International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
The usual discourse of sustainable development and its impact on students of economics: a case from Czech higher education context63
Guest editorial: European perspectives on the socially responsible and engaged university56
Sustainability in education through collaborative learning using social media: an exploratory study with moderating role of “knowledge creator” and “knowledge seeker”50
“…No one knows what it exactly means”: how do design graduates approach the concept of sustainability?49
Who is taking climate action in university? Drivers of personal and professional climate action in higher education48
A quantitative assessment model for students’ sustainability: evidence from a Peruvian university45
Sustainability university rankings: a comparative analysis of UI green metric and the times higher education world university rankings41
Unmasking mobility patterns: international travel behavior and emissions of scientists in a higher research institution41
Towards effective e-learning on sustainability: a case study-course on participatory processes in environmental politics37
Teaching sustainability as complex systems approach: a sustainable development goals workshop36
Innovation for environmental sustainability: longitudinal effects of an education for sustainable development intervention on university students’ pro-environmentalism35
The transforming generation: increasing student awareness about the effects of economic decisions on sustainability34
Testing an instrument to assess the perception of climate change policies in universities: the case of Salamanca University32
Higher education in turbulent times: navigating the transition from un-sustainability in a world dominated by technology29
Developing leadership qualities in environmental sustainability through university co-curricular activities28
Guest editorial27
“Hope dies, action begins?” The role of hope for proactive sustainability engagement among university students26
The impact of multidisciplinary program requirements on student attitudes toward sustainability and education for sustainability26
The evolution of sustainability in engineering education research: a longitudinal analysis through bibliometrics and the CDIO initiative25
Campus sustainability in the Australian higher education sector: divergence and convergence in planning, reporting and tactics24
Transdisciplinary teaching and learning in a master’s program in urban agriculture24
E-learning and sustainability of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and synthesis24
Positive perceptions and purchase of sustainable foods is associated with higher diet quality in Australian university students23
Enabling change agents for sustainable development: a whole-institution approach to embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals in higher education23
Embracing sustainable development goals in B.Arch. design studio curriculum guideline through framework23
Fostering the use of sustainable design to reduce energy use and GHG emissions at Canadian universities: a life cycle cost analysis approach22
Lean practices toward a balanced sustainability in higher education institutions: a Brazilian experience21
The role of online social networks in university students’ environmentally responsible behavior21
Lost in translation? Tanzanian students’ views on sustainability and language, and the implications for the pledge to leave no one behind20
Key insights from climate communication – and how they can inspire sustainability in higher education19
Addressing plate waste and consumption practice at university canteens: realizing green university through citizen-consumers18
Protected areas and environmental conservation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: on HEIs, livelihoods and sustainable development18
Exploring the nature and culture of science as an academic discipline: implications for the integration of education for sustainable development18
Towards economic sustainability: how higher education can support the business operations of emerging clothing manufacturing micro enterprises18
Campus sustainability plans: past, present and future18
Measuring the impact of organizational characteristics on the sustainability performance of US institutions of higher education17
The orchestration of a sustainable development agenda in the European Higher Education Area17
Education for sustainable development in Spanish higher education: an assessment of sustainability competencies in engineering and education degrees17
Greening of the syllabus in faculties of education sciences through sustainable development goals: the case of public Andalusian universities (Spain)17
The contribution of Enactus global sustainability initiative to youth empowerment and community development16
Formation of sustainable development competencies in Ukrainian English for specific purposes students16
Exploring environmental sustainability of academia as a working space15
Leveraging community-engaged teaching and learning in higher education institutions for advancing sustainable development: a literature review15
The relationship between the incorporation of sustainability in higher education and the student’s behavior: self-reported sustainable behavior scale15
Sustainability in higher education in Ecuador- Universidad Técnica del Norte case study15
Harnessing AI for sustainable university practices: toward a greener campus15
Custom-made apparel manufacturing micro-enterprise owners’ perspectives on sustainability: how higher education can contribute14
Do we really make a difference? A case study on the value of taught environmental sustainability postgraduate programmes within geography14
A conceptual framework for the corporate sustainability higher education in Latin America14
Determinants of transportation sustainability in universities of Islamabad, Pakistan14
Teaching sustainability in higher education by integrating mathematical concepts14
Education for sustainable development: an assessment of Australian and Canadian business schools13
Shaping pro-environmental behaviors through eco-diaries and research-based projects: an experimental study of business students at Yangzhou University13
Assessing universities’ social sustainability: accounting for stakeholder value13
Exploring the interconnected nature of the sustainable development goals: the 2030 SDGs Game as a pedagogical tool for interdisciplinary education13
Empowering future leaders: a cross-university study on integrating SDGS in university social responsibility programs in Taiwan13
A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: which are the most related to higher education institutions?13
The carbon footprint at quality and environmental university consortium – QualEnv13
Education for sustainable development and sustainability consciousness: evidence from Malaysian universities13
Applied engineering education for soft skills in the context of sustainability and mobility13
Development and validation of a college organisational sustainability scale12
Understanding the environmental footprint of a Swiss university – mobility, energy and material consumption before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic12
Student-led sustainability transformations: employing realist evaluation to open the black box of learning in a Challenge Lab curriculum12
Perception about sustainable development goals among Erasmus students in a Spanish university12
Student energy-saving in higher education tackling the challenge of decarbonisation12
Training students in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: nurturing cross-faculty staff commitment and continuous community collaboration12
Technical academia goes back to school: the role of universities in environmental and sustainable education for childhood12
Systems thinking for systems leadership: promoting competency development for graduate students in sustainability studies12
Maintenance of an environmental management system based on ISO 14001 in a Brazilian private university, seeking sustainable development12
Towards meta–competences in higher education for tackling complex real–world problems – a cross disciplinary review11
Sustainable leadership in higher education institutions: social innovation as a mechanism11
Exploring innovative strategies in problem based learning to contribute to sustainable development: a case study11
Sustainable campus using concept mapping: a bottom-up approach engaging both staff and students11
From kitchen to climate: multimedia interventions on social media as science tools for sustainability communication among food business actors11
University students involved in a sustainable world: assessing sustainable consumption in Spain11
Proposal for sustainability action archetypes for higher education institutions11
Do European quality assurance frameworks support integration of transformative learning for sustainable development in higher education?11
Implementation of sustainability principles in landscape architecture education: an examination of faculty attitudes and course syllabi10
Exploring and narrating futures in undergraduate climate change education: an innovative teaching approach10
Sustainability education and community development in higher education using participatory and case based approaches in India10
Influence mechanism of undergraduate students’ green innovation behavior: AMO perspective and multilevel empirical study10
Carbon neutral higher education institutions: a reality check, challenges and solutions10
Climate lessons from the cold edge: rethinking the university as an ethical ecology10
Exploring sustainability consciousness as a psychological construct with undergraduate students in the Republic of Korea10
Students’ awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards the sustainable development goals at the University of South Africa10
Sustainability in Business Administration programs in Brazil: what curricula changes have taken place in the past ten years?9
Educating prospective teachers for a sustainable gender equality practice: survey design and validation of a self-efficacy scale9
The fierce urgency to create safe spaces for the heart in relation to sustainability9
Exploring transdisciplinary interaction in higher education: urbanism through informal learning environment9
A framework for integrating sustainable development concepts into the chemistry curriculum towards achieving education for sustainable development in Malaysia9
A proposal of personal competencies for sustainable consumption9
Do socially responsible higher education institutions contribute to sustainable regional growth and innovation?9
Incorporating collaborative learning in teacher education to foster self-efficacy to implement environmental citizenship: an action research9
At the moment of disposal: how messaging techniques at university public outdoor waste receptacles can improve the solid waste stream9
The wheel of fortune as a novel support for constructive alignment and transformative sustainability learning in higher education9
Proposed mapping and evaluation model of sustainable development goals in graduate programs in environmental sciences in Brazil9
Are LEED campus buildings universally designed? Assessments at Virginia Tech9
Teaching the “10 Rs” of circular economy in technological-level undergraduate courses offered in Brazil: an exploratory analysis via fuzzy TOPSIS class9
Statistical modelling of the impact of online courses in higher education on sustainable development9
The significance of sustainability in higher education: a view to the curricular proposal at a Colombian University8
Odd couples: reconciling academic and operational cultures for whole-institution sustainability governance at universities8
A study about pre-service teachers’ knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals8
Education for the circular economy in higher education: an overview of the current state8
Sustainability reporting on the websites of public and private universities in Ghana8
Student responses to climate knowledge: enabling climate concern to flourish8
University language students’ evaluations of ecological, social, cultural and economic sustainability and their importance in language teaching8
Factors influencing online sustainability disclosure in Spanish universities8
Transformative research and education in Living Labs using the SDGs as a compass8
The pivotal role of higher education institutions in cultivating a sustainable development goals-centric culture8
Sustainability education in nursing degree for climate-smart healthcare: a quasi-experimental study8
Industrial management meets environmental reporting – how a learning factory for engineering education is used to teach accounting of greenhouse gas emissions8
Measuring interdisciplinarity in the context of sustainability research projects toward capacity building in higher education7
Analysis of the validity and reliability of a questionnaire to measure students’ perception of inclusion of sustainability in engineering degrees7
A transformative online approach to sustainable development in management education: the case of a Brazilian business school7
Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review7
Classical paradigms versus complexity thinking in engineering education: an essential discussion in the education for sustainable development7
Forging a sustainable path: the QualEnv consortium's practices and strategies in promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions7
Greening higher education? From responsibilization to accountabilization in the incorporation of sustainability in higher education7
Internationalisation, sustainability and the contested environmental impacts of international student mobility7
Waste governance and campus sustainability: formal and informal waste systems at football tailgates in Michigan7
Sustainability practices at higher education institutions in Asia7
Brazilian federal universities and their sustainable practices based on sustainable logistics management plan7
Carbon emissions measurement as intra-action: incentives to disclose air emissions at a Canadian university7
“Going beyond the call of duty”: academic agency and promoting transformation for sustainability in higher education7
Institutional teaching choreographies in education for sustainability in times of pandemic: the Ocean i3 project7
Toward a carbon neutral campus: a scalable approach to estimate carbon storage and biosequestration, an example from University of Michigan7
Discourses on sustainability in a network of Argentine universities: exploring representations, cultural roots and transformative processes7
A hybrid approach to sustainable development competencies: the role of formal, informal and non-formal learning experiences7
Circular economy, methane capture, and climate education in US HEIs7
Education for sustainable development through research-based learning in an online environment6
Using the theory of planned behavior to understand the students’ pro-environmental behavior: a case-study in a Portuguese HEI6
The impact of corporate social responsibility on educational management: evidence from learner tendencies6
Are the best higher education institutions also more sustainable?6
How management education is engaging students in the sustainable development goals6
An overview of research trends on sustainability in higher education – an exploratory study6
Climate change education in China: a pioneering case of its implementation in tertiary education and its effects on students’ beliefs and attitudes6
The sustainable development goals in a Bachelor of Design course; current integration and benefits, constraints and opportunities for deeper integration6
Boosting the sustainable development goals in a civil engineering bachelor degree program6
Reflections and reflective practice to advance responsible management education for sustainability: the case of an Australian MBA programme6
A study of the Web visibility of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda on university websites6
An analysis of the Brazilian higher educational opportunity and challenge processes to achieve the 2030 Agenda for the sustainable development6
Rethinking higher education in light of the sustainable development goals: results from a workshop and examples of implementation in a medical university6
Perceptions of different communication strategies on proenvironmental waste disposal behavior: a case study with university students in Brazil6
Towards a European framework for community engagement in higher education – a case study analysis of European universities6
Teaching sustainability-oriented capabilities using active learning approach6
Development of assessment framework for environmental sustainability in higher education institutions6
Training students for complex sustainability issues: a literature review on the design of inter- and transdisciplinary higher education6
Integration of sustainability in the curricula of public higher education institutions in Portugal: do strategic plans and self-report align?6
Exploring fields of ambiguity in the sustainability transition of universities6
Sowing green seeds of mind: exploring the determinants of green mindfulness among university students6
Awareness on energy conservation: a case study of first-year undergraduate students in Malaysia6
Is the grass always greener? Access to campus green spaces can boost students’ sense of belonging6
Project-based learning and pedagogies for virtual reality-aided green building education: case study on a university course6
The role of Education 5.0 in accelerating the implementation of SDGs and challenges encountered at the University of Zimbabwe6
Detecting the historical roots of education for sustainable development (ESD): a bibliometric analysis6
Challenges of involving students in campus SDGs-related practices in an ODeL context: the case of the University of South Africa (Unisa)6
Creating a sense of community and space for subjectification in an online course on sustainability education during times of physical distancing6
Are universities engaging in social washing? Rethinking the presentation of university sustainability reports5
Spaces of learning – practising the SDGs through geographical fieldwork methods in a nature park5
Sustainable development in higher education in Nordic countries: exploring E-Learning mechanisms and SDG coverage in MOOCs5
Incidence of sustainability in university performance: evidence of stakeholders’ perceptions at Colombian private higher education institutions5
French agricultural education students: “intermediaries” in the fight against climate change?5
Exploring the factors shaping business students’ environmental concern5
Active methodologies and curricular sustainability in teacher training5
Impacts of service learning on tourism students’ sustainability competencies in conflict-affected Bamyan, Afghanistan5
Growing a digital iceberg for a polar bear: effects of a gamified mobile app on university students’ pro-environmental behaviours5
Students’ perspectives of sustainable development goals in a Japanese higher education institute5
Sustainability teaching in higher education: assessing arts and design faculty perceptions and attitudes5
Influences of the Covid-19 pandemic on the impact factor of a sample of environment/sustainability-related journals5
Establishment and implementation of behavioral observation scale for avoiding food waste for hospitality students5
Cultivating students’ sustainability-oriented learning at the interface of science and society: a configuration of interrelated enablers5
Incorporating green building into architectural education: what can we learn from the value-belief-norm theory?5
How to boost college students’ pro-environmental behavior: the implicit theory perspective5
Design thinking for just transitions: exploring relational and justice-oriented learning at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain5
Transformative sustainability education in accounting: effects on male and female students’ attitudes toward sustainable development4
Sustainable food, consensus, and debates: a study on university campuses in Mexico City4
From environmental education to education for sustainable development in higher education: a systematic review4
Exploring the moderating role of university environmental performance in shaping students’ environmental awareness and behaviors4
Collaboratively crafting learning standards for tertiary education for environment and sustainability4
Circularity and sustainability within waste management in universities: case study of waste management plans (WMPs) in Brazilian public universities4
Which leadership processes encourage sustainable transitions within universities?4
Change agents under tensions: a paradox approach to strategies for transforming higher education toward sustainability4
To what extent can collaborative platforms in urban planning education enhance transformative learning outside of academia?4
Ensuring sustainability in internationalisation efforts at higher education institutions4
An evaluation of the environmental values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors of sport management students in higher education institutions4
Developing key competencies in sustainability through project-based learning in graduate sustainability programs4
Authentic assessment targeting sustainability outcomes: a case study exploring student perceptions4
Eco-pedagogy in chemistry education: challenging market-driven policies4
What transforms? – Transformative learning in a sustainability leadership master’s program4
Developing a method for incorporating sustainability into the strategic planning of higher education institutions4
Guest editorial4
Understanding sustainability as a cyclical process: insights from social innovation and the adaptive cycle4
Exploring the usage of social media in extant campus sustainability assessment frameworks for sustainable campus development4
Perceptions of South Africa’s higher education leaders on the realisation of sustainable development goal 4 quality education4
Implementing and performing sustainability strategies at campus operations: the case of Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina4
Science-based targets for higher education? Evaluating alignment between Ivy+ climate action plans and the Science-Based Targets initiative’s net-zero standards4
Pre-University engagement and education for sustainable development in Aruba: The Academic Foundation Year4
Training of communities of sustainability practice through science and art4
Integrating professional sustainability literacy into the master of public administration curriculum4
Online learning and teaching for the SDGs – exploring emerging university strategies4
Sustainability in management undergraduate courses: mapping the Brazilian higher education institutions3
Applying SDGs as a systematic approach for incorporating sustainability in higher education3
Green campus and student proactivity initiatives: the importance of a participatory approach3
Don’t be a waster! Student perceptions of recycling strategies at an English University’s halls of residence3
The influence of sustainable branding and opinion leaders on international students’ intention to study: a case of Universiti Sains Malaysia3
Provision of education for sustainability development and sustainability literacy in business programs in three higher education institutions in Brazil, Colombia and Peru3
Intra-organisational sustainable development policy integration processes in higher education through staff networks: a case study from the United Kingdom3
The role of universities in the inclusion of refugees in higher education and in society from the perspective of the SDGS3
The nexus between stakeholders’ materiality and sustainable development goals: evidence from higher education institutions3
Empowering undergraduate students to take action: an empathetic mindset toward education for sustainable development3
The socially responsible European university: a challenging project3
Art and higher education for environmental sustainability: a matter of emergence?3
Toward an integrated reporting framework in higher education institutions: evidence from a public university3
How sustainable is the governance for sustainability in higher education? Insights from an Italian case study3
Sustainable development goals: a framework for deploying indicators for higher education institutions3
The undergraduate dissertation as a reflection of education for sustainability and professional identity: the faculty of education of Bilbao3
Assessing students’ sustainability consciousness in relation to their perceived teaching styles: an exploratory study in Pakistani context3
Barriers and possible drivers for the implementation of sustainability in Brazilian business schools3
Environmental and sustainability education in teacher education research: an international scoping review of the literature3
The importance of incorporating lived experience and identity in promoting cultural diversity and sustainability in community college and education: a case study of Community College of Allegheny Coun3
Uncovering perspectives on SDG integration for university transformations3
Implementing action competence teaching model as a framework for achieving sustainable development goals: insights from students3
The responsible business model canvas: designing and assessing a sustainable business modeling tool for students and start-up entrepreneurs3
Linking the UN sustainable development goals to life cycle impact applied to a university campus3
Service-learning in physical education teacher education: a pedagogical model towards sustainable development goals3
Guest editorial3
A comparative study on turnaround leadership in higher education and the successful implementation of the UN’s sustainable development goals3
To know, feel and do: an instructional practice of higher education for sustainable development3
The Global Goals: bringing education for sustainable development into US business schools2
If not you, who? Raising awareness of development through accounting education2
The implementation of sustainability in Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology2
Social transformation interventions at South African public universities2
Between real change and institutional facade: unpacking operational sustainability in English universities2
SDGs in master’s theses: a study of a Finnish University of Applied Sciences2
Increasing the attitudes toward sustainable development through mindfulness: an innovative approach for higher education institutions2
Is all that glitters gold? Exploring sustainability and business ethics education in ethics-friendly environments2
Business professors’ behavior toward incorporating sustainability in the classroom – a theory of planned behavior perspective2
Gender influence on business students’ expectations for sustainability transformations in higher education: a cross-national study2
Understanding the drivers of sustainable food consumption of Chinese university students: a moderated mediation model2
Developing systems thinking to address climate change2
Game-based learning about the circular economy in building sustainable communities: a case of international and interdisciplinary university collaboration2
How and why US universities fail to impart environmental literacy to all students2
Sustainability agendas and communication design pedagogy in HE2
Of study enthusiasts and homebirds: students’ everyday mobility and sustainability dilemmas in online higher education2
Co-learning partnerships and carbon management in Denmark and Canada2
The GreenComp Evaluation Roadmap: a roadmap for in-depth holistic evaluation of the integration of the GreenComp framework in higher-education curricula2
Cultivating green pioneers: examining the antecedents of sustainable entrepreneurial intent in higher education2
The state of the art in the incorporation of sustainable development goals in Nepalese Universities2
Assessment of sustainability awareness and practice in a campus community2
Addressing climate change education: relevant contributions from universities2
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