International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 23 Issue 7

Development of assessment framework for environmental sustainability in higher education institutions

Shalini Menon, M. Suresh

Unsustainable actions have resulted in the deterioration of the environment. Higher education institutions are social entities responsible for developing future leaders who have…

Reducing the environmental impact of food service in universities using life cycle assessment

Jesse Sherry, Shannon Tivona

This study aims to use life cycle assessment to determine the environmental impact of food purchases at a small, liberal arts college. The authors also use the results to develop…

Challenge-based, interdisciplinary learning for sustainability in doctoral education

Chiara Piccardo, Yutaka Goto, Deniz Koca, Pasi Aalto, Mark Hughes

Doctoral candidates possess specialized knowledge that could support sustainability transitions. Doctoral education, however, often focusses on discipline-specific topics and…

Discourses on sustainability in a network of Argentine universities: exploring representations, cultural roots and transformative processes

Laura Soledad Norton, Mauro Sarrica, Raffaele Lombardi, Gaia Peruzzi

The paper aims to reflect on the function(s) served by the network of Argentine universities for environmental management and social inclusion (UAGAIS), including sharing…

Are LEED campus buildings universally designed? Assessments at Virginia Tech

Erin Ann Hopkins, Eunju Hwang

As many of the next generation leaders are currently on college campuses, endorsing green buildings can foster environmental stewardship among the student body. However…

Measuring the impact of organizational characteristics on the sustainability performance of US institutions of higher education

Tyler Roosa, Pamela Mischen

The purpose of this study is to determine how organizational characteristics at higher education institutions (HEI) influence their sustainability performance as measured by the…

How university students are taught about sustainability, and how they want to be taught: the importance of the hidden curriculum

Lucy Millicent Turner, Smitha Hegde, Indrani Karunasagar, Rebecca Turner

India is unique, having enshrined in law the teaching of sustainability education (SE) within all levels of formal education. This study aims to examine the integration and…

Engineering students’ agency beliefs and career goals to engage in sustainable development: differences between first-year students and seniors

Jared France, Julie Milovanovic, Tripp Shealy, Allison Godwin

This paper aims to explore the differences in first-year and senior engineering students’ engineering agency beliefs and career goals related to sustainable development. The…

Sustainability in higher education institutions: a case study of project FUCAPE 120% sustainable

Rozelia Laurett, Arminda Paço, Emerson Wagner Mainardes

This paper aims to understand how the FUCAPE 120% Sustainable project promotes sustainable development in higher education. The project was conceived and implemented by FUCAPE…

Sustainability in management undergraduate courses: mapping the Brazilian higher education institutions

Barbara Galleli, Noah Emanuel Brito Teles, Mateus Santos Freitas-Martins, Elder Semprebon, Flavio Hourneaux Junior

This study aims to analyse the insertion of Sustainability in Management undergraduate courses in Brazilian higher education institutions (HEIs).

Student energy-saving in higher education tackling the challenge of decarbonisation

Dirk Franco, Janaina Macke, Debby Cotton, Arminda Paço, Jean-Pierre Segers, Laura Franco

This study aims to explore students’ sustainability attitudes and behavioural intentions and their relation to energy use, to promote energy saving and decarbonisation in higher…

Envisioning the Indigenised university for sustainable development

Marcellus Forh Mbah, Sandra Ajaps, Ane Turner Johnson, Sidat Yaffa

While the possibility of a university fostering sustainable development is present in the extant literature and policy documents, the idea still warrants further consideration…

Sustainability in library management in higher education institutions: a bibliometric analysis

Leonardo Ensslin, Ademar Dutra, Sandra Rolim Ensslin, Edinei Antonio Moreno, Leonardo Corrêa Chaves, André Andrade Longaray

This study aims to examine the characteristics of scientific publications that address the management of higher education institution (HEI) libraries from a sustainability…

Sustainability integration in Palestinian universities: a focus on teaching and research at engineering faculties

Sameh Monna, Aline Barlet, Muhannad Haj Hussein, Denis Bruneau, Adel Juaidi, Mutasim Baba

This study aims to evaluate the current state of sustainability education and research capacity at engineering faculties. More specifically, this research is intended to provide…

Teachers’ competencies in education for sustainable development in the context of Vietnam

Nguyen Phuong Thao, Thi Kinh Kieu, Gabriele Schruefer, Ngoc-Anh Nguyen, Yen Thi Hoang Nguyen, Nguyen Vien Thong, Ngo Thi Hai Yen, Tran Thai Ha, Doan Thi Thanh Phuong, Tuong Duy Hai, Nguyen Dieu Cuc, Nguyen Van Hanh

This study aims to investigate specific professional competencies of teachers to implement education for sustainable development (ESD) in the contexts of Vietnam.

The relationship between the incorporation of sustainability in higher education and the student’s behavior: self-reported sustainable behavior scale

Aline Bento Ambrósio Avelar, Milton Carlos Farina

This study aims to describe the development and validation of a scale that measures the self-reported sustainable behavior of students in higher education institutions (HEIs…