Why I support Open Access
I sometimes receive the question why my research is not accessible to a broad audience. Even though I expect my articles to be accessible by all my academic colleagues all […]
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Publications related to sustainable higher education
Connecting sustainability initiatives with efficiency measures: an opportunity for business schools
The integration of sustainable development in higher education takes many forms. More and more journals report about a diversity in approaches, some focused on education, others on research, campus operations […]
Does sustainability assessment ensure effective policy development?
New article explores the contribution of sustainability assessment to policy development in higher education. Universities worldwide are paying considerable attention towards integrating sustainability in their education, research, societal outreach and […]
The growth we want – Reflections on the 6th University Business Forum from a Sustainability perspective
The University Business Forum (UB Forum), organised by the European Commission, DG Education and Culture, is a (bi-)annual event connecting university, business, and policy representatives. The Sixth UB Forum has […]
ESD Professional Development of University Educators
New mapping report shows good practices and gaps across Europe From February till May 2014, 54 higher education institutions from 33 countries across Europe were engaged in mapping the state […]
A change management perspective on sustainable development in higher education
Worldwide policy initiatives such as the RIO+20 Higher Education Sustainability Initiative and the COPERNICUS Alliance, encourage higher education institutions (HEI) to integrate sustainable development in their curricula, research, societal outreach […]
School-community collaboration for sustainable development: tools and publications
CoDeS is a Comenius Multilateral Network funded by the Lifelong Learning Program from EU, with a focus on school community collaboration addressing sustainability issues. The activities of the network aim […]
Ecological Footprint Analysis in Higher Education: Campus Operations, Policy Development and Educational Purposes
Ecological footprint analysis has been used worldwide in a variety of organisations (enterprise, public authorities, non-governmental organisations, (higher) educational institutions) and at different levels (personal level, (parts of) organisations, cities, […]
Designing a Sustainable Future through School Community Collaboration
Final Conference of the Comenius Lifelong Learning Network CoDeS Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, May 21-23rd, 2014 About the conference Communities are at risk in many parts of our world as a […]
Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education
One of the features of sustainable higher education is to assess the current state of the integration of sustainability in a given higher education institution. Policy makers and practitioners have […]
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