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

• Autore: Rieckmann Marco
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Education; History
• Soggetto non controllato: alliances; athletic departments; case study; catalytic science; competencies; constant comparative analysis; cross-sector collaboration; discourse analysis; education for sustainable development; environment; environmental management performance; ethics of knowledge; German-speaking countries; Germany; Global South; governance equalizer; grammar of responsibility; higher education; higher education development; higher education for sustainable development (HESD); higher education institutions; higher education institutions (HEIs); implementation; intellectual capital; inter-organizational networks; interpretative structural modelling (ISM); knowledge; loose coupling; multi-professional collaboration; narrative analysis; organisational factors; organization; organizational change; organizational culture; organizational networks; performance; politics; practitioner-university partnership; profession; public; quality of life; SD; sensemaking; shared governance; societal impact; societal transformation; survey; sustainability; sustainability assessment; sustainability assessment tool; sustainability governance; sustainability in science; sustainability transitions; sustainable development; Sustainable Development Goals; sustainable university development; systemic development; systemic transformation; systems theory; transdisciplinary research; transfer; transformative science; United States; universities; universities as echo chambers of society; universities' transformation; university; values; whole institution approach; whole-institution approach; worldviews
• Persona (resp. second.): BormannInka; RieckmannMarco
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development
• Titolo autorizzato: Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557727603321
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