International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 25 Issue 2

Toward diversifying higher education sustainability competency scholarship: findings and implications from a bibliometric analysis

Jessica Ostrow Michel, Peter Siciliano, Michaela Zint, Sarah Collins

One of the rapidly growing bodies of literature on sustainability in higher education focuses on the competencies students should master to bring about the necessary…

The context and concept of higher education for sustainable development: the case of Nepal

Dev Raj Adhikari, Prakash Shrestha

The purpose of this paper is to explore and analyze the context and concept of higher education for sustainable development (HESD) in Nepalese higher educational institutions…

Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review

Yuri Enrique Herrera Burstein, Niria Marleny Goñi Avila

This study aims to identify and analyze research that promotes sustainable consumption among university students, understand what areas of consumption were addressed, how…

Recognizing the impact of value-belief-norm theory on pro-environmental behaviors of higher education students: considering aspects for social-marketing applications

Eiman Negm

This study aims to examine how higher education can mold pro-environmental actions among students with educational social-marketing leads; it probes into the direct influence of…

Influences of the Covid-19 pandemic on the impact factor of a sample of environment/sustainability-related journals

Walter Leal Filho, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Amanda Lange Salvia, Bárbara Maria Fritzen Gomes, Claudio Ruy Portela de Vasconcelos, Clarissa Ferreira Albrecht

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in academic routines. These changes have also contributed to an increase in the number of papers submitted to journals, citations and…

The representation of sustainability among university teachers: knowing the present to change the future

Ion Yarritu, Nahia Idoiaga Mondragon, Inge Axpe Saez, Cristina Arriaga

The educational community – particularly higher education – should contribute to the new generation’s understanding of what sustainability entails. To do this, teachers must be…

Collaboratively crafting learning standards for tertiary education for environment and sustainability

Bonnie McBain, Liam Phelan, Anna Ferguson, Paul Brown, Valerie Brown, Iain Hay, Richard Horsfield, Ros Taplin, Daniella Tilbury

The aim of this paper is to outline the collaborative approach used to craft national learning standards for tertiary programs in the field of environment and sustainability in…

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

Tien-Chi Huang, Shin-Jia Ho, Wen-Hui Zheng, Yu Shu

The importance of multidimensional and engaging instruction for sustainable development goals (SDGs) in higher education cannot be overstated. Such instructions should motivate…

A comprehensive review of environmental, sustainability and climate change curriculum in Taiwan’s higher education institutions

John Chung-En Liu, Ting-Yu Kan

This study aims to evaluate the current situation of education for sustainable development, climate change education and environmental education in a nationwide context…

The influence of sustainability education on students’ entrepreneurial intentions

Hasnan Baber, Mina Fanea-Ivanovici, Paul Sarango-Lalangui

This study aims to examine the influence of sustainability education in 15 Indian universities and the mediating role of the theory of planned behavior in predicting students’…

Incidence of sustainability in university performance: evidence of stakeholders’ perceptions at Colombian private higher education institutions

Paula M. Hernandez-Diaz, Jorge-Andrés Polanco, Sergio Andrés Osuna-Ramírez, Erika Jaillier-Castrillón, Tatiana Molina-Velasquez, Manuela Escobar-Sierra

This paper aims to find the incidence of university sustainability, as sustainability practices, in university performance at private universities.