Change from Below: Student Initiatives for Universities in Sustainable Development
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Sustainable Development at Universities: New Horizons. ed. / Walter Leal Filho. 1. ed. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, 2012. p. 733-742 61 (Umweltbildung, Umweltkommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit / Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability; Vol. 34).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Change from Below
T2 - Student Initiatives for Universities in Sustainable Development
AU - Drupp, Moritz
AU - Esguerra, Alejandro
AU - Keul, Lena
AU - Löw Beer, David
AU - Meisch, Simon
AU - Roosen-Runge, Felix
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - To advance the discussion on how the transformation of universities may lead to sustainable development may be achieved, the authors examine an often-overlooked actor category: student initiatives. By drawing on a case study of the initiative Greening the University e.V. (University of Tübingen, Germany) the authors conceptualize the role of student initiatives for institutional change through the notion of “communicative arena”. The authors argue that studentinitiatives are crucial for the transformation process toward a university in sustainable development for three reasons: they facilitate change by acting as (1) an institutional innovator, (2) a “boundary agent”, and (3) creator of social and institutional learning spaces. Further, the authors discuss factors that limit a student initiative’s potential to unfold its transformative power. The article concludes with recommendations for policy-makers, university leaders andstudents on how to foster this “change from below”.
AB - To advance the discussion on how the transformation of universities may lead to sustainable development may be achieved, the authors examine an often-overlooked actor category: student initiatives. By drawing on a case study of the initiative Greening the University e.V. (University of Tübingen, Germany) the authors conceptualize the role of student initiatives for institutional change through the notion of “communicative arena”. The authors argue that studentinitiatives are crucial for the transformation process toward a university in sustainable development for three reasons: they facilitate change by acting as (1) an institutional innovator, (2) a “boundary agent”, and (3) creator of social and institutional learning spaces. Further, the authors discuss factors that limit a student initiative’s potential to unfold its transformative power. The article concludes with recommendations for policy-makers, university leaders andstudents on how to foster this “change from below”.
KW - Higher Education and Science Management
KW - Environmental Education
KW - Communication and Sustainability
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-3-631-62560-6
T3 - Umweltbildung, Umweltkommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit / Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability
SP - 733
EP - 742
BT - Sustainable Development at Universities
A2 - Leal Filho, Walter
PB - Peter Lang Verlag
CY - Frankfurt
ER -