The Bloomsbury handbook of sustainability in higher education : an agenda for transformational change / edited by Wendy M. Purcell and Janet Haddock-Fraser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Purcell, Wendy M., editor.

Haddock-Fraser, Janet, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York ; Dublin, Ireland : Bloomsbury Academic, [2023]

Summary:

This Handbook illustrates that universities per se and higher education in general are essential to catalyze and action the transformative change needed for sustainability and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. Part One shows how sustainability can be adopted as a driver of change within higher education institutions (HEIs), as they react and respond to influencing factors outside the academy. Part Two examines how a university working with and for sustainability can influence, effect and amplify change beyond the institution, working with and through others. International contributors explore regional, national and international perspectives, presenting a variety of critically assessed accounts case studies that reflect different local and national contexts, institutional archetypes and academic missions. Frameworks of sustainability-led transformation are illustrated at the level of the institution (executive/administrative), organization, culture, place-based (anchor) and student in various countries including Aruba, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Lebanon, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Uganda, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The book concludes with a manifesto for change and a call to action. It identifies that the sustainability journey of a HEI is influenced by context and place, with mission, leadership and strategy playing a vital role and change agency by students a key ingredient. Recognizing the patience and resolve to effect change, communication, dialogue and inclusion were central to community building and partnership.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Part 1 Transformative Change from Outside to Inside the Academy

1 Universities as Agents of Change: Green Academy to Ecological University

2 Collective Ambition for Global Action: Role for the Knowledge Sector

3 Framing a University Research and Innovation Strategy around the SDGs

4 Experiencing Sustainability: Developing Students' Global Leadership Skills

5 Transformative Learning, Community and Leadership for Sustainability Action

6 Pedagogical Approaches to the SDGs in Fragile Contexts

7 Nigerian Universities and Achievement of the SDGs

8 Universities and Green Innovations: Entrepreneurship in Uganda

9 Driving Sustainability at the University of Hong Kong

10 Living Lab: Newton Smart Campus

11 Sustainability Member Associations for Universities

Part 2 Higher Education as a Driver of Sustainability beyond the Institution: Transformation from Inside to Outside the Academy

12 Sustainability Transformations at McGill

13 Accelerating Response to a Changing Climate: Solutions across Scales

14 University Leadership and Governance Enabling Sustainability and the SDGs

15 University-City Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Transformations

16 Transformational Change: Lessons from the University of Edinburgh

17 SISSTEM: Sustainable Development on the Small Island State of Aruba

18 Global Challenges and Opportunities for African Universities

19 University-Community Partnership in Nepal

20 Transformative Change for Sustainability: The Wellington Plus Programme

21 Student Involvement in Environmental Management Activities

22 Leveraging Excellence to Support Sustainable Development in Africa

23 A University's Transformational Change Agenda.

24 Role of Anchor Institutions towards Community Development

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9781350244368

1350244368

9781350244351

135024435X

OCLC:

1357016592