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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Integrating sustainability into business and management studies in higher education
- Universidad de Almería (Almeria)
This research investigates the crucial realm of sustainability education in university-level business and management studies. The main objective is to identify the main factors influencing sustainability learning and to establish …
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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 …
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Enlightening and empowering students to take action: Embedding sustainability into nursing curriculum
- Curtin University
- University of Wollongong (New South Wales)
Graduate nurses are set to face complex global challenges in their future careers. Yet, current pedagogical practices fall short in preparing the future workforce for what lies ahead. There is, …
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Exploring the moderating role of university environmental performance in shaping students’ environmental awareness and behaviors
- Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating role of university environmental performance in the relationship between students’ environmental awareness and behavior, with a particular focus on …
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Exploring influences shaping university students’ attitudes toward green buildings
- Louisiana State University (LA)
Purpose: This study aims to investigate university students’ awareness of green residences and the factors influencing their willingness to pay for living in such accommodations. Design/methodology/approach: This mixed-methods research involved …
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Teaching with A Rounder Sense of Purpose: a survey study on education for sustainable development competences in Latin America
- University of Vechta
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Universidad EAFIT (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 …
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Shifting the approach: greening abolitionist teaching for inclusive sustainability
- California State University, San Marcos (CA)
- Goddard College (VT)
In recent years, there has been growing criticism within environmental studies and sciences (ESS) regarding the environmental racism embedded in the institutions that train future environmental professionals and leaders. The …
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Environmental Record a Factor for Most U.S. Job Seekers
- Gallup (DC)
About seven in 10 U.S. workers say that a company's environmental record matters to some degree in whether or not they would take a job with that company. This includes …
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Balancing sustainability and profitability
- IBM
Today’s executives walk a tightrope, balancing the long-term imperative to protect the planet with the short-term need to preserve the bottom line. In a landscape defined by chaos and disruption, …
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Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets
- McKinsey & Company (NY)
- Nielsen
A joint study from McKinsey and NielsenIQ examines sales growth for products that claim to be environmentally and socially responsible.
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Student Engagement and Environmental Awareness: Gen Z and Ecocomposition
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
This article collaboration addresses the importance of contextualizing current climate change discussions in twenty-first-century ecocomposition classrooms. It specifically focuses on the practical significance of what students’ writing and research can …
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Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into the Architecture Curriculum: Experiences and Perspectives
- Ain Shams University
- Helwan University
- Impact Circles
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. …
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Emotions and transformative learning for sustainability: a systematic review
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Technische Universität Braunschweig
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 …
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$3 Million Gift Boosts Sustainability at CNU
- Christopher Newport University (VA)
The Redekop Family Endowment has donated $3 million to fund projects advancing sustainability at Christopher Newport University. The gift of $1 million for each of three years will support programs …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Future of Jobs Report 2025
- World Economic Forum
This report forecasts a net gain of 78 million jobs by 2030, driven by technology and green transitions. Based on insights from 1,000+ employers, the report highlights climate-change mitigation as …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Sustainable scientific publishing: a pilot survey on stakeholder motivations and opinions
- University of Salzburg
- University of Akureyri
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 …
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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 …
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The climate for change: How university sustainability is impacting student decision-making
- QS Quacquarelli Symonds
What matters to students continues to evolve as the world around them changes. Through QS data and analytics – including the International Student Survey which collates the perspectives and motivations …
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Meeting the Sustainability Skills Gap: New Research Reveals What Businesses Need to Succeed
- American University (DC)
As organizations worldwide embrace sustainability, new research from American University's Kogod School of Business uncovers the critical skills and competencies that will define success in an evolving business landscape.
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Analyzing the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Employee Satisfaction Using a Hybrid SEM-ANN Approach
- University of Belgrade
In the conditions of modern market dynamics, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly evolving from a formal ethical principle into a powerful strategic instrument, key to achieving sustainable growth and …
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Racially inclusive climates within degree programs and increasing student of color enrollment: An examination of environmental/sustainability programs.
- University of Virginia (VA)
- Vincent Evaluation Consulting (OK)
Students of color remain severely underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, including environmental fields. Although there is a growing body of research on predictors of selecting …
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Commercialising university inventions for sustainability—a case study of (non-)intermediating ‘cleantech’ at Aalto University
- Utrecht University
- University of Helsinki
- University of Sussex (Sussex)
The challenge to transform towards more sustainable societies requires action on multiple levels, including commercialisation of inventions created in universities. We examine intermediation in the pre-commercialisation phase of cleantech inventions …
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Sustainability reporting, universities and global reporting initiative applicability: a still open issue
- Università di Verona
Purpose: The porpose of this study is to critically consider the use of global reporting initiative (GRI) guidelines in universities' sustainability reports. In light of the recent literature and Habermas's …
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College Pulse Sustainable Campuses Survey 2023
- College Pulse (CA)
This survey was designed and conducted by College Pulse. Interviews were conducted in English among a sample of 2164 undergraduate students who are currently enrolled in the U.S. The sample …
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Building transformative city-university sustainability partnerships: the Audacious Partnerships Process
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DF)
- Dublin City University
- King's College London
City governments and urban universities are well-positioned to play critical roles in advancing urban sustainability transformations. However, in partnering, cities and universities often focus efforts on discrete sustainability-related projects, neglecting …
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Exploring conceptions of sustainability education in initial teacher education: Perspectives from Australia, Canada and Scotland
- University of Toronto (ON)
- University of Edinburgh
- James Cook University (Queensland)
This paper draws on interview data to explore Australian, Canadian and Scottish teacher educators’ conceptions of sustainability education (SE) within initial teacher education (ITE). Findings were generated across three themes: …
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Building more epistemically inclusive and environmentally equitable universities
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
Higher educational institutions tend to draw from mainstream approaches to environmentalism that reinforce race, class, and gender hierarchies around who constitutes “an environmentalist” and what activities constitute “environmentalism.” As a …
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Designing transformative interventions for a world in crisis: How the ‘Worldview Journey’ invites for personal, cultural, and systems transformation
- Utrecht University
Our world is arguably in existential crisis, with crises manifesting in nearly every facet of our existence, from education, mental health, and culture, to democracy, environment, and institutions. As our …
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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 …
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University language students’ evaluations of ecological, social, cultural and economic sustainability and their importance in language teaching
- University of Turku
Purpose: This study aims to explore how university language students evaluate different sustainability themes and examine the overall relevance of ecological, social, cultural and economic sustainability dimensions in language education. …
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Tree mapping and carbon inventory on a university campus in South Korea: Case study and global review
- Korea University
- Kyungmin University
- Sangji University
Campus trees have significant potential for sequestering carbon in urban environments and improving civic life quality; however, few inventories of university campus trees have been constructed worldwide (excluding North America). …
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The Sustainability Literacy of Students: A Comparative Study between Turkey and the UK
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
In recent years, the sustainability literacy has become crucial for building more sustainable future. In this regard, a shift toward sustainability requires literate society on sustainability issues at global scale. …
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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, university’s first new school in 70 years, will accelerate solutions to global climate crisis
- Stanford University (CA)
Stanford’s first new school in 70 years will launch this fall as the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, recognizing a $1.1 billion gift from John and Ann Doerr, the largest …
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Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation
- Harvard Business Review (MA)
When companies pursue sustainability, it’s usually to demonstrate that they are socially responsible. They expect that the endeavor will add to their costs, deliver no immediate financial benefits, and quite …
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Status of Sustainability Management Education in African MBA Programmes: A Web-based Research Approach
- Vaal University of Technology
- Midlands State University
Emerging evidence suggests that business schools in Africa are lagging behind in promoting sustainability education. Grand challenges that point to a limited focus on transformative sustainability education such as environmental …
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A pedagogy for the end of the world: teaching environmental health and justice in a sacrifice zone
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
This article describes pedagogical changes that I have made to my Environmental Justice class at the University of the Pacific in response to increasingly crisis conditions with regard to both …
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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 …
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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 …
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Student Perspectives on Sustainability at Iowa State University
- Iowa State University (IA)
This research report employed focus groups and a student body survey to understand Iowa State University (ISU) students' perspectives on how well the curriculum and extracurricular activities are preparing them …
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Net-Zero Heroes? Climate Change Mitigation Efforts and Strategies across Australian Group-of-Eight Universities
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
Businesses are increasingly declaring their operations to be “carbon neutral” or “net-zero”. But how real are these claims? We investigated the climate mitigation efforts of the eight leading universities in …
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Impact of corporate social responsibility on employee loyalty: Mediating role of person-organization fit and employee trust
- Qingdao University of Technology
The study explores the impact of employee perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in improving employee loyalty by examining the direct and indirect role of person-organization fit and employee trust. …
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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 …
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Supporting students to become agents of change: Introducing and evaluating the Transition Cycle approach to teaching transformative skills
- University of Amsterdam
Human societies are dealing with urgent and daunting societal transition challenges, such as those posed by climate change, inequality, pandemics, and digitalization. In all these cases, we know that they …
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Community-University Partnerships for Local Impact: Advancing Sustainability Through Place-Based Education
- University of Saskatchewan (SK)
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
Due to growing demands for experiential learning opportunities and the desire to better prepare students for “real-world” decision-making, community-university partnerships have become novel and experimental spaces within postsecondary institutions. This …
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Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review and a research agenda
- Salem State University (MA)
- University of Miami (FL)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Virginia Tech (VA)
- University of Regina (SK)
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Co. Kildare)
The evolution of fossil fuel industry tactics for obstructing climate action, from outright denial of climate change to more subtle techniques of delay, is under growing scrutiny. One key site …
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