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Literature on Education for Sustainable Development

Listed below are some examples of literature related to Education for Sustainable Development. The list should only be seen as an example and not intending to be comprehensive.

Books

Eds: Leal Filho, W., Nesbit, S. (2016), New Developments in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development
Eds: Leal Filho, W., Pace, P. (2016), Teaching Education for Sustainable Development at University Level
Eds: Leal Filho, W., Brandli, L. (2016), Engaging Stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development at University Level
Ed: Leal Filho, W. (2015) Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities
Barth, M. (2015) Implementing Sustainability in Higher Education: Learning in an age of transformation. Routledge.
Peters, S. and Wals, A.E.J. (2012) Learning and knowing in pursuit of sustainability: Concepts and tools for trans-disciplinary environmental research. In: Dillon, J and Krasny, M. (eds), Trading Zones in Environmental Education: Creating Transdisciplinary Dialogue. London, Taylor and Francis.
Jones, P., Selby, D., and Sterling, S. (ed.) (2010) Sustainability Education: Perspectives and practice across higher education. London: Earthscan.
Sterling, S. (2004) Higher education, sustainability, and the role of systemic learning. In: Corcoran, P.B. & Wals, A.E.J. (eds), Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise, and Practice. Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Press.

Scientific articles

Hanning, A., Priem Abelsson, A., Lundqvist, U., Svanström, M. (2012) "Are we educating engineers for sustainability?: Comparison between obtained competences and Swedish Industries needs", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 13(3) pp. 305-320.

Holmberg, J., Lundqvist, U., Svanström, M., Arehag, M. (2012) "The university and transformation toward sustainability: The strategy used at Chalmers University of Technology", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 13(3) pp. 279-292.

Svanström, M., Palme, U., Knutson Wedel, M., Carlson, O., Nyström, T., Edén, M. (2012) "Embedding of ESD in engineering education: Experiences from Chalmers University of Technology", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 13(3) pp. 219-231.

Rusinko, C. A. (2010) "Integrating sustainability in higher education: a generic matrix", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 11(3) pp. 250-259.

Segala, J., Ferrer-Balas, D., Mulder, K. F. (2010) "What do engineering students learn in sustainability courses? The effect of the pedagogical approach", Journal of Cleaner Production 18, pp. 275–284.

Knutson Wedel, M., Malmqvist, J., Arehag, M., Svanström, M. (2008). "Implementing engineering education for environmental sustainability info CDIO programs." Proceedings of the 4th International CDIO Conference, Hogeschool Gent, Gent, Belgium, June 16-19, 2008.

Svanström, M., Lozano-García, F.J., Rowe, D. (2008) "Learning outcomes for sustainable development in higher education", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 9(3) pp. 339-351.

Conference contributions

EESD15 - The 7th conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, 9-12 June 2015, Vancouver, Canada.

EESD13 - The 6th conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, EESD13, 22-25 September 2013, Cambridge, UK.

  • Karin Edvardsson Björnberg & IngaBritt Skogh: Integrating social sustainability into the engineering curriculum at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH): A pilot study.
  • Jon-Erik Dahlin, Patrik Larsson & Catharina Erlich: The use of board games in the engineering education for the purpose of stimulating peer participation in lecture theatre discussions.
  • Göran Finnveden & Emma Strömberg: Developing sustainability learning outcomes for engineering.
  • Olga Kordas, Karel Mulder, Eugene Nikiforovich, Jordi Segalàs, Alexis Pasichny & Kateryna Pereverza: Advancing ESD in Ukraine: From awareness to orientation towards long-term thinking and societal needs.
  • Daniel Pargman & Elina Eriksson: “It's not fair!” - making students engage in sustainability.
  • Josefin Wangel, Mattias Höjer, Daniel Pargman & Örjan Svane: Engineers of the future: using scenarios methods in sustainable development education.

Reports

UNESCO (2014) Shaping the future we want. Report on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (un.org)

UNESCO (2012) Shaping the Education of Tomorrow. Report on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, Abridged

Chalmers (2009) Education for Sustainable Development - 29 examples from Chalmers, Ulrika Palme.

Copernicus Campus (2005) COPERNICUS-Guidelines for Sustainable Development in the European Higher Education Area: How to incorporate the principles of sustainable development into the Bologna Process

SOU 2004:104. Learning for sustainable development. Report of the Committee for Education for Sustainable Development.

Journals

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (IJSHE)  The journal is published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited in conjunction with University Leaders for a Sustainable Future. Editor: Professor Walter Leal, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development (JESD)  is a forum for academics and practitioners to share and critique innovations in thinking and practice in the emerging field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). A peer-reviewed international journal, JESD aims at global readership and is published twice a year.