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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Learning Sustainable Cultural Safety in a Crowded, Warming World
- University of Northern British Columbia (BC)
Among all the pressing needs for educational innovations that we face today, arguably the most imperative is the need to elicit learners’ active collaboration towards a ‘Great Transition’ into a …
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development at a Swiss University: Navigating the Traps of Institutionalization
- University of Bern
How far have higher education institutions progressed towards integrating sustainable development at an institutional level and are they responding to the societal need for transformation? Can the pace of transformation …
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Sustainability assessment of the service operations at seven higher education institutions in Brazil
- Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
The objective of this paper is to test a procedure for assessing the adoption of sustainable practices in higher education technological institutions services, known as institutes of technology and polytechnic …
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Piloting Sustainability in UVA Research Labs
- University of Virginia (VA)
A one-year, comprehensive study in three campus research labs illustrates the benefits of small-scale infrastructural improvements paired with occupant engagement techniques . Lighting upgrades, equipment timers, and freezer set-points were …
- Posted April 29, 2019
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The contemporary definition of university social responsibility with quantifiable sustainability
- Lebanese American University
The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corporate social responsibility (CSR) which is still debatable by researchers. The purpose of this paper is to propose …
- Posted April 29, 2019
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Conditions for transformative learning for sustainable development: a theoretical review and approach
- Örebro University
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Continued unsustainability and surpassed planetary boundaries require not only scientific and technological advances, but deep and enduring social and cultural changes. The purpose of this article is to contribute a …
- Posted April 5, 2019
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The university's role in sustainable development: Activating entrepreneurial scholars as agents of change
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Inholland University of Applied Sciences
- LM Thapar School of Management
The role of (entrepreneurial) universities as change agents in regional economic development has been highlighted previously, but how they can drive regional sustainable development in developing countries has been largely …
- Posted April 5, 2019
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Comprehensive sustainability reporting in higher education institutions
- Tarbiat Modares University
- American University in Dubai
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the comprehensiveness of sustainability reporting in higher education institutions.
This study adopts a university sustainability rating framework and uses it to evaluate …
- Posted April 5, 2019
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The sustainability report as an essential tool for the holistic and strategic vision of higher education institutions
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Institutions of higher education have a significant role in promoting change to sustainable development models as centers of knowledge and innovation. In addition, they are currently facing their own change …
- Posted April 5, 2019
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Creating Sustainable Universities: Organizational Pathways of Transformation
- Dalian University of Technology
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including the SDGs, is being integrated into sustainability strategies, research, teaching, pedagogy, and campus practices, and to position higher education institutions as key drivers …
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Commitment to the Sustainability of Students Within a Responsible Management Education
- Częstochowa Politechnika
Higher education has always responded to the social needs. Universities can play a critical role in the process of social change that relies on educating new generations of leaders and …
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Marching Into the Future
- Carleton University (ON)
- University of Ottawa (ON)
- AASHE (MA)
- Mount Allison University
Youth activism is influencing university policies on sustainability and climate change. Institutions can measure impact by using AASHE's STARS program.
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Lafayette becomes first Lehigh Valley college to pledge 'carbon neutrality'
- Lafayette College (PA)
- AASHE (MA)
Lafayette College pledges to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 — a first among colleges in the Lehigh Valley.
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Aggregating Higher Education Demand for Renewables
- APPA: Leadership in Educational Facilities (VA)
- AASHE (MA)
- Coho Climate Advisors (MD)
Cohorts of colleges and universities are aggregating energy loads to achieve economies of scale when sourcing renewable energy. This article highlights the benefits of this aggregated approach by examining several …
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Field Guide for Urban University-Community Partnerships
- University of Virginia (VA)
Over the past three decades, American universities and colleges have witnessed a surge in activities oriented around their civic and social purposes. From the signing of the first Campus Compact …
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Pro-Environmental Behavior of University Students: Influence of Cultural Differences
- Istanbul Technical University
- İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi
Responsible Consumption and Production, among the Sustainable Development Goals, indicates that humans should be aware of environmental problems which are to some extent, direct or indirect consequences of their behaviors. …
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Education for sustainable development through business simulation games: An exploratory study of sustainability gamification and its effects on students' learning outcomes
- Università della Svizzera Italiana
- UCS Ulrich Creative Simulations
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is gaining increased attention in tertiary education. According to the literature, ESD affects not only the content of education, but also its process and outcomes. …
- Posted April 4, 2019
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Developing a sustainability reporting assessment tool for higher education institutions: The University of California
- Tarbiat Modares University
- South East European University
Businesses have integrated sustainability reporting into their corporate responsibility efforts. However, universities, as the hubs of sustainability awareness, have been struggling with reporting their sustainability practices. The purpose of this …
- Posted March 31, 2019
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Parametric analysis for cost-optimal renewable energy integration into residential buildings: Techno-economic model
- Illinois State University (IL)
- Hanyang University
Determining the optimum penetration of renewable energy systems and their associated aggregated technical and economic benefits is a growing concern for both researchers and policy makers. The purpose of this …
- Posted March 31, 2019
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Impact of environmental knowledge and product quality on student attitude toward products with recycled/remanufactured content: Implications for environmental education and green manufacturing
- City University of Hong Kong
- University of Sheffield
- Monash University Malaysia
This study investigates the impact of environmental knowledge and perceived product quality on purchasing intention and purchasing behavior of recycled products: A4 paper, mobile phones and printers. The intent is …
- Posted March 31, 2019
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Facilitating work performance of sustainability-driven entrepreneurs through higher education: The relevance of competencies, values, worldviews and opportunities
- University of Vechta
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
- Terra Institute
This article explores the work performance of sustainability-driven entrepreneurs in order to be able to provide better learning settings in higher education for sustainability-driven entrepreneurship (SDE). Sustainability-driven entrepreneurs are actors …
- Posted March 31, 2019
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Colleges That Funded Scooter Startups Don’t Love Them on Campus
- Michigan State University (MI)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- AASHE (MA)
- Bloomberg (NY)
- Bird (CA)
This article examines why campus safety offices and the endowment managers may feel differently about scooter startups.
- Posted March 30, 2019
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Examining the effect of an environmental social marketing intervention among university employees
- University of Birmingham
- Queen Mary University of London
- University of Sheffield
- Global Action Plan
This paper examines the impact of an environmental social marketing intervention on employees’ energy saving intentions in a higher education institution (HEI) in the UK. The study examines the influence …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (CSRS) Initiatives among European and Asian Business Schools: A Web-based Content Analysis
- GIFT University
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which MBA programmes offered by top European and Asian B-schools have a corporate social responsibility and sustainability (CSRS) orientation …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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Potential of integrating power generation with solar thermal cooling to improve the energy efficiency in a university campus in Saudi Arabia
- King Abdulaziz University
Along with the rapid ongoing developments and expansions of the King Abdulaziz University campus, it is sensible to rethink the way electrical and cooling energy is generated and to explore …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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How Water Bottle Refill Stations Contribute to Campus Sustainability: A Case Study in Japan
- Ritsumeikan University
The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of installing Water bottle Refill Stations (WRSs) and their contributions to campus sustainability by means of encouraging pro-environmental behavior in …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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The challenge of sustainability and integrated reporting at universities: A case study
- University of Cadiz
- University of Zaragoza
This study contributes to research on integrated and sustainability reporting at higher-education institutions in the context of voluntary reporting by focusing on an innovative Spanish university. It examines the developments …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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The impact of neoliberalism on higher education tourism programs: Meeting the 2030 sustainable development goals with the next generation
- George Mason University (VA)
Neoliberal influences can change the role of higher education towards training, which reduces their ability to instill the critical thinking skills needed to sustain the Sustainable Development Goals by future …
- Posted March 30, 2019
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Building a business case for implementation of a circular economy in higher education institutions
Various frameworks have been developed to guide organisations in embedding circular economy principles in their strategy and operational practice. However, there is a lack of studies analysing practical implementation of …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Sulitest®: A Mixed-Method, Pilot Study of Assessment Impacts on Undergraduate Sustainability-related Learning and Motivation
- Pittsburg State University (KS)
A United Nations international collaboration between the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) resulted in the creation of Sulitest® (aka Sustainability Literacy Test) …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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A sustainable consumption teaching review: From building competencies to transformative learning
- University of East Anglia
Sustainable consumption (SC) is a growing area of research, practice and policy-making that has been gaining momentum in teaching programs among higher education institutions. Understanding how, in what way, and …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Does the knowledge economy advance the green economy? An evaluation of green jobs in the 100 largest metropolitan regions in the United States
- Australian National University
- Wageningen University
Institutions of higher education are significant economic engines and innovative places in local economies: they directly employ large numbers of people, often with well-paying jobs; they are magnets for businesses …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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The sustainability of international higher education: Student mobility and global climate change
- University of Bath
Much literature discusses higher education as an agent for sustainable development, but the extent to which higher education contributes to unsustainable economic and social systems receives less attention. This paper …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Cognitive and behavioural environmental concern among university students in a Canadian city: Implications for institutional interventions
- University of Regina (SK)
Informed by Stern and colleagues’ value-belief-norm theory and their earlier empirical work, we examined levels and predictors of cognitive and behavioural environmental concern (EC) of university students in a Canadian …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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University Contributions to the Circular Economy: Professing the Hidden Curriculum
- Cranfield School of Management
In a world dominated by linear economic systems, the road to improving resource use is multi-faceted. Whilst public and private organisations are making progress in introducing sustainable practices, we ask …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Expanding Student Engagement in Sustainability: Using SDG- and CEL-Focused Inventories to Transform Curriculum at the University of Toronto
- University of Toronto (ON)
- London School of Economics and Political Science
The Expanded Student Engagement Project (ESE) has developed three comprehensive inventories which aim to increase student knowledge of sustainability-related course content and increase student engagement in on- and off-campus, curricular, …
- Posted March 15, 2019
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Sustainability Education and Organizational Change: A Critical Case Study of Barriers and Change Drivers at a Higher Education Institution
- Kennesaw State University (GA)
Integrating sustainability within institutions of higher education can have a tremendous impact on students, faculty, and the larger community. Sustainability efforts also experience many barriers to implementation within higher education …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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From contracts to culture: Exploring how to leverage local, sustainable food purchasing by institutions for food systems change
- Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (ON)
In recent years, certain hospitals, schools, and campuses across Canada have shown that they can transform their practices to serve more local and sustainable food. These changes have often been …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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Self-operated vs. corporate contract: A study of food procurement at two universities in Manitoba
- University of Manitoba (MB)
- University of Waterloo (ON)
Public institutions are increasingly being pressured to demonstrate how they are meeting their responsibilities and obligations to sustainability. Yet there is little academic research on food procurement at universities in …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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Evaluating a dialogue-based approach to teaching about values and policy in graduate transdisciplinary environmental science programs
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Oregon State University (OR)
- University of Dayton (OH)
This article discusses a formal evaluation of new curricular materials and activities designed to foster understanding of three key issues–expertise, risk, and sociopolitical constraints–related to values and policy in transdisciplinary …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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Educating for self‐interest or ‐transcendence? An empirical approach to investigating the role of moral competencies in opportunity recognition for sustainable development
- Wageningen University
Entrepreneurship education with a focus on sustainable development primarily teaches students to develop a profit‐driven mentality. As sustainable development is a value‐oriented and normative concept, the role of individual ethical …
- Posted March 6, 2019
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Building actor-centric transformative capacity through city-university partnerships
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DF)
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Cities worldwide are rising to the challenge of sustainable development, calling for large-scale and fast-paced transformations towards sustainability. Urban sustainability challenges are now being reframed as a lack of capacity …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Universities responding to the call for sustainability: A typology of sustainability centres
- University of Helsinki
Universities worldwide are experiencing a growing trend to respond to the need for sustainability. Sustainability centres are one key aspect in the sustainability transitions of universities. Until currently, these centres …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Graduate attribute for minimising environmental harm – Assessing effectiveness in the graduates’ workplaces
- Monash University (VIC)
- RMIT University
Over recent times concern about the physical environment has fluctuated. Even after the coverage of environment and sustainability issues in the education of many professions, a decline of community concern …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Higher Education for Professional and Civic Values: A Critical Review and Analysis
- University of Otago (Otago)
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is generally thought to involve some degree of education for particular professional and civic values, attitudes and behaviours (leading to, as examples, being environmentally, socially …
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Management Education and Earth System Science: Transformation as if Planetary Boundaries Mattered
- Stockholm University
- Jönköping University
- Berlin School of Creative Leadership
Earth system science (ESS) has identified worrying trends in the human impact on fundamental planetary systems. In this conceptual article, we discuss the implications of this research for business schools …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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How to Measure Procedural Knowledge for Solving Biodiversity and Climate Change Challenges
- University of Göttingen
To cope with biodiversity and climate change challenges, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) needs to emphasize knowledge that considers multiple perspectives. Optimizing teacher education requires knowledge about the prerequisites of …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Towards a Definition of Environmental Sustainability Evaluation in Higher Education
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
- Universidad de Granada
Sustainability is increasing their presence at universities, so it is convenient to reflect on the impact and effectiveness that university sustainability actions are having. Several authors have recognized mature experiences …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Driving factors for having visibility of sustainability contents in university degree titles
- Universitat de València
Given the increasing concern about sustainability issues in society, graduates and postgraduates going into the labour market benefit from the inclusion of sustainability contents in university studies. Visibility of these …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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Competing priorities: lessons in engaging students to achieve energy savings in universities
- De Montfort University
- Imperial College London
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
This paper aims to present findings from an EU-funded international student-led energy saving competition (SAVES) on a scale previously unseen. There are multiple accounts of short-term projects and energy saving …
- Posted March 4, 2019
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