Sustainability

GUNi Highlights
Positive and alternative futures to drive sustainability in HEIs: A dialogue between Prof. Daniella Tilbury and Didac Ferrer
Monday, November 7, 2022
New podcast of the 8th GUNi World Report Special Issue is out now!

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GUNi News
DECODE partners gather in Riga for the first in-person meeting of the project
Monday, June 27, 2022
Erasmus+ project DECODE meeting in Riga

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Embedding Sustainability in Academia: Deans as Change Makers
'Deans have a unique role in driving sustainability transformations at universities. By linking top-down and bottom-up efforts, they serve both as connecting pins and amplifiers – as change-makers.'
News on Higher Education
The Berlin Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development
Thursday, May 20, 2021
The 2.800 participants at the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development have adopted the Berlin Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development. UNESCO gathered 800 stakeholders from all regions of the world on 17-19th May 2021 in Berlin, Germany, to launch its new...
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The engaged university. Linking the global and the local: ACA-CMEPIUS Conference 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019
Josep M. Vilalta, GUNi Director, presented the GUNi 6th Higher Education in the World Report at the opening keynote speech 'Towards a socially responsible university: balancing the global with the local' of the ACA-CMEPIUS Conference 2019.

This conference was organized by the ACA -...
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News on Higher Education
UNESCO Publication: Issues and Trends in Education for Sustainable Development
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Issues and trends in Education for Sustainable Development is the fifth in UNESCO’s Education on the Move series, which reviews trends in education today and challenges for tomorrow.

The present volume addresses Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)...
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Launch and presentation of the 6th GUNi Report in Barcelona
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
The 6th Higher Education in the World report "Towards a Socially Responsible University: Balancing the Global and the Local" was presented last Friday 10th March in Barcelona in front of a full Auditorium in the emblematic building of La Pedrera.

The edition of the 6th ...
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Sustainability: An integrative vision
In this article Àngels Canadell, coordinator of the GUNI Report Higher Education in the World 4, explains the need of an integrative vision to advance sustainability and the possible education’s contribution on this.
Training for the Profession of Sustainable Development: Educational Requirements for Practical Imperatives
John W. McArthur (USA) Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Promise. In this article, the authors explain that a new type of cross-disciplinary practitioner is needed, one who understands the complex interactions between fields and is able to effectively coordinate and implement the insights...
Achieving the MDGs through quadruple helix partnerships: university-government-industry-third sector collaboration
Valtencir Maldonado Mendes (Brasil) “We must not fail the billions who look to the international community to fulfil the promise of the Millennium Declaration for a better world. Let us keep the promise. (…) Meeting the goals is everyone’s business”. - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The MDGs...
Interesting Times and Places: Sustainability in Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific
Dr. Alex Ryan and Professor Daniella Tilbury, University of Gloucestire, present a review on Sustainability in Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific: Developments, challenges, and prospects, a special issue published by the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Sustainability at Universities: Opportunities, challenges and trends
In this article Walter Leal Filho, Senior Professor at London Metropolitan University, UK and head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, explains that sustainability in higher education needs to be perceived as work in...
The Challenges of Higher Education in the 21st Century
Our imperfect world is advancing relentlessly towards uncertain future scenarios, and we must try to redirect it towards sustainability, that is, towards a new way of doing things in order to improve our environment while at the same time achieving justice, social equality and economic stability...
Innovative teacher training in remote Australian Indigenous communities: A sustainable staffing model
In this article Wendy Giles, Debbie Prescott and David Rhodes from Charles Darwin University explain how they are delivering the Bachelor of Teaching and Learning, to Indigenous students by sending lecturers out each week to five remote communities in the Northern Territory in Australia.
Joint action to improve the impact of university development cooperation: Catalan universities promote an University Development Cooperation Plan
In this article Josep Vilalta and Nadja Gmelch of the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) talk about the “Plan for University Cooperation for Development 2011 – 2015 (UDC Plan)” and its fundamental role in enhancing the effectiveness, impact and quality of university development...
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their relevance to higher education in Kosovo
Jehona Serhati of the University of Kassel, analyzes the mutual interdependence between higher education and the MDG’s in Kosovo. Analyzing the current situation of the MDG’s in that country, the author makes a call to the government for further involving the University of Prishtina as a...
Designing and Implementing a Pan-University commitment to Sustainability
Rob Melnick, Executive Dean of the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) at Arizona State University (ASU), explains how GIOS brings together faculty leaders from multiple disciplines to train the next generation of sustainability leaders, practitioners, and entrepreneurs. Its research...
A roadmap to SISD: System Integration of Sustainable Development in Higher Education
In this article Rodra Niko of the Avans University develops a myriad of instruments for education development aimed at the integration of sustainable development into the competence profiles and curricula of university programs.
Resilience in social–ecological systems: the roles of learning and education
In this article Marianne E. Krasny, Cecilia Lundholm and Ryan Plummer present the Special Issue on “Resilience in social-ecological systems: the roles of learning and education”, published in Environmental Education Research, Volume 16 (5, 6), 2010.
Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action
Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action

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Sustainability

Positive and alternative futures to drive sustainability in HEIs: A dialogue between Prof. Daniella Tilbury and Didac Ferrer

DECODE partners gather in Riga for the first in-person meeting of the project

Embedding Sustainability in Academia: Deans as Change Makers

The Berlin Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development

The engaged university. Linking the global and the local: ACA-CMEPIUS Conference 2019

UNESCO Publication: Issues and Trends in Education for Sustainable Development

Launch and presentation of the 6th GUNi Report in Barcelona

Sustainability: An integrative vision

Training for the Profession of Sustainable Development: Educational Requirements for Practical Imperatives

Achieving the MDGs through quadruple helix partnerships: university-government-industry-third sector collaboration

Interesting Times and Places: Sustainability in Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific

Sustainability at Universities: Opportunities, challenges and trends

The Challenges of Higher Education in the 21st Century

Innovative teacher training in remote Australian Indigenous communities: A sustainable staffing model

Joint action to improve the impact of university development cooperation: Catalan universities promote an University Development Cooperation Plan

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their relevance to higher education in Kosovo

Designing and Implementing a Pan-University commitment to Sustainability

A roadmap to SISD: System Integration of Sustainable Development in Higher Education

Resilience in social–ecological systems: the roles of learning and education

Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action

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