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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Reflections and reflective practice to advance responsible management education for sustainability: the case of an Australian MBA programme
- Griffith University (Queensland)
This paper aims to explore Master of Business Administration (MBA) students’ “reflections” and/or “reflection on practice” of sustainability into responsible management education using Bain et al.’s (2002) 5Rs ...
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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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Exploring environmental sustainability of academia as a working space
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- Robert Gordon University
This study aims to examine the organizational citizenship behaviors toward the environment among US-based faculty members, in social sciences, natural sciences, the humanities and engineering. Potential barriers that may stop ...
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A self-assessment tool for social responsibility in higher education. Reporting on a national policy development process in Portugal
- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Coimbra)
Providing higher education institutions (HEIs) with a tool for self-assessing their social responsibility (SR) that generates the information and knowledge necessary to a strategic approach to adopting the Green Paper ...
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Campus sustainability in an entrepreneurial framework
- Iona College (NY)
The authors test their environmental entrepreneurship framework using a Trash-to-Treasure experiential learning activity. The authors observed student entrepreneurs coordinate entrepreneurial efforts in a real-life context and collaborate with stakeholders across ...
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Are the sustainability-oriented skills and competencies of business graduates meeting or missing employers’ needs? Perspectives of regional employers
- James Cook University (Queensland)
In the Anthropocene, universities play a role in developing students’ sustainability literacy and capacity to solve socio-ecological challenges. The objective of this study is to identify the generic and sustainability-oriented ...
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Kicking the Habit: Rethinking Academic Hypermobility in the Anthropocene
- Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Examining the hypermobility of many “elite” academic workers, this article situates mobility within the context of higher education and sustainability, decoloniality, and institutionalized expectations for academic travel. The mobility of ...
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A Positive Impact Rating for Business Schools: Case Study
- University of St. Gallen
- The Institute for Business Sustainability
- LUISS Guido Carli
Business school rankings have been criticized, to blindly “follow the money” with their strong focus on salaries and economic performance, thereby reflecting the values and expectations of the times the ...
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Taking power seriously: Towards a power-sensitive approach for transdisciplinary action research
- Maastricht University
- Kozminski University
In this paper, we focus on transdisciplinary action research to explore the key challenge of post-normal science – how to deal with power. First, the paper reviews the literature on stakeholder ...
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Sustainability behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge: comparing university students and the general public
- Michigan State University (MI)
Sustainability science integrates many academic fields, requiring a broad understanding of diverse scientific concepts. Additionally, its focus on real-world issues means that researchers must also understand sustainability behaviors and attitudes ...
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Empowering undergraduate students to take action: an empathetic mindset toward education for sustainable development
- National Sun Yat-sen University
This study aims to investigate the potential of an empathetic mindset aimed at empowering undergraduate students to work toward sustainable development (SD), addressing both theoretical and practical dimensions.
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Promoting sustainability education through hands-on approaches: a tree carbon sequestration exercise in a Singapore green space
- National University of Singapore
- Maejo University
During a university class project related to climate change mitigation strategies, we utilized a university green space as a “living laboratory” for collaborative learning exercise to estimate landscape-level carbon biomass ...
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(Un)Subjugating Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Development
- Rowan University (NJ)
- Nottingham Trent University
The relationship between development and higher education has evolved to become co-generative. The most recent incarnation of development goals, the sustainable development goals (SDG) call for a more intentional integration ...
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Sustainable management education: insights from indigenous wisdom of Bhartiya (Indian) Gurukul philosophy
- OP Jindal Global University (Haryana)
The purpose of the paper is to highlight the phenomenon of sustainable management education and its facilitating factors by exploring the indigenous wisdom of Bhartiya (Indian) Gurukul philosophy. The paper ...
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One Year Real Data Rooftop PV System Performance Analysis of a University Academic Campus
- Philadelphia University (Jordan)
This paper presents the details of 13 rooftop PV systems installed at Philadelphia University (PU) in Amman-Jordan and gives an assessment of these PV systems in terms of the design ...
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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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Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Student Placement Model
- RMIT University
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a blueprint to address urgent global challenges, with a clear role for social workers. This paper explores a Sustainable Development Goal’s ...
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Engaging students in redesigning a local urban space to improve ecosystem services
- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
Ecosystem services are an important, but often invisible component of the urban landscape. Humans have altered the environment in cities, leading to degraded or missing ecosystem services in many cases ...
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‘Don’t Say It’s Going to Be Okay’: How International Educators Embrace Transformative Education to Support Their Students Navigating Our Global Climate Emergency
- San Francisco State University (CA)
- State University of New York at Cortland (NY)
Many education professionals are looking to Environmental and Sustainability Education as a guide to incorporate curricular lessons and activities into school classrooms and other learning environments. Building upon the framework ...
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Sustainable campus using concept mapping: a bottom-up approach engaging both staff and students
- Sunway University (Selangor)
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Purpose: This paper aims to highlight a multidimensional model of sustainability practices that are considered meaningful and practical for implementation by higher education institutions (HEIs).
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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 gas ...
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Promoting recycling, reducing and reusing in the School of Design: a step toward improving sustainability literacy
- Syracuse University (NY)
This paper aims to explore systematic strategies implemented at the School of Design, X University, to use materials more sustainably and responsibly in the design studios.
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Multilevel barrier and driver analysis to improve sustainability implementation strategies: Towards sustainable operations in institutions of higher education
- United Nations University
- Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden)
In practice what they preach in research and education, higher education institutions (HEIs) must consider economic, ecological, and social impacts in their quest for sustainable operations. We contribute to the ...
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Enhancing Student Learning of Global Warming Through Reflective Writing
- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TX)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The National Academy of Science has published studies showing strong scientific evidence that global warming is caused by human consumption of fossil fuels,1 yet recent surveys have shown young ...
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Speaking Their Language: Does Environmental Signage Align to Personal Dimensions of Environmentally Responsible Behavior in Undergraduate Residence Halls?
- Texas Tech University (TX)
Everyday environmental behaviors within the residential sphere contribute significantly to global carbon emissions. Understanding the factors underlying these behaviors is key to changing behavior. This paper examines undergraduate behavior in ...
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Exploring the utilisation of theoretical basis in existing campus sustainability appraisal tools
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
A theoretical perspective is a key in the categorisation, structuring, interpretation of methodological research findings, and explanation of campus sustainability studies. A comprehensive review of existing campus sustainability appraisal tools ...
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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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Preparedness of higher education institutions for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4: the case of Nepalese universities
- Tribhuvan University of Nepal
The purpose of this paper is to assess the quality of education, research, and governance of Nepalese higher education institutions (HEIs) as a supplement to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 ...
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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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Zero Single-Use Plastics University
- Universidad CES (Antioquia)
Since 2019 CES University began with the implementation of the zero single-use plastics guidelines in order to restrict 100% the use of all single-use plastics at Campus and thus avoid ...
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Music as a Tool for Promoting Environmental Awareness. Experiences of Undergraduate Education Students on the Production of Video Tales in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Universidad de Salamanca
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
This paper elaborates on the didactic implementation of musical theater with undergraduate education students. Students had to select, prepare, justify, design, elaborate, rehearse, stage, and record an educational tale that ...
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Training of communities of sustainability practice through science and art
- Universidad de Guanajuato
This paper aims to analyse the university experience of a social laboratory that mixes science and art to instruct communities of sustainability practice in heterogeneous contexts through interpretive audio-visual ethnography ...
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Sustainability in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
- Universidad de Murcia (Murcia)
The COVID-19 pandemic has created cause for rapid innovation in, reimagining of, and pivoting of higher education institutions. Prior to 2020, the global higher education sector began to radically focus ...
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A framework for implementing and reporting United Nations sustainable development goals in Spanish higher education institutions
- Universidad de Oviedo (Asturias)
This study aims to explore a holistic framework for implementing and reporting sustainable development goals (SDGs) in universities. The aim is to define elements of the content as well as ...
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From environmental education to education for sustainable development in higher education: a systematic review
- Universidad de Salamanca
In education concerning environmental issues, there are two predominant currents in the world, environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). ESD is the formal commitment and therefore promoted ...
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The socially responsible European university: a challenging project
- University College London (London)
- Universidad de Tarapacá
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Purpose: This paper aims to propose a thesis about the historical evolution of the relationship of the European University in relation to the idea of social responsibility.
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European Universities Initiative: How Universities May Contribute to a More Sustainable Society
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
The European Universities initiative, launched by the European Commission in 2018, has its origin in the concept of Civic Universities (CivUs) and consists of transnational higher education alliances throughout the ...
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Exploring sustainability cross‐culturally: Employees' beliefs on green behaviors
- Concordia University (IL)
- Universidad Surcolombiana
This study explores antecedent beliefs associated with green workplace behaviors within various cultures. Semi-directed interviews were conducted with non-academic employees of Canadian and Colombian universities in order to identify their ...
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Sustainability Reporting at a Crossroads in Italian Universities: Is Web-Based Media Adoption Deinstitutionalising Sustainability Reporting?
- Università degli Studi "Gabriele d'Annunzio"
Higher education institutions and universities have recently started to publish their sustainability and corporate responsibility reports. Yet, due to digitalisation and the benefits of digital reporting, websites offer organisations novel ...
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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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A Holistic Approach to Education for Sustainability: Ecofeminism as a Tool to Enhance Sustainability Attitudes in Pre-service Teachers
- Universitat de València
To achieve an effective Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), teachers should possess appropriate sustainability attitudes to transmit those values to their future students.In this article, a holistic educational intervention ...
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Integrating Sustainable Development Goals in educational institutions
- Universitat Jaume I (Castelló)
This research contributes to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Education, a growing area of research, by means of a systematic review of the literature on ...
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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 ...
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Carbon footprint assessment tool for universities: CO2UNV
- Universitat Jaume I (Castelló)
Universities, as organisations engaged in education, research and community services, play an important role in promoting sustainability and should be an example of a sustainable organisation. The Carbon Footprint (CF ...
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Toward a Sustainable University: Babes-Bolyai University Goes Green
- Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai
The present research aims to investigate the roadmap followed by a Romanian University implementing sustainability practices and thus contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Informed by the stakeholder ...
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Planning to overcome perceived barriers: environmental and sustainability education, inclusion, and accessibility
- Université de Saint-Boniface (MB)
Integrating environmental and sustainability education (ESE) approaches into faculty of education classrooms that are inclusive of learners with a broad range of diverse needs can seem daunting. Our purpose is ...
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Managing campus parking demand through course scheduling – an approach to campus sustainability
- University at Buffalo (NY)
- University of Louisville (KY)
Using the University of Louisville as a case study, this study deploys a three-step analytical process to examine the correlation between parking demand and course enrollment, estimate parking demand based ...
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Sustainability teaching using case-based debates
- University of Amsterdam
Given today’s pressing societal challenges, business schools are increasingly expected to incorporate sustainability in their curricula. Yet, while research on corporate sustainability is on the rise, there is less ...
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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 ...
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On the maturity of social responsibility and sustainability integration in higher education institutions: Descriptive criteria and conceptual framework
- University of Bari Aldo Moro
This paper is intended to foster debate on the relevance of social responsibility (SR) and sustainability maturity integration in education for sustainable development goals to be fully achieved. Several contributions ...
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