International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 25 Issue 9

University language students’ evaluations of ecological, social, cultural and economic sustainability and their importance in language teaching

Salla-Riikka Kuusalu, Päivi Laine, Minna Maijala, Maarit Mutta, Mareen Patzelt

This study aims to explore how university language students evaluate different sustainability themes and examine the overall relevance of ecological, social, cultural and economic…

Science to practice – networked governance of sustainability transitions in an African university

Tawanda Jimu, Britta Rennkamp

This paper aims to present insights on the governance of sustainability transitions in higher education in Africa. The authors interrogate the research literatures on the…

Co-learning partnerships and carbon management in Denmark and Canada

Sinead Earley, Thomas Daae Stridsland, Sarah Korn, Marin Lysák

Climate change poses risks to society and the demand for carbon literacy within small and medium-sized enterprises is increasing. Skills and knowledge are required for…

How and why US universities fail to impart environmental literacy to all students

Manuel Vallée

This study aims to assess the spread of environmental literacy graduation requirements at public universities in the USA, and to highlight factors that mediate the adoption of…

Assessment of sustainability awareness and practice in a campus community

Eric Urbaniak, Rebecca Uzarski, Salma Haidar

This research paper aims to evaluate the sustainability knowledge and background of students, staff and faculty regarding current university sustainability practices and…

Sustainability education and community development in higher education using participatory and case based approaches in India

Souresh Cornet, Saswat Barpanda, Marc-Antoine Diego Guidi, P.K. Viswanathan

This study aims at understanding how higher education institutions (HEIs) can contribute to sustainable development, by designing their programmes for bringing about a…

Education for the circular economy in higher education: an overview of the current state

Sanna-Mari Renfors

Higher education institutions and their lecturers are strategic agents and main drivers that contribute to circular economy transition. This requires them to understand the key…

The amount of food waste and food packages generated in various-sized households with university students

Margit Närvä, Jarmo Alarinta, Gun Wirtanen

The purpose of this study was to investigate amount of food waste and the number of food packages used in Finnish households with university students. The aim of the paper is to…

SDGs in master’s theses: a study of a Finnish University of Applied Sciences

Tarja Niemela

Higher educational institutions, such as universities of applied sciences, have a significant role in promoting progress towards a sustainable future as defined by the United…

Teacher’s agency in education for sustainable development: an East-West collaborative Erasmus programme using Q methodology

Aida Guerra, Juebei Chen, Xiangyun Du, Helle Nielsen, Lone Kørnøv

The integration of ESD is a complex problem. It calls for an innovative, student-centred curriculum, as well as professional learning and agency, by which university teachers feel…

Empowering youth for sustainability in universities: service-learning and the willingness to act

Alejandro Alvarez-Vanegas, Louis Volante

Service-learning (SL) shows potential to respond to the global policy agenda of education for sustainable development (ESD) by increasing pro-sustainability competences through…

Of study enthusiasts and homebirds: students’ everyday mobility and sustainability dilemmas in online higher education

Christopher Jutz, Kai-Michael Griese, Henrike Rau, Johanna Schoppengerd, Ines Prehn

Online education enables location-independent learning, potentially providing university students with more flexible study programs and reducing traffic-related CO₂ emissions…

What does it mean to be engaged? The engagement of student engineers with sustainability: a literature review

Aida Guerra, Dan Jiang, Xiangyun Du

Student engagement has become increasingly significant in sustainability education for engineers because it enables future engineers to develop competencies, knowledge and values…

Academia’s engagement with Sustainable Development Goals: status quo and barriers at Great Zimbabwe University

Lazarus Chapungu, Godwell Nhamo

This study aims to examine academic staff’s engagement with sustainable development goals (SDGs) in higher education institutions.

Characteristics and challenges of teaching and learning in sustainability-oriented Living Labs within higher education: a literature review

Marlies L.E. van der Wee, Valentina C. Tassone, Arjen E.J. Wals, Peter Troxler

This study aims to bring together the available scattered knowledge about teaching and learning in Living Labs within higher education, and to explore their potential for…

Sustainability education in nursing degree for climate-smart healthcare: a quasi-experimental study

Carmen Álvarez-Nieto, Laura Parra-Anguita, Cristina Álvarez-García, Eva Maria Montoro Ramirez, María Dolores López-Franco, Sebastián Sanz-Martos, Isabel María López Medina

In light of the world’s accelerating march towards a sustainable future, the education for sustainable healthcare must be sufficiently acknowledged in health professions…

Carbon neutral higher education institutions: a reality check, challenges and solutions

Veronica Lucia Ahonen, Aleksandra Woszczek, Stefan Baumeister, Ulla T. Helimo, Anne Kristiina Jackson, Maria Kopsakangas-Savolainen, Juha Kääriä, Tommi Lehtonen, Mika Luoranen, Eva Pongrácz, Risto Soukka, Veera Vainio, Sami El Geneidy

Calculating an organization's carbon footprint is crucial for assessing and implementing emission reductions. Although Finnish higher education institutions (HEIs) aim for carbon…

Six dimensions of sustainability: a framework for organizing diverse university sustainability curricula at The Ohio State University

Maria Manta Conroy, Becky Mansfield, Elena Irwin, Gina Jaquet, Gregory Hitzhusen, Jeremy Brooks

Integrating sustainability into university curricula brings diverse challenges and conflicts as separate units vie for ownership of courses and topics. This case study presents a…

Online sustainability education: purpose, process and implementation for transformative universities

Viola Hakkarainen, Jordan King, Katja Brundiers, Aaron Redman, Christopher B. Anderson, Celina Natalia Goodall, Amy Pate, Christopher M. Raymond

Universities strategically organize themselves around sustainability, including transformative goals in teaching and learning. Simultaneously, the role of online education has…

Higher education of sustainable food systems: a literature review

Janne Salminen, Mervi Friman, Kari Mikkonen, Arto Mutanen

This study aims to fill data gaps concerning solutions and practices used in sustainable food systems (SFS) in higher education (HE). The development of SFS is a vital global…

Game-based learning about the circular economy in building sustainable communities: a case of international and interdisciplinary university collaboration

Imge Akcakaya Waite, Aysegul Akcay Kavakoglu, Lacramioara Diana Robescu, Diana Mariana Cocarta, Liana Ioana Vuta

This study aims to enhance integration of game-based learning (GBL) as a tool for conveying intricate circular economy (CE) concepts effectively into international and…

Industrial management meets environmental reporting – how a learning factory for engineering education is used to teach accounting of greenhouse gas emissions

Kai Rüdele, Matthias Wolf

This paper aims to examine the piloting of an experience-based training module on greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting. The training is designed to promote knowledge and skills of both…

Exploring and narrating futures in undergraduate climate change education: an innovative teaching approach

Shu-Chiu Liu

This study aims to focus on an innovative undergraduate teaching intervention designed to guide students in exploring and narrating the potential futures of climate change. The…

“Connect the circle” systems thinking tool for postgraduate sustainability education: case study

Dzmitry Brychkov, Peter Cornelius McKeown, Christine Domegan, Charles Spillane, Galina Brychkova

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of “Connect the circle” systems thinking tools for improving contextualised systems thinking from sustainability…

Students’ awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards the sustainable development goals at the University of South Africa

Malebajoa Anicia Maoela, Lazarus Chapungu, Godwell Nhamo

University students’ awareness, knowledge and attitude towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contribute to their implementation and localisation. Understanding…

Appreciation of primary preservice teachers about the potential educational use of citizen science in environmental education

María Diez-Ojeda, Marián Queiruga-Dios, Miguel Ángel Queiruga-Dios

This study aims to determine prior knowledge regarding the term “citizen science” (CS) and evaluate preservice teachers’ appreciation of the educational potential of CS.

Circular economy, methane capture, and climate education in US HEIs

Charles S. Mullis, Mary Finley-Brook

This study aims to analyze the involvement of US colleges and universities in methane capture projects in the waste sector and their related educational initiatives aiming to…

Sustainability consciousness of selected university students in South Africa

Chinaza Uleanya, Kehinde Damilola Ilesanmi, Kathija Yassim, Ademola Olumuyiwa Omotosho, Mathew Kimanzi

Sustainable development as well as sustainability is desired globally. However, the knowledge and consciousness of people on issues around sustainability remains questionable…