International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
A whole-institution approach towards sustainability: a crucial aspect of higher education’s individual and collective engagement with the SDGs and beyond63
Sustainable leadership in higher education institutions: social innovation as a mechanism52
Students’ learning sustainability – implicit, explicit or non-existent: a case study approach on students’ key competencies addressing the SDGs in HEI program45
Service-learning in physical education teacher education: a pedagogical model towards sustainable development goals44
Drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial intentions among university students: an integrated model from a developing world context43
Innovations and challenges in SDG integration and reporting in higher education: a case study from the University of South Florida39
The role of Education 5.0 in accelerating the implementation of SDGs and challenges encountered at the University of Zimbabwe37
Sustainability university rankings: a comparative analysis of UI green metric and the times higher education world university rankings37
Using the theory of planned behavior to understand the students’ pro-environmental behavior: a case-study in a Portuguese HEI36
From environmental education to education for sustainable development in higher education: a systematic review34
Sustainable development goals: a framework for deploying indicators for higher education institutions29
Enhancing sustainable development goals or promoting universities? An analysis of the times higher education impact rankings29
Higher education: the best practices for fostering competences for sustainable development through the use of active learning methodologies28
Advancing SDG competencies in higher education: exploring an interdisciplinary pedagogical approach27
Plant blindness and sustainability27
Applying SDGs as a systematic approach for incorporating sustainability in higher education26
Teaching sustainability as complex systems approach: a sustainable development goals workshop26
Education for sustainable development in higher education institutions: an approach for effective interdisciplinarity26
Prevalence of food insecurity and satisfaction with on-campus food choices among Australian university students24
Framing the role of higher education in sustainable development: a case study analysis24
Transnational universities, host communities and local residents: social impacts, university social responsibility and campus sustainability23
A study of the Web visibility of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda on university websites23
Sustainability in higher education: what is happening in Pakistan?23
Classical paradigms versus complexity thinking in engineering education: an essential discussion in the education for sustainable development23
Developing key competencies in sustainability through project-based learning in graduate sustainability programs23
Enhancing the effects of university education for sustainable development on social sustainability: the role of social capital and real-world learning23
Knowledge, attitude and practice toward sustainability among university students in UAE21
Incorporating sustainability in engineering curriculum: a study of the Australian universities21
Pre-service English language teachers’ conceptions of sustainable development: a case from Turkish higher education context21
Sustainable development in higher education in Nordic countries: exploring E-Learning mechanisms and SDG coverage in MOOCs21
Research on sustainability leadership in higher education: a scoping review20
Education for sustainable development amidst COVID-19 pandemic: role of sustainability pedagogies in developing students’ sustainability consciousness19
Open laboratories for social innovation: a strategy for research and innovation in education for peace and sustainable developmentSustainable development is an issue of high relevance for all countrie19
Framing and facilitating complex problem-solving competences in interdisciplinary megaprojects: an institutional strategy to educate for sustainable development19
Organizational change for sustainability education: a case study of one university’s efforts to create and implement institution-wide sustainability competencies19
Online learning and teaching for the SDGs – exploring emerging university strategies18
Sustainability education at higher education institutions: pedagogies and students’ competences18
Do European quality assurance frameworks support integration of transformative learning for sustainable development in higher education?18
Learning processes for interpersonal competence development in project-based sustainability courses – insights from a comparative international study18
Community needs and interests in university–community partnerships for sustainable development17
Exploring the nature and culture of science as an academic discipline: implications for the integration of education for sustainable development17
How management education is engaging students in the sustainable development goals17
University gardens for sustainable citizenship: assessing the impacts of garden-based learning on environmental and food education at Spanish higher education17
The transforming generation: increasing student awareness about the effects of economic decisions on sustainability17
Educated professionals of sustainability and the dimensions of practices16
A hybrid approach to sustainable development competencies: the role of formal, informal and non-formal learning experiences16
Provision of education for sustainability development and sustainability literacy in business programs in three higher education institutions in Brazil, Colombia and Peru16
A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: which are the most related to higher education institutions?16
Sustainability practices at higher education institutions in Asia16
Accelerating the implementation of SDG 4: stakeholder perceptions towards initiation of sustainable community engagement projects by higher education institutions15
Students’ attitude toward sustainability and humanitarian engineering education using project-based and international field learning pedagogies15
The role of sustainability in media and communication studies’ curricula throughout Europe15
Development of assessment framework for environmental sustainability in higher education institutions15
A framework for implementing and reporting United Nations sustainable development goals in Spanish higher education institutions15
COVID-19, sustainable development and higher education: towards a recovery path15
Challenges of involving students in campus SDGs-related practices in an ODeL context: the case of the University of South Africa (Unisa)15
A proposal of personal competencies for sustainable consumption14
An assessment of key sustainability competencies: a review of scales and propositions for validation14
Education for sustainable development and sustainability consciousness: evidence from Malaysian universities14
Which leadership processes encourage sustainable transitions within universities?14
Addressing the higher education for sustainable development agenda at the College of Open and Distance Learning, St. Mary’s University, Ethiopia: opportunities and challenges13
The state of the art in the incorporation of sustainable development goals in Nepalese Universities13
Student-led sustainability transformations: employing realist evaluation to open the black box of learning in a Challenge Lab curriculum13
Critical analysis of engineering education focused on sustainability in supply chain management: an overview of Brazilian higher education institutions13
The Global Goals: bringing education for sustainable development into US business schools13
Creating a sense of community and space for subjectification in an online course on sustainability education during times of physical distancing13
Is the global reporting initiative suitable to account for university social responsibility? Evidence from European institutions13
Sustainable strategic planning in Italian higher education institutions: a content analysis13
Art and higher education for environmental sustainability: a matter of emergence?13
Training students for complex sustainability issues: a literature review on the design of inter- and transdisciplinary higher education13
The effect of social innovation education on sustainability learning outcomes: the roles of intrinsic learning motivation and prosocial motivation13
Problem-posing in management classrooms for collective sustainability transformation12
Developing a method for incorporating sustainability into the strategic planning of higher education institutions12
Training students in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: nurturing cross-faculty staff commitment and continuous community collaboration12
Stimulating boundary crossing learning in a multi-stakeholder learning environment for sustainable development12
Lean practices toward a balanced sustainability in higher education institutions: a Brazilian experience12
Integrating education for sustainable development in physical education: fostering critical and systemic thinking12
Toward an integrated reporting framework in higher education institutions: evidence from a public university12
Student energy-saving in higher education tackling the challenge of decarbonisation12
Collegiate athletics environmental sustainability efforts within STARS reporting11
University air travel and greenhouse gas mitigation: an analysis of higher education climate policies11
Educating the educators to be a driving force in higher education towards sustainable development11
Proposal for sustainability action archetypes for higher education institutions11
Exploring sustainable student travel behaviour in The Netherlands: balancing online and on-campus learning11
Active methodologies and curricular sustainability in teacher training11
“Hope dies, action begins?” The role of hope for proactive sustainability engagement among university students11
Understanding the factors influencing recycling behavior in college students: the role of interpersonal altruism and environmental concern11
Engineering students’ agency beliefs and career goals to engage in sustainable development: differences between first-year students and seniors11
Greening of the syllabus in faculties of education sciences through sustainable development goals: the case of public Andalusian universities (Spain)11
The ecological footprint and environmental sustainability of students of a public university in Ghana: developing ecologically sustainable practices10
Sustainability governance toward an organizational sustainability culture at German higher education institutions10
Hybrid method to guide sustainable initiatives in higher education: a critical analysis of Brazilian municipalities10
Circular economy, cradle to cradle and zero waste frameworks in teacher education for sustainability10
Project-based learning and pedagogies for virtual reality-aided green building education: case study on a university course10
Intention to adopt pro-environmental behaviors among university students of hard and soft sciences: the case of drinking by reusable bottles10
Towards sustainable development: a systematic review of the past decade’s literature on the social, environment and governance and universities in Latin America10
Boosting the sustainable development goals in a civil engineering bachelor degree program10
Spaces of learning – practising the SDGs through geographical fieldwork methods in a nature park9
Innovation for environmental sustainability: longitudinal effects of an education for sustainable development intervention on university students’ pro-environmentalism9
Students leading students: a qualitative study exploring a student-led model for engagement with the sustainable development goals9
Barriers to sustainability at Pakistan public universities and the way forward9
A literature review on the strategies implemented by higher education institutions from 2010 to 2020 to foster pro-environmental behavior of students9
Educating prospective teachers for a sustainable gender equality practice: survey design and validation of a self-efficacy scale9
Delivering on the promise: how are sustainability research institutes enabling interdisciplinary research?9
Quantifying universities’ direct and indirect carbon emissions – the case of Delft University of Technology9
Green absorptive capacity, green dynamic capabilities and green service innovation: a study in Brazilian universities9
A comparative study on turnaround leadership in higher education and the successful implementation of the UN’s sustainable development goals9
Campus sustainability in the Australian higher education sector: divergence and convergence in planning, reporting and tactics9
Contribution of PRME in education, research, and outreach in Brazilian higher education institutions9
Analysing and evaluating environmental information disclosure in universities: the role of corporate governance, stakeholders and culture9
A sustainability internship program: strategies for creating student stewards for sustainability9
Teachers’ competencies in education for sustainable development in the context of Vietnam8
The impact of peer learning on student performance in an architectural sustainability course8
Are distance higher education institutions sustainable enough? – A comparison between two distance learning universities8
Education for sustainable development through research-based learning in an online environment8
Developing leadership qualities in environmental sustainability through university co-curricular activities8
Global warming in the minds of Mexican higher education students: an exploratory study8
Assessment of solid waste management practice in the university campus8
Ensuring sustainability in internationalisation efforts at higher education institutions8
Applied engineering education for soft skills in the context of sustainability and mobility8
Pushing the boundaries: experience-based learning in early phases of graduate sustainability curricula8
Teaching an interdisciplinary course in sustainable food systems: science and history meet in “a world that works”8
The influence of sustainability education on students’ entrepreneurial intentions8
Towards a sustainable campus: working together to achieve the green campus flag on the UDC peripheral campus of Ferrol8
A conceptual framework for the corporate sustainability higher education in Latin America8
Teaching sustainability-oriented capabilities using active learning approach7
The wheel of fortune as a novel support for constructive alignment and transformative sustainability learning in higher education7
University students involved in a sustainable world: assessing sustainable consumption in Spain7
Physical education teacher educators’ subjective theories about sustainability and education for sustainable development7
Smart practices in HEIs and the contribution to the SDGs: implementation in Brazilian university7
Perceived interest in learning sustainability competencies among higher education students7
The paradox model: towards a conceptual framework for engaging with sustainability in higher education7
Toward a carbon neutral campus: a scalable approach to estimate carbon storage and biosequestration, an example from University of Michigan7
The role of online social networks in university students’ environmentally responsible behavior7
The relationship between the incorporation of sustainability in higher education and the student’s behavior: self-reported sustainable behavior scale7
Environmental service-learning approach in higher education – a descriptive case study on student-led life cycle assessments of university cafeteria meals7
Transformational learning for sustainability leadership – essential components in synergy7
Pro-environmental awareness of university students – assessment through sustainability literacy test7
Transforming students’ behaviour preferences: achievable changes by a sustainability course7
Analysis of the validity and reliability of a questionnaire to measure students’ perception of inclusion of sustainability in engineering degrees7
Education for sustainable development in Spanish higher education: an assessment of sustainability competencies in engineering and education degrees7
Inner transitions in higher education in Sweden: incorporating intra-personal skills in education for sustainable development7
The role of HEIs to achieve SDG7 goals from Netzero campuses: case studies and possibilities in Brazil7
Exploring the development of context appreciation in coursework that targets problem-solving for sustainable development7
Education for sustainable development in Japan and Malaysia: a comparative study among engineering undergraduates7
Individual-level characteristics of environmental sustainability among students in a higher education institution: the role of happiness and academic performance6
Inquiry in higher education for sustainable development: crossing disciplinary knowledge boundaries6
Sustainability in the mission and vision statements of Colombian Universities6
The socially responsible European university: a challenging project6
An overview of research trends on sustainability in higher education – an exploratory study6
Protected areas and environmental conservation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: on HEIs, livelihoods and sustainable development6
Sustainable campus using concept mapping: a bottom-up approach engaging both staff and students6
College students are pro-environment but lack sustainability knowledge: a study at a mid-size Midwestern US university6
The role of communication medium in increasing e-waste recycling awareness among higher educational institutions6
Sustainability governing entities in higher education throughout Chile6
Comparing education for sustainable development in initial teacher education across four countries6
Social responsibility in the context of inclusive higher education development – experiences and insights from the perspective of participatory teaching6
Analysis of sustainability insertion in materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes6
Trends in research: carbon footprint reduction in universities as a way to achieve a green campus6
Climate change education in China: a pioneering case of its implementation in tertiary education and its effects on students’ beliefs and attitudes6
Statistical modelling of the impact of online courses in higher education on sustainable development6
The usual discourse of sustainable development and its impact on students of economics: a case from Czech higher education context6
Towards economic sustainability: how higher education can support the business operations of emerging clothing manufacturing micro enterprises6
Training competences in smart cities: an online program for higher education students6
Sustainable development competencies and student-centered teaching strategies in higher education institutions: the role of professors as gatekeepers6
Reducing the environmental impact of food service in universities using life cycle assessment6
Assessing sustainability knowledge for undergraduate students in different academic programs and settings6
Pedagogies for sustainability: insights from a foundational sustainability course in the built environment6
How university students are taught about sustainability, and how they want to be taught: the importance of the hidden curriculum6
Climate literacy among undergraduate students who study science in Los Angeles6
Integration of sustainability in the curricula of public higher education institutions in Portugal: do strategic plans and self-report align?6
Assessing universities’ social sustainability: accounting for stakeholder value6
Exploring innovative strategies in problem based learning to contribute to sustainable development: a case study6
Wicked problems: university research topic convergence despite divergence in local educational and innovation policies6
Sustainability in library management in higher education institutions: a bibliometric analysis6
Education for sustainable development at Chemnitz University of Technology6
Predicting sustainable consumption of package-free bath products among students in higher education institutions5
Do professional courses prepare hospitality students for efficient surplus food management? A self-evaluation of professional competence in food waste prevention5
The influence of sustainable branding and opinion leaders on international students’ intention to study: a case of Universiti Sains Malaysia5
Sustainability reporting on the websites of public and private universities in Ghana5
Greening higher education? From responsibilization to accountabilization in the incorporation of sustainability in higher education5
IoT solution for energy management and efficiency on a Brazilian university campus – a case study5
Students between science and society: why students’ learning experiences in transformative spaces are vital to higher education institutions5
Envisioning the Indigenised university for sustainable development5
The role of universities in the inclusion of refugees in higher education and in society from the perspective of the SDGS5
Incorporating green building into architectural education: what can we learn from the value-belief-norm theory?5
Teaching sustainability in higher education by integrating mathematical concepts5
Pathways to decarbonization, circular construction, and sustainability in the built environment5
Teaching sustainability: does style matter?5
Informative initiatives as a useful tool to raise awareness of food waste. An application to higher education5
The nexus between stakeholders’ materiality and sustainable development goals: evidence from higher education institutions5
Exploring fields of ambiguity in the sustainability transition of universities5
Measuring the impact of organizational characteristics on the sustainability performance of US institutions of higher education5
Awareness and perception of the environmental sustainability of the UAE University campus: a case study of sustainability course4
Drivers and barriers in developing sustainability leadership – a case of natural scientists at Ugandan universities4
Measuring environmental website communications in Latin American universities: multimodal and ecolinguistic benchmarking4
University leadership in climate mitigation: reducing emissions from waste through carbon pricing4
The determinants of environmental knowledge sharing behaviour among accounting educators: a modified theory of planned behaviour4
Sustainability in management undergraduate courses: mapping the Brazilian higher education institutions4
An evaluation of the environmental values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors of sport management students in higher education institutions4
Promoting recycling, reducing and reusing in the School of Design: a step toward improving sustainability literacy4
What is the role of economics and business studies in the development of attitudes in favour of sustainability?4
Reducing air travel emissions in academia: an exploration of universities’ manoeuvring room4
Business schools’ transformation towards sustainability: empirical insights from UN PRME signatories4
Challenge-based, interdisciplinary learning for sustainability in doctoral education4
Life cycle assessment teaching innovation: experiences from a Brazilian higher education institution4
Empowering undergraduate students to take action: an empathetic mindset toward education for sustainable development4
Discourses on sustainability in a network of Argentine universities: exploring representations, cultural roots and transformative processes4
Exploring personal definitions of sustainability and their impact on perceptions of sustainability culture4
The Anthropocene and the sustainable development goals: key elements in geography higher education?4
A comparison on the evaluation standards of sustainable campus between China and America4
Examination of social workers' attitudes towards sustainable development and environment in the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic4
Training of communities of sustainability practice through science and art4
Don’t be a waster! Student perceptions of recycling strategies at an English University’s halls of residence4
Exploring the usage of social media in extant campus sustainability assessment frameworks for sustainable campus development4
A framework for integrating sustainable development concepts into the chemistry curriculum towards achieving education for sustainable development in Malaysia4
Key experiences for the transdisciplinary approach: fieldwork-based training in sustainability science education3
Higher education in turbulent times: navigating the transition from un-sustainability in a world dominated by technology3
Systems thinking for systems leadership: promoting competency development for graduate students in sustainability studies3
Environmental behavior of university students3
Exploring the relationship between dispositions to think critically and sustainability concern in HESD3
Perceptions and determinants of adopting sustainable eating behaviours among university students in Canada: a qualitative study using focus group discussions3
Intra-organisational sustainable development policy integration processes in higher education through staff networks: a case study from the United Kingdom3
Impacts of service learning on tourism students’ sustainability competencies in conflict-affected Bamyan, Afghanistan3
At the moment of disposal: how messaging techniques at university public outdoor waste receptacles can improve the solid waste stream3
An analysis of the Brazilian higher educational opportunity and challenge processes to achieve the 2030 Agenda for the sustainable development3
Sustainability education and community development in higher education using participatory and case based approaches in India3
Unmasking mobility patterns: international travel behavior and emissions of scientists in a higher research institution3
From recycling to sustainability principles: the perceptions of undergraduate students studying early childhood education of an education for sustainability course3
Lights and shadows in the operationalization of sustainability through the 2030 Agenda in Spanish universities3
Sustainability in higher education institutions: a case study of project FUCAPE 120% sustainable3
Business school model of social responsibility and sustainability and its impact on small- and mid-sized enterprises3
Establishment and implementation of behavioral observation scale for avoiding food waste for hospitality students3
Detecting the historical roots of education for sustainable development (ESD): a bibliometric analysis3
Integrating professional sustainability literacy into the master of public administration curriculum3
Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review3
Towards meta–competences in higher education for tackling complex real–world problems – a cross disciplinary review3
Determinants of transportation sustainability in universities of Islamabad, Pakistan3
How transformative learning nurtures ecological thinking. Evidence from the Students Swap Stuff project3
Students as change agents for campus sustainability in Malaysian universities3
Using real-world engagements for sustainability learning in ODeL in the Global South: challenges and opportunities3
Implementing sustainability via organizational learning: case study of a French business school3
Cultivating students’ sustainability-oriented learning at the interface of science and society: a configuration of interrelated enablers3
Do socially responsible higher education institutions contribute to sustainable regional growth and innovation?3
Towards a European framework for community engagement in higher education – a case study analysis of European universities3
The carbon footprint at quality and environmental university consortium – QualEnv2
Maintenance of an environmental management system based on ISO 14001 in a Brazilian private university, seeking sustainable development2
Towards effective e-learning on sustainability: a case study-course on participatory processes in environmental politics2
Custom-made apparel manufacturing micro-enterprise owners’ perspectives on sustainability: how higher education can contribute2
The evolution of sustainability in engineering education research: a longitudinal analysis through bibliometrics and the CDIO initiative2
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