International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Article	Citations
Sustainability in arts and design education: graduate students’ motivations, practices and future visions	126
Development and implementation of a cross-course collaborative project on cotton sustainability: a self-determination theory perspective	81
Participatory science in higher education: a case study in a Mexican sustainability graduate program	61
Higher education institutions catalyzing climate action: bibliometric review and future perspectives	57
Positive perceptions and purchase of sustainable foods is associated with higher diet quality in Australian university students	56
Training pre-service teachers for sustainability: transformation through extra-curricular activities	49
E-learning and sustainability of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and synthesis	47
SDGs as a net or wedge for climate action? An international study of students’ climate consciousness and awareness of SDGs	43
Training students in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: nurturing cross-faculty staff commitment and continuous community collaboration	41
Key insights from climate communication – and how they can inspire sustainability in higher education	38
A model for applying corporate sustainability-related concepts to higher education	36
University social responsibility and the SDG agenda: a bibliometric review of sustainability practices in higher education (2000–2025)	35
Technical academia goes back to school: the role of universities in environmental and sustainable education for childhood	35
Applied engineering education for soft skills in the context of sustainability and mobility	33
Fostering the use of sustainable design to reduce energy use and GHG emissions at Canadian universities: a life cycle cost analysis approach	32
Decarbonising air travel in higher education institutions: a systematic literature review	32
Higher education in turbulent times: navigating the transition from un-sustainability in a world dominated by technology	31
Teacher trainees’ awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and self-efficacy in incorporating SDGs into teaching in Macau SAR	29
Sustainability education and community development in higher education using participatory and case based approaches in India	28
Entrepreneurship education for climate action: the role of universities in developing NetZero startups	28
Managing uncertainty: group assignment tasks that encourage education as sustainability	27
Sustainability reporting on the websites of public and private universities in Ghana	26
Integration of sustainability in the curricula of public higher education institutions in Portugal: do strategic plans and self-report align?	26
Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review	26
Are the best higher education institutions also more sustainable?	26

Teaching sustainability in design: assessing the usability of the design for amelioration tool	25
Transformative research and education in Living Labs using the SDGs as a compass	25
Authentic assessment targeting sustainability outcomes: a case study exploring student perceptions	25
Industrial management meets environmental reporting – how a learning factory for engineering education is used to teach accounting of greenhouse gas emissions	25
Assessing climate change literacy among university students in Sri Lanka: implications for future mitigation strategies	25
Forging a sustainable path: the QualEnv consortium's practices and strategies in promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions	24
Classical paradigms versus complexity thinking in engineering education: an essential discussion in the education for sustainable development	24
Waste governance and campus sustainability: formal and informal waste systems at football tailgates in Michigan	23
Education for the circular economy in higher education: an overview of the current state	23
Science-based targets for higher education? Evaluating alignment between Ivy+ climate action plans and the Science-Based Targets initiative’s net-zero standards	23
Assessing perceptions and engagement in biodiversity conservation: a study of a higher education institute in Lisbon (Portugal)	23
From board to environment: board games as science tools for communicating food sustainability in higher education	22
A critical review of sustainability assessment tools for higher education institutions	22
The implementation of sustainability in Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology	22
Integrating behavioral insights into the UI GreenMetric framework: applying the theory of planned behavior at Yazd University	21
How sustainable is the governance for sustainability in higher education? Insights from an Italian case study	21
Food choices and sustainability considerations and their association with food consumption patterns in East Asian students in the USA	21
Green inclusive leadership and food waste behavior among students in higher education institutions: the moderating role of green role identity	21
Green campus and student proactivity initiatives: the importance of a participatory approach	20
Addressing climate change education: relevant contributions from universities	20
Sustainability in the communications classroom: experiences, interests and future directions from an undergraduate perspective	20
Change agents under tensions: a paradox approach to strategies for transforming higher education toward sustainability	19
What transforms? – Transformative learning in a sustainability leadership master’s program	19
Changing the world one engineer at a time – unmaking the traditional engineering education when introducing sustainability subjects	18
The role of artificial intelligence in promoting sustainable development: the views of university students in Ghana	18
Developing systems thinking to address climate change	18
Interdisciplinary mobility: an approach to measuring interdisciplinary learning outcomes by using curricular checkpoints	18
Reinforcing infrastructure equity through leveraging Envision rating system within construction education	18
University social responsibility and student development: core self-evaluation and academic self-efficacy as social-emotional pathways toward the sustainable development goals	18
Game-based learning about the circular economy in building sustainable communities: a case of international and interdisciplinary university collaboration	18
Business professors’ behavior toward incorporating sustainability in the classroom – a theory of planned behavior perspective	17
“Connect the circle” systems thinking tool for postgraduate sustainability education: case study	17
Structural drivers and barriers to the strategic integration of sustainability in US B-schools	17
Food waste factors in university restaurants: evidence from Brazilian students	17
Bottled vs tap water perceptions, choices and recommendations in a US Midwest university community	17
SDG4 academic research productivity in the EU27: economic factors and COVID-19 impacts	17
Circular economy education: student feedback from five higher education institutions in the Asia Pacific	17
Green absorptive capacity, green dynamic capabilities and green service innovation: a study in Brazilian universities	16
The role of higher education institutions networks in shaping SDG agendas: mapping types, scales and priorities	16
Biodiversity preservation in German higher education institutions: existing approaches, challenges and future developments	16
The sustainability integration framework: a new model for embedding sustainability in UK universities	16
Environmental, social, governance and sustainable development goals: promoting sustainability in universities	16
The influence of sustainability education on students’ entrepreneurial intentions	15
Assessment of sustainability consciousness among pre-service teachers in China under the “Double Carbon” goal	15
Sustainability transformation processes as a driving force to promote female participation in STEM-oriented higher education institutions: a Chilean case study	15
Visual images of sustainability in higher education: the hidden curriculum of climate change on campus	15
Effect of sustainability measures on student satisfaction regarding accommodation services: practical study from the University of Northampton in the UK	15
Measurement of sustainable attitudes: a scale for business students	15
Research on the influencing factors and upgrading paths for innovation and entrepreneurship education in universities under the background of sustainable development goals: a QCA empirical study on ne	14
Optimizing sustainability literacy in engineering education: a two-stage SEM-neural network investigation of curriculum drivers on sustainability literacy among engineering students	14

What do medical students know about sustainable development?	13
Invisible inequities in higher education: faculty EDI disclosures in university sustainability reports	13
Current themes and future directions of the sustainable development goals in higher education	13
A 5 pillars approach to the sustainable development goals performance and reporting in Portuguese higher education institutions. Proposal for an applied framework	13
The integration of SDGs and biodiversity in HEIs curricula and practices: a systematic literature review	13
Higher education at the crossroads: a roadmap for genuine integration of Sustainable Development Goals	13
A novel and comprehensive approach to mapping university research onto the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the case of University College Cork, Ireland	13
EDuBot: a sustainable and integrated AI-driven chatbot for advising in higher education	13
Obstacles to the sustainability of Arabic language education in Indian universities	13
Teacher’s agency in education for sustainable development: an East-West collaborative Erasmus programme using Q methodology	13
Promoting the wellbeing of students and the sustainability of a university campus: solutions from a design thinking experiment	12
Is university teaching aligned with the sustainable development goals possible? An approach through the virtual training of university professors	12
Sustainability accounting education: challenges and outlook	12
Can emotional intelligence and social innovation influence intention toward sustainability?	12
Pendulum effect: how formal structures and hidden curriculum act in higher education institutions’ contribution to sustainable development?	12
The moderating role of team diversity in enhancing sustainability competence	12
Awareness and perception of the environmental sustainability of the UAE University campus: a case study of sustainability course	12
Sustainable community development through peer-to-peer learning in the online and in-person classroom	12
Empowering youth for sustainability in universities: service-learning and the willingness to act	12
Exploring response levels to sustainability in engineering curricula: a cross-case analysis	11
From knowledge to action: the role of ecological conservation and environmental education in shaping pro environmental behaviour	11
Pro-environmental choices in Indonesia’s campus life: examining the extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) for sustainable behavior in a university setting	11
Green building practices in higher education institutes: strategies for implementation	11
Exploring the university teachers’ perceptions, practices and challenges about gender-inclusive pedagogy in public sector higher education in Pakistan: a qualitative inquiry	11
Physical education teacher educators’ subjective theories about sustainability and education for sustainable development	11
Success determinants and institutional impact of sustainability projects in higher education	11
Climate lessons from the cold edge: rethinking the university as an ethical ecology	10
Education for sustainable development in higher education: a systematic review of leadership, pedagogy and curriculum design	10
Sustainability in higher education in Ecuador- Universidad Técnica del Norte case study	10
Climate change awareness and its impacts on biodiversity: undergraduate students’ insights at the University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo	10
Education for sustainable transformation: a multi-actor perspective on higher education institutions’ contribution to agrifood systems	10
The carbon footprint at quality and environmental university consortium – QualEnv	10
Investigations regarding perspectives between design education and industry practices in sustainability design	10
Promoting sustainable food behavior among young people: evidence-based suggestions for intervention in higher education	10
Implementation of sustainability principles in landscape architecture education: an examination of faculty attitudes and course syllabi	10
Understanding the environmental footprint of a Swiss university – mobility, energy and material consumption before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic	10
Education for sustainable development in higher education institutions: an approach for effective interdisciplinarity	10
Assessing curriculum alignment with SDGs in construction management courses through natural language processing	10
Behind the strategic façade: the unsustainability of sustainability in business schools	10
Enhancing knowledge-attitude-behavior relationships in sustainable textiles higher education: evidence from interdisciplinary industry-collaborative learning	9
Perception of sustainable construction among Nigerian university students: a case study analysis	9
Influences of the Covid-19 pandemic on the impact factor of a sample of environment/sustainability-related journals	9
Students’ awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards the sustainable development goals at the University of South Africa	9
A holistic model for student-centered on and off-campus housing – a cross-country evaluation	9
COIL+: enhancing sustainability competencies in higher education through experiential and problem-based learning	9
Systems thinking for systems leadership: promoting competency development for graduate students in sustainability studies	9
Perception about sustainable development goals among Erasmus students in a Spanish university	9
Proposed mapping and evaluation model of sustainable development goals in graduate programs in environmental sciences in Brazil	9
Who is taking climate action in university? Drivers of personal and professional climate action in higher education	9
Service learning for sustainable development: a bibliometric analysis of research (1997–2023)	9
Beyond cognitive learning, toward transformation in higher education: lessons from Climate Fresk in sustainability education	9
Problem-based learning for the development of sustainable attitudes and knowledge in engineering students: evidence from the Dominican Republic	9
Exploring circular design competencies in undergraduate education: the case of an interdisciplinary course and industry engagement	9
Leveraging community-engaged teaching and learning in higher education institutions for advancing sustainable development: a literature review	9
Publisher’s note	9
The role of pedagogical leadership in enhancing academic staff job performance: the moderating effect of professional development programs	8
Perceptions of different communication strategies on proenvironmental waste disposal behavior: a case study with university students in Brazil	8
“Going beyond the call of duty”: academic agency and promoting transformation for sustainability in higher education	8
Innovative solutions to sustainability in higher education: an exploratory case study of virtual labs in Aotearoa New Zealand	8
Responding to urgent calls for fit-for-purpose planetary health curricula: an examination of nutrition and dietetics tertiary education	8
Learning to lead green: how education shapes sustainable business futures?	8
Guest editorial: Making an impact – UN Sustainable Development Goals and university performance	8
Analyzing sustainability disclosure in Portuguese universities: the role of corporate governance	8
Green performance in higher education: how institutional and contextual factors shape sustainability ratings	8
Establishment and implementation of behavioral observation scale for avoiding food waste for hospitality students	8
How to boost college students’ pro-environmental behavior: the implicit theory perspective	8
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 Coun	8
Uncovering perspectives on SDG integration for university transformations	8
Catalyzing climate action: a case study on universities as hubs for community-engaged climate projects	8
Understanding the role of nutrition literacy in sustainable nutrition	8
Factors influencing online sustainability disclosure in Spanish universities	8
Incidence of sustainability in university performance: evidence of stakeholders’ perceptions at Colombian private higher education institutions	8
The participatory common intellectual experience (P-CIE): a case study for integrating sustainability across the curriculum	8
Opportunities and challenges of reducing single-use plastics: a case study at University of Calgary	8
Trends in research: carbon footprint reduction in universities as a way to achieve a green campus	8
How sustainable is a university food environment? Barriers and opportunities from a Mexican campus	8
Understanding the drivers of sustainable food consumption of Chinese university students: a moderated mediation model	8
Generating students’ loyalty towards the sustainable university during the later COVID-19 pandemic	7
Sustainability consciousness among Indian business students: an assessment of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors	7
Investigating the role of green curriculum in shaping pro-environmental behaviors and environmental values orientation for sustainability	7

Sustainability orientation and sustainable entrepreneurial intention among business students: the serial mediating role of opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial self-efficacy	7
The sustainability literacy assessment instruments: a systematic literature review	7
Bridging the gap: participatory action research for climate change adaptation in rural India	7
Sustainability governance toward an organizational sustainability culture at German higher education institutions	7
Enhancing urban sustainability in higher education in Chile: insights from active learning from online and in-class formats	7
Study on university students’ intention to choose reusable takeaway food containers: evidence from China	7
An institutional framework for education for sustainable development through service-learning in universities	7
Beyond the survey: performance assessments for higher-order sustainability literacy in higher education	7
Sustainable food literacy in association with water footprint behavior in university students: a cross-sectional study from Turkey	7
Vertically integrated project: uniting teaching, research, and community in favor of sustainability	7
Growing a greener generation: a bibliometric analysis of environmental education in universities	7
Food waste reduction behavior in the higher education sector: a value-belief-norm extension with institutional and social drivers	7
University rankings and sustainable development: the state of the art	7
Between real change and institutional facade: unpacking operational sustainability in English universities	7
Which leadership processes encourage sustainable transitions within universities?	7
Sustainable travel in higher education: a review of institutional policy in the United Kingdom	7
Assessing sustainability knowledge for undergraduate students in different academic programs and settings	6
Assessing perceived competence in sustainability among Canadian preservice physical education teachers: a multidimensional approach	6
Remanufactured products from university students’ perspective: a reflexive thematic analysis approach	6
Exploring the imperative of education and learning for sustainable development: research gaps and pathways	6
Individual and interlinked SDGs: higher education institutions and metro area sustainability performance	6
English language teacher trainers’ capacity building in sustainable development goals through MOOCs	6
Assessing sustainability competencies in Latin American MBA programs: alignment with SDGs 4 and 17	6
Teaching for tomorrow: a qualitative exploration of ESD in initial teacher education across five European universities	6
Inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: promoting equitable renewable energy opportunities in vulnerable neighbourhoods in Amsterdam through participatory action research	6
Reporting of and policy on greenhouse gas emissions from air travel at Canadian universities	6
An assessment of key sustainability competencies: a review of scales and propositions for validation	6
Prospective science teachers’ knowledge, awareness and understanding of climate change: a case study in Indonesian higher education institution	6
International service-learning projects on water sustainable management in higher education: a case study on improving water quality in a needy community	6
Campus sustainability, organizational learning and sustainability reporting: an empirical analysis	6
Sustainable practices implementation in the future careers of engineering students: an empirical study	6
The role of sustainable development in the academic curriculum and prospective employment: a survey of information technology students in Bulgaria	6
Understanding greenhouse gas emissions and life cycle assessment of clothing: engaging students’ hands, heads and hearts	6
Spatial examination of sustainability literacy: the interplay of campus greenness and students’ values	6
Teachers’ competencies in education for sustainable development in the context of Vietnam	6
Building learning pathways to enhance education for sustainable development (ESD), quality and relevance	6
University-community partnerships for sustainable health: insights from public health school’s community day of service	5
Teaching the “10 Rs” of circular economy in technological-level undergraduate courses offered in Brazil: an exploratory analysis via fuzzy TOPSIS class	5
Lost in translation? Tanzanian students’ views on sustainability and language, and the implications for the pledge to leave no one behind	5
Sustainable procurement in higher education institutions: a Fuzzy TOPSIS approach for hierarchization of barriers	5
Sustainability in education through collaborative learning using social media: an exploratory study with moderating role of “knowledge creator” and “knowledge seeker”	5
Student perceptions and interests in sustainability: differences among student groups and impact on student sustainability program participation	5
Exploring sustainability consciousness as a psychological construct with undergraduate students in the Republic of Korea	5
Leadership, curriculum and pedagogy for sustainability: a systematic review	5
Enhancing sustainability education in higher education through simulation-based learning: integrating sustainable development goals	5
Relationship between university social responsibility and sustainable development goals in higher education: the mediating role of psychological capital	5
Environmental values and education in Spanish universities: a questionnaire validation	5
Systematic exploration of sustainability in higher education: a tertiary perspective	5
IoT solution for energy management and efficiency on a Brazilian university campus – a case study	5
Education for sustainable development using participatory methodologies in Indonesian higher education: the case of Satya Terra Bhinneka University	5
Enabling change agents for sustainable development: a whole-institution approach to embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals in higher education	5
Scale validation of the “Key Competences in Sustainability” Indicator Tool (KCiS-IT) among business and economics students in seven European HEIs	5
Leveraging educational partnerships to integrate education for sustainable development into university geoscience curriculum	5
Engineering education for sustainable development: an analysis of the barriers in Chile	5
Integrating education for sustainable development in physical education: fostering critical and systemic thinking	5
Unmasking mobility patterns: international travel behavior and emissions of scientists in a higher research institution	5
Inner transitions in higher education in Sweden: incorporating intra-personal skills in education for sustainable development	5
Shaping pro-environmental behaviors through eco-diaries and research-based projects: an experimental study of business students at Yangzhou University	5
Sustainable development through service learning and community engagement in higher education: a systematic literature review	5
Boundary crossings: innovating assessment practices in higher education	5
Appreciation of primary preservice teachers about the potential educational use of citizen science in environmental education	5
What is the role of economics and business studies in the development of attitudes in favour of sustainability?	5
ESD training for university teachers: which is more effective, the face-to-face or digital format? Results of an intervention study	5
Circular economy, methane capture, and climate education in US HEIs	5
Campus sustainability plans: past, present and future	5
Formation of sustainable development competencies in Ukrainian English for specific purposes students	5
Art academic quality evaluation based on core literacy: tool development and level measurement for sustainability literacy	5
Experiential learning for climate education: a study of the En-ROADS climate action simulation	5
Environmental behavior of university students	5
Eco-efficiency and financial sustainability in UK universities: strategic pathways to a carbon-neutral higher education sector	5
Conceptual model for facultative symbiosis between sustainable construction and nature-based solutions in the training of engineers in Chile	5
Empowering future leaders: a cross-university study on integrating SDGS in university social responsibility programs in Taiwan	5
Climate action in higher education: advancing sustainable development through an international research consortium	5
Farm to college: community engagement, learning and addressing food security while growing local foods on a Midwest college campus	5
Exploring how preservice science and mathematics teachers use systems dynamics tools to explain sustainable development goals	5
A comprehensive review of environmental, sustainability and climate change curriculum in Taiwan’s higher education institutions	5
A survey of the most prevalent sustainability initiatives at universities	5
The impact of higher education institution green spaces on technological innovation efficiency: evidence from China	4
Sustainability consciousness, peer influence and sustainable consumption behaviour: the role of altruism among business students in Ghana	4
Investigating the relationships between student well-being and perceived environmental sustainability: student environmental attitudes as a moderator	4
The determinants of environmental knowledge sharing behaviour among accounting educators: a modified theory of planned behaviour	4
Charting the landscape: a typology of ecological sustainability in US business education	4
Intra-organisational sustainable development policy integration processes in higher education through staff networks: a case study from the United Kingdom	4
Internal quality assurance review as an opportunity to further embed ESD in higher education: successes and challenges	4
Strategic responses to institutional pressures in university carbon management: a neo-institutional perspective	4
Carbon footprint calculators to support education on sustainable behaviour: a case study applying COM-B with undergraduate students and in-service educators	4
Advancing the SDGs through higher education institutions: assessing USR implementation at the University of Sharjah	4
University handprint framework: quantifying the positive impacts of university-led sustainability action research	4
Educating for the future: a value competence model for higher education professors in sustainable development and business education	4
Environmental sustainable development goals in Central American public universities: the vision of the rectors	4
How and why US universities fail to impart environmental literacy to all students	4
Environmental and sustainability education in teacher education research: an international scoping review of the literature	4
Examining the implementation of UN sustainable development goals in Brazilian universities	4
An assessment model for socio-cultural sustainability of campus outdoor environments using physical and satisfaction indicators	4
Linking the UN sustainable development goals to life cycle impact applied to a university campus	4