Sustainable university research and development: inspecting sustainability in higher education research
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in: Environmental Education Research, Jahrgang 14, Nr. 6, 01.12.2008, S. 607-623.
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T1 - Sustainable university research and development: inspecting sustainability in higher education research
AU - Beringer, A
AU - Adomssent, M
N1 - Literaturverz. S. 620-623
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Sustainability in higher education is dominated by practical ‘greening the campus’ programs and initiatives. This paper examines sustainable university research and development projects as part of the ‘greening the campus’ spectrum, yet distinct in their specific holistic and scientific orientation. Sustainable university projects seek institutional transformation in strategic and systematic ways; they perceive universities as open, dynamic systems capable of learning and change. Within this system, the two interlocking subsystems of academia and operations provide many leverage points for sustainable development; when utilized together, synergies for sustainability in higher education emerge which may quicken whole-systems transformation. Sustainable university research and development not only describes and monitors such opportunities and processes of institutional transformation, it also directs institutional development toward a more sustainable university. © 2008, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
AB - Sustainability in higher education is dominated by practical ‘greening the campus’ programs and initiatives. This paper examines sustainable university research and development projects as part of the ‘greening the campus’ spectrum, yet distinct in their specific holistic and scientific orientation. Sustainable university projects seek institutional transformation in strategic and systematic ways; they perceive universities as open, dynamic systems capable of learning and change. Within this system, the two interlocking subsystems of academia and operations provide many leverage points for sustainable development; when utilized together, synergies for sustainability in higher education emerge which may quicken whole-systems transformation. Sustainable university research and development not only describes and monitors such opportunities and processes of institutional transformation, it also directs institutional development toward a more sustainable university. © 2008, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
KW - campus greening
KW - higher education
KW - institutional transformation
KW - research
KW - sustainability
KW - sustainable university
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b86cc7c2-ea9b-3dc9-930e-c71d095658ac/
U2 - 10.1080/13504620802464866
DO - 10.1080/13504620802464866
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 14
SP - 607
EP - 623
JO - Environmental Education Research
JF - Environmental Education Research
SN - 1350-4622
IS - 6
ER -