OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is 7. 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.)

Article	Citations
A whole-institution approach towards sustainability: a crucial aspect of higher education’s individual and collective engagement with the SDGs and beyond	63
Sustainable leadership in higher education institutions: social innovation as a mechanism	52
Students’ learning sustainability – implicit, explicit or non-existent: a case study approach on students’ key competencies addressing the SDGs in HEI program	45
Service-learning in physical education teacher education: a pedagogical model towards sustainable development goals	44
Drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial intentions among university students: an integrated model from a developing world context	43
Innovations and challenges in SDG integration and reporting in higher education: a case study from the University of South Florida	39
The role of Education 5.0 in accelerating the implementation of SDGs and challenges encountered at the University of Zimbabwe	37
Sustainability university rankings: a comparative analysis of UI green metric and the times higher education world university rankings	37
Using the theory of planned behavior to understand the students’ pro-environmental behavior: a case-study in a Portuguese HEI	36
From environmental education to education for sustainable development in higher education: a systematic review	34
Sustainable development goals: a framework for deploying indicators for higher education institutions	29
Enhancing sustainable development goals or promoting universities? An analysis of the times higher education impact rankings	29
Higher education: the best practices for fostering competences for sustainable development through the use of active learning methodologies	28
Advancing SDG competencies in higher education: exploring an interdisciplinary pedagogical approach	27
Plant blindness and sustainability	27
Applying SDGs as a systematic approach for incorporating sustainability in higher education	26
Teaching sustainability as complex systems approach: a sustainable development goals workshop	26
Education for sustainable development in higher education institutions: an approach for effective interdisciplinarity	26
Prevalence of food insecurity and satisfaction with on-campus food choices among Australian university students	24
Framing the role of higher education in sustainable development: a case study analysis	24
Transnational universities, host communities and local residents: social impacts, university social responsibility and campus sustainability	23
A study of the Web visibility of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda on university websites	23
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 development	23
Developing key competencies in sustainability through project-based learning in graduate sustainability programs	23

Enhancing the effects of university education for sustainable development on social sustainability: the role of social capital and real-world learning	23
Knowledge, attitude and practice toward sustainability among university students in UAE	21
Incorporating sustainability in engineering curriculum: a study of the Australian universities	21
Pre-service English language teachers’ conceptions of sustainable development: a case from Turkish higher education context	21
Sustainable development in higher education in Nordic countries: exploring E-Learning mechanisms and SDG coverage in MOOCs	21
Research on sustainability leadership in higher education: a scoping review	20
Education for sustainable development amidst COVID-19 pandemic: role of sustainability pedagogies in developing students’ sustainability consciousness	19
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 countrie	19
Framing and facilitating complex problem-solving competences in interdisciplinary megaprojects: an institutional strategy to educate for sustainable development	19
Organizational change for sustainability education: a case study of one university’s efforts to create and implement institution-wide sustainability competencies	19
Learning processes for interpersonal competence development in project-based sustainability courses – insights from a comparative international study	18
Online learning and teaching for the SDGs – exploring emerging university strategies	18
Sustainability education at higher education institutions: pedagogies and students’ competences	18
Do European quality assurance frameworks support integration of transformative learning for sustainable development in higher education?	18
The transforming generation: increasing student awareness about the effects of economic decisions on sustainability	17
Community needs and interests in university–community partnerships for sustainable development	17
Exploring the nature and culture of science as an academic discipline: implications for the integration of education for sustainable development	17
How management education is engaging students in the sustainable development goals	17
University gardens for sustainable citizenship: assessing the impacts of garden-based learning on environmental and food education at Spanish higher education	17
Educated professionals of sustainability and the dimensions of practices	16
A hybrid approach to sustainable development competencies: the role of formal, informal and non-formal learning experiences	16
Provision of education for sustainability development and sustainability literacy in business programs in three higher education institutions in Brazil, Colombia and Peru	16
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 Asia	16
Accelerating the implementation of SDG 4: stakeholder perceptions towards initiation of sustainable community engagement projects by higher education institutions	15
Students’ attitude toward sustainability and humanitarian engineering education using project-based and international field learning pedagogies	15
The role of sustainability in media and communication studies’ curricula throughout Europe	15
Development of assessment framework for environmental sustainability in higher education institutions	15
A framework for implementing and reporting United Nations sustainable development goals in Spanish higher education institutions	15
COVID-19, sustainable development and higher education: towards a recovery path	15
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 consumption	14
An assessment of key sustainability competencies: a review of scales and propositions for validation	14
Education for sustainable development and sustainability consciousness: evidence from Malaysian universities	14
Which leadership processes encourage sustainable transitions within universities?	14
The effect of social innovation education on sustainability learning outcomes: the roles of intrinsic learning motivation and prosocial motivation	13
Addressing the higher education for sustainable development agenda at the College of Open and Distance Learning, St. Mary’s University, Ethiopia: opportunities and challenges	13
The state of the art in the incorporation of sustainable development goals in Nepalese Universities	13
Student-led sustainability transformations: employing realist evaluation to open the black box of learning in a Challenge Lab curriculum	13
Critical analysis of engineering education focused on sustainability in supply chain management: an overview of Brazilian higher education institutions	13
The Global Goals: bringing education for sustainable development into US business schools	13
Creating a sense of community and space for subjectification in an online course on sustainability education during times of physical distancing	13
Is the global reporting initiative suitable to account for university social responsibility? Evidence from European institutions	13
Sustainable strategic planning in Italian higher education institutions: a content analysis	13
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 education	13
Student energy-saving in higher education tackling the challenge of decarbonisation	12
Problem-posing in management classrooms for collective sustainability transformation	12
Developing a method for incorporating sustainability into the strategic planning of higher education institutions	12
Training students in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: nurturing cross-faculty staff commitment and continuous community collaboration	12

Stimulating boundary crossing learning in a multi-stakeholder learning environment for sustainable development	12
Lean practices toward a balanced sustainability in higher education institutions: a Brazilian experience	12
Integrating education for sustainable development in physical education: fostering critical and systemic thinking	12
Toward an integrated reporting framework in higher education institutions: evidence from a public university	12
University air travel and greenhouse gas mitigation: an analysis of higher education climate policies	11
Educating the educators to be a driving force in higher education towards sustainable development	11
Proposal for sustainability action archetypes for higher education institutions	11
Collegiate athletics environmental sustainability efforts within STARS reporting	11
Exploring sustainable student travel behaviour in The Netherlands: balancing online and on-campus learning	11
Active methodologies and curricular sustainability in teacher training	11
“Hope dies, action begins?” The role of hope for proactive sustainability engagement among university students	11
Understanding the factors influencing recycling behavior in college students: the role of interpersonal altruism and environmental concern	11
Engineering students’ agency beliefs and career goals to engage in sustainable development: differences between first-year students and seniors	11
Greening of the syllabus in faculties of education sciences through sustainable development goals: the case of public Andalusian universities (Spain)	11
Intention to adopt pro-environmental behaviors among university students of hard and soft sciences: the case of drinking by reusable bottles	10
Towards sustainable development: a systematic review of the past decade’s literature on the social, environment and governance and universities in Latin America	10
Boosting the sustainable development goals in a civil engineering bachelor degree program	10
The ecological footprint and environmental sustainability of students of a public university in Ghana: developing ecologically sustainable practices	10
Sustainability governance toward an organizational sustainability culture at German higher education institutions	10
Hybrid method to guide sustainable initiatives in higher education: a critical analysis of Brazilian municipalities	10
Circular economy, cradle to cradle and zero waste frameworks in teacher education for sustainability	10
Project-based learning and pedagogies for virtual reality-aided green building education: case study on a university course	10
Green absorptive capacity, green dynamic capabilities and green service innovation: a study in Brazilian universities	9
A comparative study on turnaround leadership in higher education and the successful implementation of the UN’s sustainable development goals	9
Campus sustainability in the Australian higher education sector: divergence and convergence in planning, reporting and tactics	9
Contribution of PRME in education, research, and outreach in Brazilian higher education institutions	9
Analysing and evaluating environmental information disclosure in universities: the role of corporate governance, stakeholders and culture	9
A sustainability internship program: strategies for creating student stewards for sustainability	9
Spaces of learning – practising the SDGs through geographical fieldwork methods in a nature park	9
Innovation for environmental sustainability: longitudinal effects of an education for sustainable development intervention on university students’ pro-environmentalism	9
Students leading students: a qualitative study exploring a student-led model for engagement with the sustainable development goals	9
Barriers to sustainability at Pakistan public universities and the way forward	9
A literature review on the strategies implemented by higher education institutions from 2010 to 2020 to foster pro-environmental behavior of students	9
Educating prospective teachers for a sustainable gender equality practice: survey design and validation of a self-efficacy scale	9
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 Technology	9
Pushing the boundaries: experience-based learning in early phases of graduate sustainability curricula	8
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 intentions	8
Towards a sustainable campus: working together to achieve the green campus flag on the UDC peripheral campus of Ferrol	8
A conceptual framework for the corporate sustainability higher education in Latin America	8
Teachers’ competencies in education for sustainable development in the context of Vietnam	8
The impact of peer learning on student performance in an architectural sustainability course	8
Are distance higher education institutions sustainable enough? – A comparison between two distance learning universities	8
Education for sustainable development through research-based learning in an online environment	8
Developing leadership qualities in environmental sustainability through university co-curricular activities	8
Global warming in the minds of Mexican higher education students: an exploratory study	8
Assessment of solid waste management practice in the university campus	8
Ensuring sustainability in internationalisation efforts at higher education institutions	8
Applied engineering education for soft skills in the context of sustainability and mobility	8
Pro-environmental awareness of university students – assessment through sustainability literacy test	7
Transforming students’ behaviour preferences: achievable changes by a sustainability course	7
Analysis of the validity and reliability of a questionnaire to measure students’ perception of inclusion of sustainability in engineering degrees	7
Education for sustainable development in Spanish higher education: an assessment of sustainability competencies in engineering and education degrees	7
Inner transitions in higher education in Sweden: incorporating intra-personal skills in education for sustainable development	7
The role of HEIs to achieve SDG7 goals from Netzero campuses: case studies and possibilities in Brazil	7
Exploring the development of context appreciation in coursework that targets problem-solving for sustainable development	7
Education for sustainable development in Japan and Malaysia: a comparative study among engineering undergraduates	7
Teaching sustainability-oriented capabilities using active learning approach	7
The wheel of fortune as a novel support for constructive alignment and transformative sustainability learning in higher education	7
University students involved in a sustainable world: assessing sustainable consumption in Spain	7
Physical education teacher educators’ subjective theories about sustainability and education for sustainable development	7
Smart practices in HEIs and the contribution to the SDGs: implementation in Brazilian university	7
Perceived interest in learning sustainability competencies among higher education students	7
The paradox model: towards a conceptual framework for engaging with sustainability in higher education	7
Toward a carbon neutral campus: a scalable approach to estimate carbon storage and biosequestration, an example from University of Michigan	7
The role of online social networks in university students’ environmentally responsible behavior	7
The relationship between the incorporation of sustainability in higher education and the student’s behavior: self-reported sustainable behavior scale	7
Environmental service-learning approach in higher education – a descriptive case study on student-led life cycle assessments of university cafeteria meals	7
Transformational learning for sustainability leadership – essential components in synergy	7