Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development Implementing a Whole-Institution Approach

• Other Authors: Rieckmann, Marco (Editor), Bormann, Inka (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Humanities; Education; higher education institutions; implementation; organisational factors; sustainable development; interpretative structural modelling (ISM); higher education institutions (HEIs); cross-sector collaboration; multi-professional collaboration; transdisciplinary research; narrative analysis; sensemaking; whole institution approach; organizational networks; constant comparative analysis; athletic departments; higher education; sustainability; loose coupling; shared governance; United States; intellectual capital; performance; quality of life; sustainability assessment; environmental management performance; German-speaking countries; survey; whole-institution approach; competencies; knowledge; values; case study; discourse analysis; environment; Global South; Sustainable Development Goals; universities' transformation; sustainability assessment tool; sustainability governance; systems theory; governance equalizer; politics; profession; organization; public; organizational culture; Germany; sustainability in science; transformative science; grammar of responsibility; ethics of knowledge; universities as echo chambers of society; catalytic science; universities; organizational change; higher education for sustainable development (HESD); sustainability transitions; SD; alliances; university; transfer; practitioner-university partnership; societal impact; education for sustainable development; higher education development; sustainable university development; systemic development; inter-organizational networks; worldviews; societal transformation; systemic transformation
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Sustainability is an urgent developmental task for our society and is attracting increasing attention. Therefore, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also called upon to deal theoretically, conceptually, methodically, critically, and reflectively with the associated challenges and the processes...