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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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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Sustainability practices at higher education institutions in Asia
- University of Waterloo (ON)
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina)
- University of Passo Fundo
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) (Perak Darul Ridzuan)
- Beaconhouse National University
- Hiroshima University
- Universidade Fernando Pessoa
- Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
- Universiti Utara Malaysia
It is still unclear how Asian universities incorporate the theory or practice of sustainable development (SD) in their research and education programmes. To address this gap, the purpose of this …
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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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Towards an eco-literate tertiary music education: Notes from a South African context
- University of the Witwatersrand
On 20 September 2019 in Cape Town, as part of the global protests on inaction on climate change, the African Climate Alliance submitted a memorandum of demands to South African …
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Higher Education for Sustainability: A Critical Review of the Empirical Evidence 2013–2020
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Higher education for sustainable development (HESD) has grown into a substantial field of research and practice. HESD proposes that higher education will be central in a transition towards more sustainable …
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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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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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University gardens for sustainable citizenship: assessing the impacts of garden-based learning on environmental and food education at Spanish higher education
- Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
- University of Valladolid
Gardens are being used at all educational stages, because they provide with a real-world context for active and experiential learning. In Spain, there exists a movement in favor of their …
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Education for sustainable development amidst COVID-19 pandemic: role of sustainability pedagogies in developing students’ sustainability consciousness
- National University of Modern Languages (Islamabad Capital Territory)
- Beaconhouse National University
This study aims to assess the impact of sustainability pedagogies on students’ sustainability consciousness (SC) in the online instructional settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Epistemic stability and epistemic adaptability: interdisciplinary knowledge integration competencies for complex sustainability issues
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Global sustainability challenges transcend disciplines and, therefore, demand interdisciplinary approaches that are characterized by cross-disciplinary collaboration and integration across disciplines. In accordance with this need for interdisciplinary approaches, sustainability professionals …
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Supporting the role of universities in leading individual and societal transformation through education for sustainable development
- University of Bristol
- Quality Assurance Agency For Higher Education (--None--)
- University of St Andrews (Scotland)
- University of the West of England, Bristol
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Advance HE
There is growing recognition of the value of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for all learners, and of the unique role that universities play in the transformation of individuals, institutions …
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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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COVID-19: the impact of a global crisis on sustainable development teaching
- College of Charleston (SC)
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- Bournemouth University (Dorset)
- Universidade Aberta
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- University of Passo Fundo
- University of Aveiro
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Universidade federal de Santa Maria
- Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
- University of Chester
- North-West University (North West)
- University of Milano-Bicocca
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global crisis, one which also influences the ways sustainability is being taught at universities. This paper undertakes an analysis of the extent to which …
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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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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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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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Investigating the environmental behavior of business and accounting university students
- National Technical University of Athens
- University of West Attica
The purpose of this study is to explore the underlying dimensions of environmental behavior (EB) and examine how environmental education (EE) and ecological sensitivity (ES) motivate the EB of Business …
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Healthy Settings: Barriers and Facilitators to a Healthy Campus Community
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- McMaster University (ON)
- St. Francis Xavier University (NS)
This paper provides a synopsis of findings from the first two phases of a larger campus-based participatory action research study, which examines the factors that contribute to health within a …
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Developing an Integrated Sustainability Management Approach for Higher Education Institutions
- University of the West of England, Bristol
The Higher Education Institutions' (HEIs) around the world have to pay the main role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals for that HEIs need to be sustainable first. This …
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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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Exploring sustainability cross‐culturally: Employees' beliefs on green behaviors
- Concordia University Chicago (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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Energy consumption in university commuting: Barriers, policies and reduction scenarios in León (Spain)
- Universidad de León
There is a growing interest in university commuting that aims at identifying patterns of behavior, as well as the main barriers limiting the advances in sustainable mobility on campus. This …
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Incorporating green building into architectural education: what can we learn from the value-belief-norm theory?
- Griffith University (Queensland)
- Shenzhen General Institute of Architectural Design and Research
- Shenzhen University
Aiming to find out how to incorporate green building into the architectural curriculum, this study aims to explore the psychological path for cultivating architectural students’ awareness and motivation to learn …
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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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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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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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Measuring interdisciplinarity in the context of sustainability research projects toward capacity building in higher education
- Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden)
The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical framework toward facilitating the quantitative measurement of interdisciplinary understanding regarding sustainable energy systems with an application in the area of …
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A hybrid approach to sustainable development competencies: the role of formal, informal and non-formal learning experiences
- University of São Paulo
This paper aims to explore whether formal, non-formal, and informal learning experiences contribute to developing sustainable development competencies (SDCs) among students in a Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) signatory …
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Promoting language education for sustainable development: a program effects case study in Japanese higher education
- Konan University
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of education for sustainable development (ESD) approaches in English as a foreign language (EFL) in Japanese higher education. A content …
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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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A Global MetaUniversity to Lead by Design to a Sustainable Well-Being Future
- University of Denver (CO)
- Australian National University
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
The COVID19 pandemic has revealed deep, ingrained problems with higher education, but also opportunities for positive transformation. In the post-COVID world, education at all levels has the chance to become: …
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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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Perspectives of the academic employees on university social responsibility: a survey study
- University of Lodz
This study aims to investigate differences and similarities in the approach to understanding university social responsibility (USR) among the academic and university administrative staff.
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Circular economy, cradle to cradle and zero waste frameworks in teacher education for sustainability
- Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Sustainability is a major concern in education policies. This paper aims to describe how alternative economic education including concepts of the circular economy (CE), cradle to cradle (C2C) and zero …
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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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Sustainable geography in theory or in practice? Reflections from a participant at NGM 2019
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Academic conferences have a large carbon footprint due to long-distance travel by participants and contribute to increased consumption in other ways. With reference to Stephen Sterling’s distinction between education about …
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A common framework for MOOC curricular development in climate change education - Findings and adaptations under the BECK project for higher education institutions in Europe and Asia
- University of Huddersfield
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH)
- University of Barishal
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction has identified the climate change education as a key motivation for improving energy efficiency, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction by encouraging …
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Higher Education Interdisciplinarity: Addressing the Complexity of Sustainable Energies and the Green Economy
- Sapienza Università di Roma
Universities play a strategic role towards a sustainable future, as they address the complex scientific research on green transition and enable students from diverse backgrounds to acquire different skills, integrate …
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Sustainability, Energy, and the Green Economy: An Interdisciplinary Course on Environmental Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis
- Bronx Community College (NY)
Interdisciplinary education offers a collaborative approach to multifaceted topics, such as environmental sustainability. In this article, we present the conceptual framework and lessons learned from a team-taught course, entitled Sustainability, …
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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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Overcoming barriers to achieving sustainable development at universities in Vietnam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City
Numerous studies in the business context have identified variables that can promote sustainable development. By contrast, studies of universities have mostly clarified challenges of higher education, with little focus on …
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Beyond practitioner and researcher: 15 roles adopted by actors in transdisciplinary and transformative research processes
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Wuppertal Institut
To tackle complex sustainability problems, science and practice must join forces and interact in the processes of knowledge co-production. This central claim of sustainability science requires all actors to do …
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Students’ knowledge and expectations about sustainable food systems in higher education
- University of Kassel
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- University of Copenhagen
- Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (Warsaw)
- ISARA Agro School for Life
- Eesti Maaülikool, EMÜ
- FH Münster
- University of Gastronomic Sciences (Piedmont)
To clarify needs and requests of the young generation to the contemporary and future education on food systems, this paper aims to examine the following issues: students’ background knowledge, students’ …
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Institutionalizing the intangible through research and engagement: Indigenous knowledge and higher education for sustainable development in Zambia
- Rowan University (NJ)
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Zambia
Universities have an integral role in the development of communities. This is underpinned by the notion that universities possess a social responsibility to be agents of change in relation to …
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Nurturing the Seeds of Sustainability Education: Information Regime in Brazilian Public HEI
- Northumbria University (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
- Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca
- Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
We currently live under the Anthropocene, a period in which human beings have generated impacts on nature corresponding to a geological force capable of modifying the planet's biophysical parameters, affecting …
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Custom-made apparel manufacturing micro-enterprise owners’ perspectives on sustainability: how higher education can contribute
- University of South Africa
The purpose of this paper is to investigate custom-made apparel manufacturing micro-enterprise (CMME) owners’ perspectives of sustainability within their business practices throughout the entire product development process and determine how …
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Effectiveness of a game-based class for interdisciplinary energy systems education in engineering courses
- University of Tsukuba
Professionals in the energy sector are required to understand the interactions among technology, society, and the environment to tackle complex trade-offs among policy issues. The fostering of such professionals with …
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Designing a model to estimate the level of university social responsibility based on rough sets
- University of Southern Denmark
- University of Tehran
- Yonsei University
- Shanghai Maritime University
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH)
The social responsibility of universities is conceived as an ethical and integral administration model that promotes a mutual benefit for both universities and societies. Despite the scholars and decision-makers acknowledging …
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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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Holistic integration of sustainability at universities: Evidences from Colombia
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- Universidad EAFIT (Antioquia)
- Universidad de Medellin
Education for sustainable development in universities provides the university’s community (i.e. students, administrative and academic staff) with the skills and capabilities needed to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development. …
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