North American and European Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education

The scientific, cultural and diplomatic relations between Europe and its partners in North America are very strong. From a scientific point of view, this long-standing cooperation has taken place across a wide range of areas. They include the field of sustainability, where North America and Europe are working hand in hand, seeking solutions to the many regional and global problems currently faced. Against this backdrop and in order to facilitate a broad discussion on the contribution of higher education institutions from both sides of the Atlantic towards a more sustainable future, this book is being produced.

The book gathers inputs from universities and research organizations on the one hand, but also from companies and enterprises on the other, from Europe and North America, working on matters related to sustainable development in a higher education context. It also provides a platform for the dissemination of information on the latest initiatives, paving the way for technology transfer and networking. Furthermore, the book intends to provide a fertile basis upon which European and North American organizations may cooperate more closely in this key area. Last but not least, a further aim of the book is to present methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which aim to show how sustainability in North America and in Europe may be enhanced in practice.

Very international A combination of projects, case studies and practical experiences Interdisciplinary authorship

Auteur

Walter Leal Filho is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management" at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 700 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals.

Julie Newman is a distinguished sustainability professional, currently serving as the Director of Sustainability at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has played a significant role in advancing sustainability initiatives at the university, integrating sustainable practices into campus operations, and influencing academic research.Before her role at MIT, Dr. Newman was the founding director of the Office of Sustainability at Yale University, where she helped establish one of the first campus sustainability programs in the U.S. She also served at the University of New Hampshire, where she contributed to sustainability efforts. Dr. Newman is known for her work on sustainability in higher education and has been involved in national and international conversations on the topic. Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, focusing on how universities can model sustainability practices and policy. Throughout her career, Dr. Newman has worked to bridge the gap between research and practical application in sustainability, helping institutions lead by example in addressing global environmental challenges.

Amanda Lange Salvia is a Project Manager and Researcher the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. She is a Deputy Editor of the Encyclopedia of the Sustainable Development Goals and of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Her background is in Environmental Engineering and her work focuses on the role of universities towards sustainability, the impacts of climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Laís Viera Trevisan is a Project Manager and Research Associate at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Her research interests are sustainability, technology and innovation for sustainable development, smart campuses, and education for sustainability. She leads two research groups in the sustainability field: the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the European-North American Sustainability Research Consortium (ENASRC). She has more than 50 papers published in recognised scientific journals.

Laura Corazza (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor and teaches Sustainability Accounting and Accountability at the Department of Management, University of Turin. Over the last eight years, she has overseen the sustainability reporting process at the University of Turin. She has actively collaborated with the Global Reporting Initiative as Chair of the sustainability standards revision process in their Italian version. In recent years, she has been conducting three research projects evaluating various realities' socioeconomic impacts. She authorises numerous scientific articles in top-notch social and environmental impact accounting and sustainability reporting journals. In the last years, she has managed the first societal impact report for the pilot phase (2020-2023) of the UNITA - Universitas Montium European University alliance, for which she is currently a member of the "Impact Observatory" task force team, and she is actively involved in managing the financial sustainability. She is now approaching the study of university alliances, a recent European phenomenon increasingly involving extra-European partners.

Contenu

Principles for Climate Justice Action Planning.- Driving Just Transitions within higher education. Individual and institutional transformations using relational and justice-oriented learning at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain).- Reimagining Universities as Change Agents for Climate & Economic Justice and Ecological Health.- Interdisciplinary, Team-taught Urban Sustainability Pedagogy in a Stove-piped University.- From Pathological Bifurcations to Meaningful Planetary Change Agents.- Major Challenges to Education for Sustainable Development.- Emergent Findings From a Multisystem Partnership to Advance and Sustain Climate Change Literacy and Action in California PK-12 Schools.- Commoning towards Sustainability and the Common Good: Between Epistemic Strategy and Visual Boundary Object.- A systematic approach to repositioning the focus of research centers toward sustainability A case study from a Dutch University of Applied Sciences.- Sustainable Futures Collaborating on Education for a Sustainable and Net Zero Economy Through Inter-Institutional and Enterprise-Informed Curriculum Development and Delivery.- Sustainability labelling of courses and study programs experiences, dilemmas and possible way forward. A case-study from University of Gothenburg.- Exploring Sustainable Development from a Social-Ecological Perspective: A Tri-Nation Study.- Design Thinking in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education in Germany.- Active Learning to Raise Sustainability Awareness.- From subject matter experts to problem solving experts for sustainable development: The challenge of higher education.- A green community for change, through sustainable development and entrepreneurship in the fashion business curriculum.- Transformative learning for a sustainable world. A European experience in higher education.- Reflexive Praxis in Curriculum Transformation in Engineering Education in Global South.- Challenges of integrating sustainability into software engineering education experiments on building European Software Engineers for the Green Deal programme.- Everything Everywhere All at Once": A Methodological Framework Proposal to Ensure No One Is Left Behind in the Ecological Transition Pathway. Lessons from the PHOENIX H2020 project.- Sustainable Development from Research and Outreach: contributions from a sustainability research center in southern Brazil.-
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