Sustainability sciences / guest editor, Walter Leal Filho and Mihaela Sima.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leal Filho, Walter.

Contributor:

Leal Filho, Walter, editor.

Sima, Mihaela, editor.

Series:

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability--Social aspects.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England : Emerald Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

The study explores the themes of innovation and sustainability in the context ofuniversities, aiming to study the barriers to innovation and sustainability in universities. Forthe development of the study with specialists in the field, the quantitative method wasadopted, following the precepts of Hair et. al. (2014). A questionnaire was applied with 25questions; it was made available online (via the Internet, from September 10 to October 15,2017). The questionnaire was created using Forms in Google Forms® and an email link wassent to invite: Rectors and Managers from the Sustainability Office of participating GreenMetrics Universities; Rectors and Managers of the Sustainability Office of the Universitiesparticipating in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education(AACHE); Representatives of the Universities (rector, sustainability office manager,researcher / professor) participating in the Inter-University Program for SustainableDevelopment Research (IUSDRP); Representatives of Universities (rector, sustainabilityoffice manager, researcher / professor) participants of Alliance Copernicus (Transformation ofsustainability of science systems); Specialists (experts) with the greatest number ofpublications on the subject in the database Web of science; and Professors and researcherswith publications impacting the literature on the subject - were selected by the softwareresearchgate.

Contents:

Cover

Barriers to innovation and sustainability in universities: an international comparison

Transculturality as a drive for the SDGs achievement

Sustainability in Brazilian HEI: practices overview

Energy efficiency actions at a Brazilian university and their contribution to sustainable development Goal 7

Including SDGs in the education of globally responsible leaders

Study to promote the sustainable mobility in university

Sustainable development of communities: ISO 37120 and UN goals

Knowledge management, the missing piece in the 2030 agenda and SDGs puzzle

The participatory process of planning social and environmental responsibility at a Brazilian university

Implementation of SDGs at the University of South Africa

Towards a holistic approach to sustainability in the Argentine Patagonia.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83909-629-2