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Odd Couples: Reconciling Academic and Operational Cultures for Whole-Institution Sustainability Governance at Universities
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Robinson, John; Alhakim, Andi Darell; Ma, Grace; Alam, Monisha; Brando, Fernanda da Rocha; Braune, Manfred; Brown, Michelle; Côté, Nicolas; Espinosa, Denise Crocce Romano; Garza, Ana Karen; Gorman, David; Hajer, Maarten; Madden, John; Melnick, Rob; Metras, John; Newman, Julie; Patel, Rutu; Raven, Rob; Sergienko, Kenneth; Smith, Victoria; Tariq, Hoor; van der Lem, Lysanne; Wong, Christina Nga Jing; Wiek, Arnim – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to explore barriers and pathways to a whole-institution governance of sustainability within the working structures of universities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on multi-year interviews and hierarchical structure analysis of ten universities in Canada, the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil,…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Governance, Barriers, Universities
Developing Key Competencies in Sustainability through Project-Based Learning in Graduate Sustainability Programs
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Birdman, Jodie; Wiek, Arnim; Lang, Daniel J. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This research aims to investigate the role of project-based-learning within graduate sustainability curricula through the lens of key competence development. Project-based learning has become a widely recommended pedagogy for sustainability education. It is hypothesized that through collaboration, student autonomy and real-world…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Active Learning, Student Projects
Learning Processes for Interpersonal Competence Development in Project-Based Sustainability Courses -- Insights from a Comparative International Study
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Konrad, Theres; Wiek, Arnim; Barth, Matthias – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: For professional sustainability work, graduates need to be able to work in teams and collaborate with stakeholders; in other words, they need to have developed interpersonal competence. There is growing evidence that project-based sustainability courses facilitate interpersonal competence development. However, research so far has focused…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Knowledge Level
An Experience-Based Learning Framework: Activities for the Initial Development of Sustainability Competencies
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Caniglia, Guido; John, Beatrice; Kohler, Martin; Bellina, Leonie; Wiek, Arnim; Rojas, Christopher; Laubichler, Manfred D.; Lang, Daniel – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to present an experience-based learning framework that provides a bottom-up, student-centered entrance point for the development of systems thinking, normative and collaborative competencies in sustainability. Design/methodology/approach: The framework combines mental mapping with exploratory walking. It interweaves…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Competency Based Education, Systems Approach, Experiential Learning
Real-World Learning Opportunities in Sustainability: From Classroom into the Real World
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Brundiers, Katja; Wiek, Arnim; Redman, Charles L. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2010
Purpose--Academic sustainability programs aim to develop key competencies in sustainability, including problem-solving skills and the ability to collaborate successfully with experts and stakeholders. These key competencies may be most fully developed in new teaching and learning situations. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the kind of, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Introductory Courses, Problem Based Learning, Service Learning
Transdisciplinary Case Studies as a Means of Sustainability Learning: Historical Framework and Theory
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Scholz, Roland W.; Lang, Daniel J.; Wiek, Arnim; Walter, Alexander I.; Stauffacher, Michael – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims at presenting the theoretical concepts of the transdisciplinary case study approach (TCS), which is a research and teaching approach developed and elaborated at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), as a means of transition support. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reveals the historical roots of case…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Case Studies, Sustainable Development, Epistemology