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Direct linkCarla Patricia Finatto; Paulo Guilherme Fuchs; Ana Regina Aguiar Dutra; José Baltazar Salgueirinho de Andrade Guerra – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly aware of their role in developing and implementing a sustainable paradigm, with the potential to accelerate progress toward sustainable development (SD). Therefore, this study aims to investigate the environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable development goals (SDGs)…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Governance, Foreign Countries
Sigahi, Tiago F. A. C.; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Anholon, Rosley; Sznelwar, Laerte Idal – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to discuss how the theory of complex thinking can be considered an interesting element in engineering education, especially in the context in which challenges toward sustainable development are multidisciplinary. Design/methodology/approach: This viewpoint synthesizes the main reflections and discussions generated during a…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Sustainable Development, Thinking Skills, Undergraduate Study
Bindiya Naik; Jyoti Chandiramani; Sudipa Majumdar – Cogent Education, 2024
India, with the third largest higher education system globally, has the lowest gross enrolment ratio compared to G20 nations. The National Education Policy 2020 has made a strong recommendation to enhance the gross enrolment ratio for higher education to 50% by 2035. This figure stood at 19.4% in 2010 and 28.4% in 2021-22. The study, therefore,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inclusion, Enrollment
Mazon, Gisele; Soares, Thiago Coelho; Birch, Robert Samuel; Schneider, Jonas; Andrade Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to discuss the influences of green innovation processes on sustainable development and proposes a research model linking green absorptive capacity, green dynamic capabilities and green service innovation with the aim of clarifying how these interactions operate within universities. Design/methodology/approach: Supported by…
Descriptors: Universities, Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
Zanitt, Jeniffer Fonseca; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Serafim, Milena Pavan; Leal Filho, Walter; Anholon, Rosley – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to analyse how the materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes can be better aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: Initially, a content analysis was performed in 39 materials selection course descriptions from 40 engineering undergraduate…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Study, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries
Vasconcelos, Vitor Vieira; Seingyai, Apinyapon – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2022
The purpose of this article is to present the planning for sustainable development simulation game, developed to stimulate creativity and dialogue to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). The simulation game is targeted at practitioners and students in the field of planning, although it can be adapted to different contexts. The simulation…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Games, Simulation
Barriers and Possible Drivers for the Implementation of Sustainability in Brazilian Business Schools
Alana Guadagnin; Jandir Pauli; Juliane Ruffatto; Leila Dal Moro – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: For sustainable strategies to be developed in business schools, it is essential to understand which sustainability drivers and barriers are identified by academic managers and coordinators in the implementation of sustainable practices. In this scenario, the study aims to understand the barriers and possible drivers for the implementation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Schools, Sustainability, Administrators
Gomes, Luciana Paulo; Caetano, Marcelo Oliveira; Brand, Susana Margarida; Dai-Prá, Léa Beatriz; Pereira, Brenda Natalia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to present the environmental management system implemented at UNISINOS and demonstrate some of the main results obtained in more than 15 years carrying out the environmental management of the campuses in São Leopoldo and Porto Alegre. The focus is on the main environmental impacts: electricity consumption, water…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Energy, Water, Sanitation
Contribution of PRME in Education, Research, and Outreach in Brazilian Higher Education Institutions
Avelar, Aline Bento Ambrósio; Silva-Oliveira, Keilla Dayane da; Farina, Milton Carlos; Pereira, Raquel da Silva – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to assess the contribution of the UN's Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) in higher education, covering education, research and outreach in Brazilian higher education institutions (HEIs) after becoming signatories. Design/methodology/approach: Teachers representing Brazilian HEI signatories to the PRME…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Principles, Administrator Education, Higher Education
Laurett, Rozelia; Paço, Arminda; Mainardes, Emerson Wagner – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: 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 Business School, a private higher education institution (HEI) specialised in business, located in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Sustainability
Cristiano Morini; Edmundo Inacio Junior; Anibal Tavares de Azevedo; Francisco Elíseo Fernandes Sanches; Eduardo Avancci Dionisio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucial in sustainable development. To this end, they must infuse sustainability into all their endeavors. This study aims to delve into the unique vertically integrated project (VIP), a project-based learning approach and its impact on students' skills and the surrounding community.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Colleges, Active Learning, Student Projects
Download full textNaidoo, Shantha; Shaikhnag, Noorullah – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were developed by the United Nations in 2015 to encompass universal respect for equality and non-discrimination regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, and cultural diversity. Since 2000, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) have aligned with SDG 4.3 by developing higher education…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Higher Education
Florina Guadalupe Arredondo-Trapero; Eva María Guerra-Leal; Joohee Kim; José Carlos Vázquez-Parra – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This article aims to investigate whether there is a relationship between education for the labor market in the post-pandemic stage and the educational quality of universities, taking as a sample a group of Latin American countries and their main trading partners. Reference is made to the Global Competitiveness Report 2020 of the World…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competition, Educational Quality, Colleges
Alarcon-Pereira, Grecia; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Tapia-Ubeda, Francisco J.; Rojas-Aguilar, Karol; Rojas-Córdova, Carolina – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: Considering the relevance of education for sustainable development (SD) to enhancing engineers' abilities to contribute towards sustainability-related issues, this study aims to help understand the global context of the insertion of SD into engineering education and to provide guidelines to further evolve research and efforts towards…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Friman, Mervi; Schreiber, Dusan; Mutanen, Arto; Perälä, Simu; Salminen, Janne – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to determine how sustainable development (SD) demands (according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) SD themes from 2005) are connected to the contents of education, research, development and innovation (RDI) in higher education institutions (HEI). Education and the RDI nexus may affect HEI's…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Research and Development, Innovation, Higher Education
