Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development : Implementing a Whole-Institution Approach

Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development : Implementing a Whole-Institution Approach

Sustainability is an urgent developmental task for our society and is attracting increasing attention. Therefore, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also called upon to deal theoretically, conceptually, methodically, critically, and reflectively with the associated challenges and the processes...

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Other Authors: Rieckmann, Marco (Editor), Bormann, Inka (Editor)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
Subjects:
Humanities
Education
higher education institutions
implementation
organisational factors
sustainable development
interpretative structural modelling (ISM)
higher education institutions (HEIs)
cross-sector collaboration
multi-professional collaboration
transdisciplinary research
narrative analysis
sensemaking
whole institution approach
organizational networks
constant comparative analysis
athletic departments
higher education
sustainability
loose coupling
shared governance
United States
intellectual capital
performance
quality of life
sustainability assessment
environmental management performance
German-speaking countries
survey
whole-institution approach
competencies
knowledge
values
case study
discourse analysis
environment
Global South
Sustainable Development Goals
universities' transformation
sustainability assessment tool
sustainability governance
systems theory
governance equalizer
politics
profession
organization
public
organizational culture
Germany
sustainability in science
transformative science
grammar of responsibility
ethics of knowledge
universities as echo chambers of society
catalytic science
universities
organizational change
higher education for sustainable development (HESD)
sustainability transitions
SD
alliances
university
transfer
practitioner-university partnership
societal impact
education for sustainable development
higher education development
sustainable university development
systemic development
inter-organizational networks
worldviews
societal transformation
systemic transformation
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Summary:Sustainability is an urgent developmental task for our society and is attracting increasing attention. Therefore, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also called upon to deal theoretically, conceptually, methodically, critically, and reflectively with the associated challenges and the processes and conditions of transformation in order to contribute to sustainable development. How can complex organisations such as HEIs succeed in initiating and maintaining the process of sustainable development within their own institutions and make it a permanent responsibility? How can as many protagonists as possible be persuaded to get involved in sustainable development? This book deals with the promotion of sustainable university development and provides an overview of how universities can be organised sustainably and how sustainable development can be implemented in their various functional areas. In the sense of a "whole-institution approach", which encompasses entire HEIs, the focus is not only on the core areas of teaching (higher education for sustainable development) and research (sustainability in research) but, also, on the operational management of HEIs. In addition, this book focuses on sustainability governance and transfer for sustainable development at HEIs as cross-disciplinary issues.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (296 p.)
ISBN:books978-3-03936-989-8
9783039369881
9783039369898
Access:Open Access

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