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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The role of community-based learning in teaching about industrial ecology and sustainability in the context of engineering education: A case study from the field
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Industrial ecology and sustainability education have evolved over time, as this relatively new discipline has emerged and has been refined. Courses engaging with these topics are often found in engineering …
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The six dimensions of collective leadership that advance sustainability objectives: rethinking what it means to be an academic leader
- Colorado State University (CO)
- Iowa State University (IA)
- Northeastern University (MA)
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
- Salisbury University (MD)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
- McGill University (QC)
- University of British Columbia Okanagan (BC)
- National Geographic Society (DC)
- TREE Foundation (FL)
Solutions to our most pressing environmental problems demand the development and application of leadership skills that are not typically fostered in traditional academic programs: skills that advance new transdisciplinary approaches …
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Organizational Change Management for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Quantitative Literature Review
- University of Surrey
Higher education institutions (HEIs) have been urged to integrate sustainability across all their structural and organizational dimensions. A promising area of research and practice that can help to deliver this …
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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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University Social Responsibility: The Case of Italy
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale
- Libera Università Carlo Cattaneo, LIUC
Increasing attention is now being paid to the concept of sustainability as a crucial element of our life at all levels. The awareness that attention must be paid not only …
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Making Change Visible – An Explorative Case Study of Dealing With Climate Change Deniers in Forest Education
- School Administration of Lower Saxony
This case study addresses the issue of climate change denial among students in their firstyear of vocational education. It was possible to shake the belief that man-made climatechange was not …
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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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The patterns of curriculum change processes that embed sustainability in higher education institutions
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Implementing education for sustainable development (ESD) in higher education institutions (HEIs) is critical to facilitating a transition toward sustainable development. However, little is known about the specific implementation processes that …
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Factors affecting students’ intentions to use a university bus: importance of travel attitudes and service quality attributes
- University of Nizwa
This paper aims to assess the student’s perceptions concerning to characteristics of a university bus service and private car. A questionnaire was designed consisting of questions on personal and travel …
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Using the theory of planned behavior to understand the students’ pro-environmental behavior: a case-study in a Portuguese HEI
- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (Coimbra)
Through the application of the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study aims to explore the main determinants of higher education students’ pro-environmental behavior.
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“We Can’t Wait Anymore”: Young Professionals Engaging in Education for Sustainability
- University of Memphis (TN)
Sustainability-minded young professionals are needed to facilitate movement toward a sustainable planet. Their development has largely been left to Higher Education Institutions charged with equipping future generations of professionals to …
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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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Using a Cooperative Educational Game to Promote Pro-Environmental Engagement in Future Teachers
- Universidad de Granada
This paper explores the value of cooperative games in enhancing knowledge and generating pro-environmental engagement in students. For this, an educational board game related to global change was developed, validated, …
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Stimulating boundary crossing learning in a multi-stakeholder learning environment for sustainable development
- Wageningen University
Sustainable development requires multiple stakeholders to work and learn across practices, in other words, it requires boundary crossing competence. To prepare students for their future sustainability professions, higher education should …
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Analysis of sustainability insertion in materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes
- University of Campinas
- Universidade Federal Fluminense
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Universidad Católica del Norte
This study aims to analyse how the materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes can be better aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Sustainability in Top Hospitality/Leisure Management Programs: Teaching for a Sustainable Future?
- University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Higher education (HE) programs in hospitality/leisure management studies offer the theoretical knowledge which should prepare graduates to be effective thought leaders for a changing global workplace. Previous research examined HE …
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Engaging students in education for sustainable development: The benefits of active learning, reflective practices and flipped classroom pedagogies
- University of Edinburgh
Effective Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) requires appropriate pedagogies that engage learners in transformative learning. These pedagogies include reflective and active learning, involving experiential, collaborative and learner-centred activities. This paper …
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Education for Sustainable Development and Action-Oriented Learning at Higher Education Institutions: Reflections on a Trans-Disciplinary Teaching Project
- Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
The objective of ESD is to make people think differently about lifestyles as well as economic and political structures, to raise awareness for complex problems, to sharpen political judgment and …
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Sustainable development competencies and student-centered teaching strategies in higher education institutions: the role of professors as gatekeepers
- Hochschule Pforzheim
- Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen
This study aims to investigate the role of professors as gatekeepers for sustainable development competencies (SDC) in disciplinary study programs. It aims to understand which factors are crucial for professors …
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On and beyond traumatic fallout: unsettling political ecology in practice and scholarship
- Clark University (MA)
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (CO)
- University of Tennessee System Office (TN)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Franz Fanon poignantly argued that trauma is both an act and a memory of wounding that haunts subjects of violence. Addressing geographies of trauma, and the way that trauma is …
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A data driven approach to curriculum development for responsible management education
- Delhi Technological University
Education evolves with the changes in technological innovations. This paper aims to explore a model for curriculum development at higher education level. A curriculum which evolves dynamically taking inputs from …
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Enabling students to face the environmental crisis and climate change with resilience: inclusive environmental and sustainability education approaches and strategies for coping with eco-anxiety
- University of Winnipeg (MB)
- Université de Saint-Boniface (MB)
As university educators, we should educate students to be able to address the challenges presented by the environmental crisis and climate change by being responsible eco-citizens, and creative, solution-oriented thinkers. …
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Praxis-Poiesis: University–Community Relationship in an Epoch of Uncertainty and Disruption
- Brock University (ON)
This paper presents findings from a critical ethnographic study that spanned 3 years from 2018 to 2021 in a Canadian post-secondary context and engaged transdisciplinary quantum feminisms as a conceptual …
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Toward an integrated reporting framework in higher education institutions: evidence from a public university
- Yildiz Technical University
The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate to what extent a public university, named Yildiz Technical University, integrated report provides disclosure on International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) content …
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Greening of the syllabus in faculties of education sciences through sustainable development goals: the case of public Andalusian universities (Spain)
- University of Cadiz
- Universidad de Granada
- Universidad de Sevilla
- University of Malaga (Malaga)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the presence of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) proposed by the UN (2015) in university degrees within the fields of education, humanities …
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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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Sustainable development goals and the scientific community: a systematic review of the literature and the research agenda
- University of Campinas
The aim of this paper is to discuss the process of the constitution of the Sustainable Development Goals and, by extension, present how the scientific community has been collaborating with …
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Pathways to eliminate carbon emissions via renewable energy investments at higher education institutions
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark Campus (NJ)
Higher education institutions are among the many public and private sector entities that have committed to long-term sustainability goals in response to the threat of climate change. A key challenge …
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Contribution of PRME in education, research, and outreach in Brazilian higher education institutions
- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
- Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul (SP)
This paper aims to assess the contribution of the UN’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) in higher education, covering education, research and outreach in Brazilian higher education institutions (HEIs) …
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The Impact of Service Learning in the Development of Student Teachers’ Socio-Educational Commitment
- Comillas Universidad Pontificia (Madrid)
This research arises from the university’s need to contribute to the training of professionals, especially teachers, who, in turn are committed to contribute to a more sustainable and socially just …
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Early career teacher educators' dispositions toward sustainability and accountability for sustainability issues: a case from teachers colleges in Turkey
- Columbia University (NY)
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi
This study aims to investigate the dispositions of early career teacher educators as young academics toward sustainability and accountability for sustainability issues. Through their interpretations, concerns, awareness and ownership of …
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Sustainability in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs: Authentic engagement through a community-based approach
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (FL)
- University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Higher education Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs currently offer the theoretical knowledge and industry-related competences that seek to prepare STEM graduates to be leaders to meet 21st century …
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Perceptions of Environmental Science and Management Students on Synchronous Online Teaching of Environmental Policies: Learning Experience from Southeast Asian Cohort
- University of Greifswald
- Thai Nguyen University Of Agriculture and Forestry
Understanding global environmental policies addresses the aim of educating individuals to become environmentally literate on pertinent issues related to sustainable development. Online classes were established recently in most public universities …
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Teaching What Society Needs: “Hacking” an Introductory Marketing Course With Sustainability and Macromarketing
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- Simon Fraser University (BC)
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway (Co. Galway)
- University of London
- Middle East Technical University
- IE Business School
Marketing classes are often focused on the micro level, failing to account for wider societal issues. In this article, we argue for the inclusion of a wider macro-sustainability focus, one …
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Engaging Students in the Development of an Atmospheric Science Course: A Discourse Analysis
- Beijing Normal University
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With increasing emphasis on learners-centered approach in teaching and learning, engaging students in course development and refinement is crucial. This study aims to foster a participatory approach in course …
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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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The Effect of Service Quality on Student Loyalty and Student Satisfaction: An Empirical Study of Universities in Vietnam
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University
In recent years, there have been several studies on service quality in higher education, however, research on service quality and sustainable activities affecting student loyalty has been largely ignored in …
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Corporate Social Responsibility through SDGs: Preliminary Results from a Pilot Study in Italian Universities
- Università del Salento
Background: In the broad scientific debate on the integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the strategic planning of universities and on the use of monitoring the results of the …
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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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Landscapes as living laboratories for sustainable campus planning and stewardship: A scoping review of approaches and practices
- California State University, Monterey Bay (CA)
Living laboratories are increasingly employed to support campus sustainability and student learning. This research explored how living labs are defined in relation to the biophysical landscape, how they are integrated …
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Measuring professional action competence in education for sustainable development (PACesd)
- KU Leuven
- University of Antwerp
Based on the concept of action competence, the current study introduces an integrated framework of Professional Action Competence in Education for Sustainable Development (PACesd) described by three defining features: willingness, …
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The implementation of the Principles for Responsible Management Education within tourism higher education institutions: A comparative analysis of European Union countries
- Auckland University of Technology
- University of Winchester
- Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Despite the growing body of literature on tourism higher education, there is a notable absence regarding the Principles for Responsible Management Education and the tourism higher education and sustainability nexus. …
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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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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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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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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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Understanding students' intention and actual eco-friendly behavior: A qualitative research in University
- National Penghu University of Science and Technology
Universities can be considered a community because of their large population, large size and participation in many activities on campus. The behavior of these individuals has a direct or indirect …
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How management education is engaging students in the sustainable development goals
This paper aims to explore if, and how, business schools globally have been engaging their students in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), both inside and outside the classroom, since the …
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Factors influencing sustainable development integration in management education: An Empirical Assessment of management education institutions in India
- GLA University
- University of Lucknow
The popularity of the notion of sustainable development has increased immensely in today's fast-paced business environment. The public's awareness of various sustainability challenges around the world has also increased, and …
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The role of online social networks in university students’ environmentally responsible behavior
- University of Tehran
- Zabol University
This study aims to determine the effect of online social networks on university students’ environmentally responsible behavior (ERB). This research aimed to develop and test a behavioral model in the …
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