Involvment of students and business representatives

"The quest for sustainable development is as important today as it was nearly 30 years ago, when the Brundtland Commission published ‘Our Common Future.’ Nowadays, sustainability presents an emphasis to three interconnected pillars, the environmental, the economic, and the social, along with emerging dimensions of culture and politics. The incorporation of sustainability in higher education is critical in producing well aware human resources, especially in respect of the essential skills, understanding, and knowledge needed in the twenty-first century.”

Challenges in Higher Education for Sustainability (springer.com)

“But even though there are many actors now working in and around sustainability matters, and that much has been written about sustainability at universities, there is still a perceived need for forward looking, international publications, which go beyond the trivial and push the frontiers of this exciting field. Therefore, this book intends to fill in this gap and at the same time provide a timely contribution to the global debate on how to permeate sustainability across disciplines.”

Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities: Working Across Disciplines (springer.com)

“The goal of this book, whose focus is on the engagement of stakeholders on matters related to sustainable development, was to fill in a gap in the literature of publications, which specifically focus on the contributions of individuals and organisations in realising sustainable development objectives and goals. Readers will be able to draw the knowledge and experiences from the authors, whose diverse work illustrates the wide range of approaches and methods which can be used, in order to foster the engagement of various stakeholders in sustainability efforts.“

Engaging Stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development at University Level (springer.com)

If we want to build sustainability thinking into the science and engineering curriculum, and hence encourage students in science and engineering to think more about green issues and become more sensitive towards matters related to sustainability, we need new approaches. The ones used to date have not fully worked, due to a number of reasons. These include: (a) Lack of due emphasis on sustainability in the curriculum of science and engineering courses, (b) Lack of appropriate materials to support curriculum delivery (c) Lack of training of the staff who should deliver sustainability issues in science and engineering courses, (d) Limited availability of materials showcasing how it can be done. This book is meant to address the above needs, in an integrated way.”

Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula: Innovative Approaches, Methods and Tools (springer.com)

“Due to its scope and spectrum, sustainable development is a theme which is both interdisciplinary in nature, and flexible in respect of its usefulness and applications. An integrative approach to sustainability, i.e., an approach that combines aspects of several schools of thought, several methods and tools, is therefore very useful not only in respect of teaching but also in research as well, yielding results that monolitical approaches could not possibly achieve.”

Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level: Making the Links (springer.com)

“The title of the book highlights sustainable development, knowledge society and smart future manufacturing technologies together, and will hopefully serve as inspiration for further efforts to understand how the interception between sustainable development and knowledge society issues could lead to a better future.”

Sustainable Development, Knowledge Society and Smart Future Manufacturing Technologies (springer.com)

“This book contributes to debates on current sustainability practices, with a focus on assessment tools as applied in higher education institutions. These institutions are challenged to carry out management, research, and teaching, and to create settings that allow developing new competencies to address the complex global environmental, social, cultural, and economic pressures with which current and future generations are confronted.”

Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions: Mapping Trends and Good Practices Around the World (springer.com)