Multidimensional Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2022) | Viewed by 2554
Special Issue Editor
Interests: public good design; strategic and transformative design: design thinking and complexity; strategic and transformative design: sustainability; sociological methodology and research methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable development is a multi-dimensional concept, integrating economic, environmental, social and other factors. During and following the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD 2005-2014), higher education institutions globally have developed teaching units and programs addressing these various interacting dimensions, albeit with variation in scope and depth of coverage. In addition to its intrinsic multidimensionality, education for sustainable development (ESD) should also allow students to critically engage with weak anthropocentric and stronger eco-centric proposals for sustainable development. It is unclear to date whether this critical engagement is happening, and whether higher education institutions (HEI) and the curriculum enable such engagement. This Special Issue of the journal of Sustainability brings together case studies, summary reviews, qualitative and other studies addressing the nature, scope and depth of ESD in higher education across the globe. We invite authors across the globe in the HE sector to submit quality submissions for peer review and publication which address the challenges and benefits of multidimensional critical engagement with ESD.
Dr. Gavin Melles
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- higher education institutions
- sustainable development
- multidimensional critical engagement
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