International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 25 Issue 6

Environmental, social, governance and sustainable development goals: promoting sustainability in universities

Carla Patricia Finatto, Paulo Guilherme Fuchs, Ana Regina Aguiar Dutra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho de Andrade Guerra

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly aware of their role in developing and implementing a sustainable paradigm, with the potential to accelerate progress toward…

Perception and awareness of the bioeconomy: an empirical study of chosen European academia

Małgorzata Pink, Barbara Kiełbasa, Vojtěch Tamáš, Fernanda Maria Dos Santos Maria Pereira, Juan C. Santamarta, Noelia Cruz Pérez, Joselin S. Rodríguez-Alcántara, Lidia Luty

This study aims to diagnose the perception, knowledge, awareness and position of the bioeconomy in university education and research.

Assessing the provisions for sustainability in economics degree programmes

Walter Leal Filho, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Maria F. Morales, María Semitiel-García, Pedro Noguera-Méndez, Salvador Ruiz de Maya, María-del-Carmen Alarcón-del-Amo, Nuria Esteban-Lloret, María Pemartín

Higher education institutions (HEIs) offer courses and programmes focusing on sustainability in economics, as courses on sustainable development (SD), which examine the economic…

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

Warren G. Lavey

While sustainability experts point to interrelated social, economic and environmental goals, students may think about sustainability primarily as natural resources. To prepare…

A sustainable campus for an uncertain future. Two cases of infrastructural transformation at Norway’s largest university

Thomas Berker, Hanne Henriksen, Thomas Edward Sutcliffe, Ruth Woods

This study aims to convey lessons learned from two sustainability initiatives at Norway’s largest university. This contributes to knowledge-based discussions of how future…

Assessing students’ sustainability consciousness in relation to their perceived teaching styles: an exploratory study in Pakistani context

Ayesha Nousheen, Farkhanda Tabassum

This study aims to asses students’ sustainability consciousness (SC) in relation to their perceived teaching styles in seven public sector institutions in Pakistan.

Do we really make a difference? A case study on the value of taught environmental sustainability postgraduate programmes within geography

Sue Rodway-Dyer, Stewart Barr

The purpose of this research was to discover the impacts of taught environmental sustainability-focused geography postgraduate programmes on student attitudes, behaviours and…

Uncovering perspectives on SDG integration for university transformations

Andrea Cuesta-Claros, Gary Bonar, Shirin Malekpour, Rob Raven, Tahl Kestin

This case study explores different perspectives on integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in universities to achieve university transformations. This study…

Green campus and student proactivity initiatives: the importance of a participatory approach

Jucelia Appio Frizon, Teresa Eugénio, Nelson Natalino Frizon

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…

Real-world experiments as a teaching and learning approach for sustainable consumption education

Anja Lisa Hirscher, Samira Iran, Ulf Schrader, Martin Müller

This paper aims to propose and evaluate an innovative approach to education for sustainable consumption (ESC) which empowers teenagers and young adults to improve sustainable…

Pathways to decarbonization, circular construction, and sustainability in the built environment

Claudia Calle Müller, Piyush Pradhananga, Mohamed ElZomor

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 use and…