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
Environmental Literacy Differences Based on Gender Identity and Race: A Social Justice Concern
- Indiana State University (IN)
- University of North Carolina, Wilmington (NC)
Environmental literacy can empower students to make positive changes in their environment. Understanding the rates of environmental literacy in college students of color is particularly important because African American, Asian, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Do we really make a difference? A case study on the value of taught environmental sustainability postgraduate programmes within geography
- University of Bristol
- University of Exeter (Devon)
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to discover the impacts of taught environmental sustainability-focused geography postgraduate programmes on student attitudes, behaviours and practices in relation to environmental awareness within …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Towards sustainable development: antecedents of green entrepreneurship intention among tourism and hospitality students in Egypt
- University of Sadat City
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the antecedents of green entrepreneurship intention (GEI) amongst tourism and hospitality higher education students and further explores the effect of green entrepreneurship intention on …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Transdisciplinary education for sustainability. Creativity and awareness in teacher training
- Universitat de València
Teacher training is a strategic aspect to achieve quality education and, therefore, bring closer Horizon 2030 and sustainability. The aim of this work is to present the outcome of an …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
University contributions to sustainability via state-level climate action plans in the USA
- University of Maine (ME)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary analysis of the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in state climate science assessment (CSA) and state climate adaptation …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Predicting food waste reduction behavior among students in higher education institutions
- Ateneo de Manila University
Purpose: This study aims to determine and analyze the predictors of food waste reduction intention and behavior among higher education institutions (HEIs) using an extended version of the theory of …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Problem-Based Learning Approach Facilitating Sustainable Waste Management
- Aalborg Universitet
This work provides inspiration to foster Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in teaching practices related to waste management. Problem-Based Learning is about providing a learning environment where students can work practically and …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Instructors’ Perspectives on Enhancing Sustainability’s Diffusion into Mechanical Engineering Courses
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
This research strives to catalyze a more extensive integration of sustainability topics into mechanical engineering (ME) courses. The process through which higher education instructors choose to integrate sustainability topics into …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Knowledge and engagement of the sustainable development goals among undergraduate business students
- Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Bizkaia)
This paper analyses the level of knowledge and engagement of the students of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management (GADE) of the Faculty of Economics and Business (Gipuzkoa …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Breaking Down Barriers: Exploring the Potential of Participatory Visual Research to Promote University Students' Active Participation in Sustainable Development Initiatives
- McGill University (QC)
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a promising approach to addressing the global sustainability crisis, with universities playing a critical role in preparing graduates as sustainable citizens. However, traditional top-down …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Sustainability and challenge-based learning in higher education
- Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Bizkaia)
The article presents a guide for integrating sustainability into university degrees using Challenge-Based Learning (CBL). In order to achieve this, the article starts with a literature review on education for …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Life Writing for Sustainability Education
- Bowling Green State University (OH)
This paper argues that in order to address wicked sustainability problems, such as climate change and rapid biodiversity loss, it is necessary to draw from the humanities and use methods …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Responsible management education: The leadership role of PRME business schools
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- University of Passo Fundo
- University of São Paulo
The literature largely agrees about the relevance of higher education institutions in assembling their internal systems to contribute to sustainability challenges. Business schools are also expected to commit to the …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Education in collaboration with cities: the intentions of transdisciplinary courses
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Wageningen University
Purpose: In collaboration with their home cities, universities increasingly develop courses in which students investigate urban sustainability challenges. This paper aims to understand how far-reaching the collaboration with urban stakeholders …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Teaching with A Rounder Sense of Purpose: a survey study on education for sustainable development competences in Latin America
- Universidad EAFIT (Antioquia)
- University of Vechta
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Universidad Tecnica del Norte
Through support and guidance in fostering competences in ESD, educators can help students to evolve into engaged citizens capable of addressing the current ecological crisis. However, in order to provide …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Assessing University Students’ Beliefs and Attitudes towards Sustainability and Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review
- Universita degli Studi di Padova
(1) Background: contents and strategies related to sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being introduced in academic curricula, and the organization of the university environment is evolving to adopt …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Emotions and transformative learning for sustainability: a systematic review
- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Freie Universität Berlin
As multiple global sustainability crises worsen and become more existential, understanding how individuals undergo deep personal transformations related to sustainability is increasingly important. Transformative learning theories are widely used in …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Encouraging green infrastructure at Ontario universities: What's policy got to do with it?
- University of Waterloo (ON)
- Dalhousie University (NS)
This paper explores the role of policy in encouraging the adoption of green infrastructure (GI) at Ontario universities through a case study in Waterloo. The relationship between policy and GI …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
The sustainability-to-employment pipeline: the impact of SDG-related curricula on graduates’ employability
- Università di Bologna
Public and private organizations—including higher education institutions—frequently adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to facilitate a better future. In their efforts to realize the Agenda 2030, universities are focusing on …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Sustainable scientific publishing: a pilot survey on stakeholder motivations and opinions
- University of Akureyri
- University of Salzburg
Assessing sustainability of journals and publishers could guide the choice of a publication venue. However, sustainable scientific publishing is not sufficiently defined. We assessed motivations for sustainable scientific publishing and …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Learning for Sustainability Action Model: Lessons Learnt from Community Living Labs
- Siam University
Initiating a practical model for embedding transformative learning in education that will promote sustainable development is a challenge for higher education. Siam University decided to assign a task force with …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Green university initiatives and undergraduates’ reuse intention for environmental sustainability: The moderating role of environmental values
- City University of Bangladesh
Environmental sustainability is an important issue today. It is harmful to the environment to use single-use cups. Therefore, the research aims to investigate undergraduates' reuse intentions about using reusable drinkware …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
- Polytechnic Institute of Santarém
- University of Aveiro
Higher education institutions play a fundamental role and have great responsibility in promoting sustainability and achieving sustainable development goals. It is therefore essential to study the teacher's perceptions of incorporating …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Students of colour views on racial equity in environmental sustainability
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
- DePaul University (IL)
- Dartmouth College (NH)
Racial and ethnic diversity in environmental sustainability advances social equity and innovation, solving social-ecological crises. Yet, Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) remain underrepresented in sustainability fields despite high …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
The formation of a field: sustainability science and its leading journals
- University of Borås
This study investigates the scholarly field of sustainability science between 2001 and 2021 from the perspective of 18 frequently cited journals. For this purpose, the article employs the concept of …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Are Brazilian universities greening? An analysis of their performances in an international sustainability ranking
- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
The escalation of environmental issues demands a response towards sustainable development, and universities may contribute to a greener future by reducing their own environmental impacts. Brazil has a history of …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Pathways to decarbonization, circular construction, and sustainability in the built environment
- Florida International University (FL)
Purpose: The built environment is responsible for approximately 40% of the world’s energy consumption, 30% of raw material use, 25% of solid waste, 25% of water use, 12% of land …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities
- Cardiff University
- University of Bath
Interest in the relationship between the activities of universities and action on climate change is growing, but until recently there has been little focus on the critical role of researchers, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Unlocking the evaluation of university-business collaborations on sustainable regional development: A comprehensive review and framework for place-based policy initiatives
- Lancaster University
University-business collaborations (UBCs) are widely recognised as a key component within the sustainability effort, yet the literature on how we articulate the value which collaborations contribute towards a wider sustainable …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
A sustainable campus for an uncertain future. Two cases of infrastructural transformation at Norway’s largest university
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Purpose: This study aims to convey lessons learned from two sustainability initiatives at Norway’s largest university. This contributes to knowledge-based discussions of how future, sustainable higher education institutions (HEIs) infrastructures …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Advancing sustainable entrepreneurial universities: sustainability transformations of university business incubators in Germany
- Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin)
Given the profound environmental and societal challenges, many higher education institutions (HEI) have adopted sustainability as a central mission to induce desirable societal impacts. While previous research investigated the transformation …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Green campus and student proactivity initiatives: the importance of a participatory approach
- Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Purpose: This study aims to examine the mediating role of students’ knowledge of sustainable development (SD) in the relationship between green campus initiatives by higher education institutions (HEIs) and student …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Higher education institutions as a microcosm of the circular economy
- Lund University
Higher education institutions (HEIs) can play a key role in the transition to the circular economy (CE) given their missions, characteristics and role in shaping the coming generations of citizens …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Beyond the classroom: Influence of a sustainability intervention on university students’ environmental knowledge and behaviors
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
On college campuses, environmental science education largely takes place in classrooms, thereby limiting impact on the full student body. By implementing an educational intervention in an informal campus setting, this …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Enhancing curricular integration of the SDGs: fostering active methodologies through cross-departmental collaboration in a Spanish university
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Purpose: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of active teaching methodologies, namely, problem-oriented learning and the case method, to develop sustainability competencies. It also analyses the advantages and challenges …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Assessing engineering students’ attitudes towards corporate social responsibility principles
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences
- Tallinn University
Ethical and sustainable thinking is an important competence in the engineering education to support students’ abilities to act and perform in a responsible manner in corporate contexts, and consequently contribute …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Emerging ESG reporting of higher education institutions in China
- Beijing Foreign Studies University
- Capital University of Economics and Business
This paper investigates the ESG reporting practices of Chinese higher education institutions (HEIs). Based on Global Reporting Initiative's common reporting standards and the education sector-specific indicators proposed by earlier studies, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Exploring education for sustainable development (ESD) course content in higher education; a multiple case study including what students say they like
- Rowan University (NJ)
This paper aims to contribute to the field of knowledge surrounding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) curricula with a view to filling a gap in ESD literature by identifying features …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Environmental and sustainability education in teacher education research: an international scoping review of the literature
- Brock University (ON)
Purpose: Halfway into the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) timeline, we deemed fruitful an injunction into current teacher education (TE) practices at higher educational institutes (HEIs). The scoping …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Predictors of Motivation and Barriers to ICT-Enabling Education for Sustainability
- Open University Malaysia
- Frederick University
- University of Crete
There is an increasing interest and effort in reorienting university curricula to address sustainability and preparing teachers to get involved in embedding sustainability and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Environmental Sustainability Research and Future Directions for Events and Facilities: An Assessment of the Field
- Texas A&M University (TX)
Environmental sustainability among sport facilities and events is the focus of this piece. The authors focus on three areas: (1) the environmental impacts of sport facilities and events, (2) the …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Development and validation of a sustainable education scale
- Sinop Üniversitesi
This study introduces the Sustainable Education Scale (SES), a novel instrument designed to elicit teachers' perspectives on sustainable education. Grounded in human rights education, sustainable development, social justice, and psychometrics, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Sustainability education in information systems’ curricula: A conceptual research framework
- Murdoch University (Western Australia)
In recent years, “sustainability education” in Higher Education has become an increasingly popular topic among researchers driven by the constant calls for the research community to contribute novel research that …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Service-Learning as a niche innovation in Higher Education for Sustainability
- Universidad EAFIT (Antioquia)
- United Nations University
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a framework proposed by UNESCO to develop knowledge, skills, values, and behaviors in youth for sustainable development. As part of the global development agenda, …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Traversing the Evolution of Research on Engineering Education for Sustainability: A Bibliometric Review (1991–2022)
- Mahidol University (Bangkok)
Engineering education plays a pivotal role in cultivating the engineering capacity for sustainable development. Nonetheless, there has been no comprehensive review that examines sustainability as a distinct knowledge domain within …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into the Architecture Curriculum: Experiences and Perspectives
- Ain Shams University
- Impact Circles
- Helwan University
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) play a crucial role in architectural education, as buildings contribute 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions and 40% of extracted materials are used in construction. …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Imagining well with almonds and honeybees in the Capitalocene – five multispecies movements for environmental and sustainability education
- University of Oulu
Responses in resisting and subverting capitalist structures and practices often foreground imagination and experimentation. In environmental and sustainability education, imagination has been previously called upon as a way to sympathetically …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Using Social Media Data to Research the Impact of Campus Green Spaces on Students’ Emotions: A Case Study of Nanjing Campuses
- Nanjing Forestry University
Campus green space, as a component of urban green space and the main natural place for college students’ daily contact, has a subliminal effect on their mental health. This study …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Uncovering perspectives on SDG integration for university transformations
- Monash University (VIC)
Purpose: This case study explores different perspectives on integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in universities to achieve university transformations. This study recognises that university actors think differently about the …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more
Understanding and assessing sustainable behavior among the academics in higher education institutions of Bangladesh
- University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
- University of South Carolina (SC)
Purpose: Considering that knowledge, skills and behavior can influence sustainability efforts, this study aims to assess which personality traits influence one’s sense of feeling connected to nature and presumably make …
- Posted Aug. 13, 2025
- Publications
- View more