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

4190
Total Resources
2014
Organizations
101
Countries
58
U.S. States & Territories
12
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.

4190 resources

Students’ satisfaction and empowerment of a sustainable university campus

  • University of Beira Interior

Universities are crucial in empowering a sustainable campus through the adoption of sustainable development practices (SDP), which are expressed in terms of economic, organizational, environmental, and social dimensions. Previous findings …

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The art of arts-based interventions in transdisciplinary sustainability research

  • Wageningen University
  • Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU University)
  • Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

Transdisciplinary, co-creative research deals with complex real-world problems, with complexity being a common denominator of sustainability issues. It is often understood as an interplay of two dimensions, collaboration and creativity, …

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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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Transdisciplinary learning as a key leverage for sustainability transformations

  • Leuphana University of Lüneburg
  • Stockholm University
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Learning and transdisciplinary research are widely acknowledged as key components for achieving sustainability; however, the links between these concepts remain vague in the sustainability literature. Recently, emphasis has been given …

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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 …

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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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How Corporate Social Responsibility Affects the Well-Being of Students Through Organizational Pride and Employability

  • University of Coimbra

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) covers a wide range of activities. Higher education institutions (HEIs) also engage in CSR actions, thus playing a significant role in society, seeking to promote education …

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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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$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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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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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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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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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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Global Green Skills Report

  • LinkedIn (CA)

This report illuminates global trends at the intersection of climate action and the workforce. It shows how government policies are already shifting the supply and demand for green skills, and …

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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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Driving Revenue Growth through Sustainable Products and Services: Implications for Chief Marketing Officers

  • The Conference Board

The business benefits of sustainability initiatives go well beyond strengthening corporate image. Chief marketing officers can leverage such initiatives to respond to the voice of the customer, address global societal …

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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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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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Enhancing sustainable development goals or promoting universities? An analysis of the times higher education impact rankings

  • Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
  • Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia)
  • Gävle University College

Purpose: This study aims to analyse and evaluate the methodology followed by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings (THE-IR), as well as the coverage obtained and the data offered by …

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Growing demand for environmental science expertise in the corporate sector

  • KPMG (NY)

Growing awareness of environmental risks and mounting regulatory and consumer pressure have driven unprecedented demand for environmental science expertise in the corporate sector. Recruiting skilled individuals with academic backgrounds and …

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Building Powerful Partnerships: Lessons from Portland's Climate Action Collaborative

  • Portland State University (OR)

There is growing interest in partnerships between universities and communities and how such collaborations can help address the wicked challenges facing the world today. This article traces the development of …

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Sustainability evolved for experts but students fell behind: teaching interrelated social, economic and environmental goals

  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)

Purpose: While sustainability experts point to interrelated social, economic and environmental goals, students may think about sustainability primarily as natural resources. To prepare students to tackle global challenges to well-being, …

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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 …

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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 …

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Evaluation of UN SDG-related formal learning activities in a university common core curriculum

  • The University of Hong Kong

Purpose: Higher education plays an essential role in achieving the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, there are only scattered studies on monitoring how universities promote SDGs through their …

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Online, Experiential Sustainability Education Can Improve Students’ Self-Reported Environmental Attitudes, Behaviours and Wellbeing

  • University of Tasmania (TAS)

Educating for sustainability is a critical step in moving towards a more sustainable future for humanity. As higher education moves into the online space, education for sustainability can reach larger …

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Winning in the Marketplace and the Workplace: Activating the Workplace by Engaging Employees in Sustainability

  • National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) (DC)

Engaged employees lead to better business outcomes. As companies look for ways to boost employee engagement, they are focusing on job purposing—the concept of linking an organization’s purpose and an …

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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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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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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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Higher education curriculum design for sustainable development: towards a transformative approach

  • Kanda University of International Studies

Purpose: Education is widely recognized as a key domain for the promotion of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), prompting an increased focus on sustainable development in foreign language education. Despite …

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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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Commercialising science-based sustainable innovations: extending the role of university-industry collaboration

  • University of Oulu

Technological innovation for sustainability is often complex and entails high costs and uncertainties for companies. Therefore, collaboration with external partners, such as universities, is crucial. However, commercialising innovations originating from …

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Factors influencing student retention university students: an analysis of institutional reputation, social responsibility and loyalty

  • Universidad Peruana Unión

Introduction: This study investigates the impact of institutional reputation (IR), social responsibility (SR) and student loyalty (LY) on student retention (RT) in university students. Methods: Using a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional …

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Sustainability and Environmental Communities of Practice’s Impact on News Content Diversity

  • Michigan State University (MI)

Communities of practice (CoP) are distinct community groups that share a common interest in which they interact with one another to address problems and reach goals. In the present study, …

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Electricity saving behavior in student dorms: What message framing works?

  • Prince of Songkla University (Songkhla)

Electricity consumption contributes largely to climate change. Inefficiently overused amounts of electricity can be reduced through low-cost feedback and nudges. We chose to frame different messages to alter the electricity …

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Case Study: Arizona State University – Managing the Vehicle Fleet More Efficiently

  • Smart Energy Decisions (NY)

Arizona State University (ASU), an institution serving more than 80,000 across four campuses has successfully completed the first phase of its effort to increase the efficiency of its transportation assets …

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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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Does sustainability reporting promote university ranking? Australian and New Zealand evidence

  • University of Western Australia
  • Murdoch University (Western Australia)

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between university rankings and sustainability reporting among Australia and New Zealand universities. Even though sustainability reporting is an established area of investigation, …

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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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Environmental Impacts of Energy Saving Actions in an Academic Building

  • Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo
  • Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí

Global warming and climate change effects have been of such impact that several countries around the world are enforcing public policies to mitigate them. Mexico has shown a strong commitment …

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Favourability towards natural gas relates to funding source of university energy centres

  • Columbia University (NY)

Methane is 28 to 86 times more potent as a driver of global warming than CO2. Global methane concentrations have increased at an accelerating rate since 2004, yet the role …

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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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Climate Risks and Resilience at Dickinson College: Infrastructure and Continuity Planning

  • Dickinson College (PA)

Dickinson College is faced with growing risks from climate change that could significantly impact its campus infrastructure, operations, and ability to fulfill its educational mission without disruption. As climate change …

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Green Building Occupant Satisfaction: Evidence from the Australian Higher Education Sector

  • UNSW Sydney (NSW)
  • Griffith University (Queensland)
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Shenzhen University

Universities spend billions of dollars on green buildings as a sustainability commitment. This research investigates occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality (IEQ), building design (BD), and facilities management (FM) in …

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Walking the talk: organising for social impact through performance management in European business schools

  • University of St. Gallen
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business

Universities, and business schools specifically, are experiencing a transformation of their societal mission. Similar to the STEM fields, business schools are nested in global competitive environments facing multiple competing pressures, …

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To know, feel and do: an instructional practice of higher education for sustainable development

  • National Taichung University of Science and Technology

Purpose: The importance of multidimensional and engaging instruction for sustainable development goals (SDGs) in higher education cannot be overstated. Such instructions should motivate students not only to memorize and contemplate …

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Building Sustainable Communities Through Engaged Learning: A University-Community Partnership for Sustained Change in a Central Pennsylvania Coal Town

  • Bucknell University (PA)

University-community partnerships have become more collaborative, decentered, and mutually beneficial in step with changing conceptualizations of knowledge production. However, the implementation of partnerships and projects remains challenging. Models for collaboration …

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Embedding a sustainability mindset in responsible management education

  • Oxford Brookes University

Purpose: Organisational responses to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals depend on the competency and mindset of business leaders to lead responsibly. This study is informed and underpinned by the …

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The GreenComp Evaluation Roadmap: a roadmap for in-depth holistic evaluation of the integration of the GreenComp framework in higher-education curricula

  • University of Aruba

Purpose: The GreenComp framework identifies 12 competences for sustainability as common ground for higher-education curricula. The framework can be used for self-assessment and the review of curricula. However, a step-by-step …

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