
- Dalarna University
Tourism education has matured from vocational to more liberal education while current trends underline the importance of critical studies and the shift of curricula to more action-oriented forms of education …
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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, …
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A comparison on the evaluation standards of sustainable campus between China and America
- Zhejiang University
This paper aims to make a comparative study on the latest version of green campus evaluation standard between China and America: Green Campus Evaluation Standard (GB/T51356-2019) and the sustainability tracking, …
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Teaching and learning for change: analysis of a post-graduate One Health program
- Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels Region)
- Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi
- Université de Namur
- Université de Liège
- Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire
- Université de Montpellier
As problematized through the One Health concept, global health issues are defeating conventional disciplinary approaches since they unfold across various scientific domains and across all levels of society. Calling for …
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How do higher education institutions promote sustainable development? A literature review
- Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
Higher education institutions (HEIs) have a fundamental role in transforming societies aimed at a more sustainable future. Through knowledge creation and dissemination, research, education and outreach, institutions of higher education …
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Exploring the usage of social media in extant campus sustainability assessment frameworks for sustainable campus development
- University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
As one of the buzzwords in the present age with considerable impacts in tertiary institutions, social media use in online teaching, learning and information dissemination have been extensively discussed in …
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Mapping social structures for sustainability transformation at McGill University, Canada
- McGill University (QC)
For a university to be a prime mover for sustainability transformation, all units of the university should contribute. However, organizational change in educational institutions is often studied by examining specific …
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Applying SDGs as a systematic approach for incorporating sustainability in higher education
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
The achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for all communities and jurisdictions require a comprehensive roadmap that encompasses all dimensions of data infrastructure, social, economic, environmental and governance ecosystems. …
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Nursing students' perception of climate change and sustainability actions – A mismatched discourse: A qualitative, descriptive exploratory study
- Dalarna University
Climate change is described as the biggest global challenge for human health in the upcoming decade. Nurses play a central role in mitigating the effect of climate change on the …
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Investigating undergraduate student learning experiences using the good practice learning and teaching for sustainability education (GPLTSE) framework
- RMIT University
Sustainability curriculum in higher education is a crucial lever for building capabilities and knowledge for graduates to address the interconnected social, ecological and economic challenges of the 21st century in …
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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 …
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Discovering Sustainability in New York City: An Interdisciplinary Framework for Teaching in Urban Institutions
- Empire State College (NY)
Ecological learning is enriched when students can apply course content to their own communities and gain an understanding and experience for deploying sustainable practices. Such merging of content, application, and …
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Sustainable Product Design Education: Current Practice
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Sheffield
- Technical University of Denmark
- 3Drivers
Current production and consumption patterns are unsustainable, causing irreversible damage to the environment and human health and well-being. Designers play a vital role in resolving this problem—their decisions affect product …
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Students’ learning sustainability – implicit, explicit or non-existent: a case study approach on students’ key competencies addressing the SDGs in HEI program
- Kristianstad University
This study aims to understand better the student awareness and knowledge on how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are used in higher education institutions (HEIs) to motivate students’ learning on …
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A literature review on the strategies implemented by higher education institutions from 2010 to 2020 to foster pro-environmental behavior of students
- Università degli Studi di Udine
Changing the present behavior of individuals toward a more sustainable lifestyle is a complex task requiring a well-established strategy and institutional commitment. The purpose of this paper is to understand …
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Advancing SDG competencies in higher education: exploring an interdisciplinary pedagogical approach
- Kristianstad University
This study aims to explore an interdisciplinary pedagogical approach for advancing knowledge and understanding of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) at higher education institutions (HEIs).
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Analysis of sustainability insertion in materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes
- University of Campinas
- Universidade Federal Fluminense
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Universidad Católica del Norte
This study aims to analyse how the materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes can be better aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Higher education institutions, SDG2 and agri-food sustainability: lessons from Chulalongkorn University and Thailand
- Chulalongkorn University
This paper examines higher education efforts linking United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) and agri-food system sustainability given reports of stagnant movement for SDG2 in Southeast Asia and lack of …
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The Challenge of Teacher Training in the 2030 Agenda Framework Using Geotechnologies
- Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia – UNED
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Social evolution, globalization, and advances in technology are making it increasingly necessary to offer complete and comprehensive teacher training. This training should produce citizens who are concerned about the planet …
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Mapping sustainability initiatives in higher education institutions in Latin America
- Universidad de Sonora (Sonora)
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- University of Passo Fundo
- Universidade federal de Santa Maria
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
- Universidad EAFIT (Antioquia)
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba
- Universidad Galileo
Many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world are involved in a variety of sustainability initiatives. These are acknowledged to be important elements in fostering the cause of sustainability in …
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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 …
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The nexus between stakeholders’ materiality and sustainable development goals: evidence from higher education institutions
- Yildiz Technical University
The purpose of this study is to shed light on the association between stakeholders’ materiality and the sustainable development goals (SDGs), highlighting how higher education institutions (HEIs) can pursue sustainable …
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University students involved in a sustainable world: assessing sustainable consumption in Spain
- Universidad de Salamanca
To achieve sustainable development to protect the environment and society, an increasing number of scholars have conducted in-depth research on sustainable and responsible consumption behaviors. The outputs demonstrate that consumers …
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Assessing climate solutions and taking climate leadership: how can universities prepare their students for challenging times?
- Trent University (ON)
Through this point-of-departure paper we aim to prompt discussion and action around redesigning university learning to help students tackle climate-related challenges in a personally and societally meaningful way. We use …
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Social marketing and higher education: partnering to achieve sustainable development goals
- University of Twente
- HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration
Accomplishing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is imperative for societies to meet their grand challenges. Achieving these goals by 2030 requires sustainability change agents with a can-do-attitude. This …
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Cultivating a Collaborative Culture for Ensuring Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education: An Integrative Case Study
- Mount Mercy University (IA)
- Wingate University (NC)
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are not insulated from the challenges facing the planet and have been tasked as key stakeholders in sustainable development (SD). The preliminary data presented in this …
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Lean practices toward a balanced sustainability in higher education institutions: A Brazilian experience
- Universidade federal de Santa Maria
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Centro Universitário UniFBV
As few studies have explored the causal relationship between both the triple bottom line (TBL) of sustainability and the lean practices in higher education institutions (HEIs), the purpose of this …
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A Qualitative Assessment of Community Learning Initiatives for Environmental Awareness and Behaviour Change: Applying UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Framework
- Bournemouth University (Dorset)
- The Open University of Japan
This study uses qualitative research methods of text mining to elucidate the potential and prospects for community-based learning opportunities for raising environmental awareness and bringing about healthy behaviour change among …
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A review of responsible management education: practices, outcomes and challenges
- Estonian Business School (Harjumaa)
Research on management education (ME) over the past 2 decades signals a growing level of concern in response to increasing societal demands for ethical, responsible and sustainable considerations in management …
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