A whole-institution approach towards sustainability: a crucial aspect of higher education’s individual and collective engagement with the SDGs and beyond

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dc.contributor.authorKohl, Katrin
dc.contributor.authorIsabel, Toman
dc.contributor.authorAbidin Bin Sanusi, Zainal
dc.contributor.authorAbdul Razak, Dzulkifli
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, Charles
dc.contributor.authorBarthand, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorMichelsen, Gerd
dc.contributor.authorDlouha, Jana
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-19T21:41:51Z
dc.date.available2021-10-19T21:41:51Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.description.abstractPurpose – Higher education and its leadership are not yet using their potential impact for a sustainable future. This paper aims to focus on UN developments and the long history of university involvement in sustainability might create more interest and understanding that sustainably oriented universities are actually possible and a much stronger role for higher education is needed when nations are discussing their future. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review with a focus on international treaties and declarations on the UN level and international university networks, literature review of the background and potential of the whole-institution approach and the need/suggestions for further research, also to measure advancement. Findings – History shows a strong engagement of higher education with sustainability from its beginnings. There have been strong calls/offers from within university networks to take a crucial role in moving towards sustainable development that involves more than teaching about sustainability. The international community calls for higher education to be involved in policymaking rather than simply implementation, have been limited and the full potential of higher education institutions using all opportunities such as being living labs for sustainability has not as yet been realized. Currently, calls for engagement are often still limited to training and providing research when scientific evidence is wanted.en_US
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Issue(s) available: 106 – From Volume: 1 Issue: 1, to Volume: 22 Issue: 8en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-6370
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-10-2020-0398en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38576
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmerald Insighten_US
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dc.titleA whole-institution approach towards sustainability: a crucial aspect of higher education’s individual and collective engagement with the SDGs and beyonden_US
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