...Diego Marques Cavalcante; Lucas Veiga Ávila; Rosley Anholon; Álvaro Luiz Neuenfeldt Júnior; Vitor W.B. Martins Purpose This study aims, from the perspective of the recovery of sustainability, to develop a framework on sustainability and innovation in the formation of engineers in the courses...

... sustainable leadership (SL) influences sustainable performance by examining social innovation (SI) as a mediating mechanism and managerial discretion (MD) as a boundary condition based on upper echelon theory. The study evaluated the role of SL and SI in fostering sustainable performance from...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Sustainability higher education Transformative learning Constructive alignment Systems thinking Innovation Case study Interdisciplinary Education for Sustainability in Higher Education (ESHE) strives to create transformative...

... and Innovation 2013–2020 and with the European Strategy H2020. The scientific activities shown in this case study are intended to ensure the continuity of the group consortium, which is unique at the regional level in the field of building and civil engineering. Plate 1. Outdoor views of the CITEEC...

... a key role in this transformation. This paper aims to conduct a comparative analysis by continents of innovation and sustainability barriers in universities. The document also offers opportunities and potential actions for universities to create initiatives to minimize barriers and move towards...

... be used to leverage this approach. Based on questionnaire surveys carried out for over seven years with students from a highly international master’s-level course, this paper describes the utility of experiential learning theory in teaching around “innovation for sustainability”. Drawing on Kolb’s...

... design of the LIVING LAB Research Infrastructure that will be used to research human interaction with, and stimulate the adoption of, sustainable, smart and healthy innovations around the home. Design/methodology/approach A LIVING LAB is a combined lab‐/household system, analysing existing product...

... innovative projects with both campus and community‐based partners. However, the incentives for an integrated sustainability curriculum faced persistent obstacles including the balkanization of academic knowledge, university organizational structure, and the need for additional human and financial investments...

... adoptable by faculty at other universities. Design/methodology/approach The study has been carried out as action research. Using innovation and user‐producer interaction as the framework, the authors present the development process; the structure, contents and methodology of the programme; and report...

... of sustainable development in systems such as organizations or regions. Design/methodology/approach Based on empirical data concerning expert and stakeholder preferences, it is argued that research and teaching on innovation for sustainability need to be both inter‐ and transdisciplinary. Findings Here...

... at employees of sustainability departments in large firms who wish to establish or disseminate sustainability in their company. In this sense they act as ecopreneurs and champions breaking the barriers of sustainable innovation within a company or by starting up their own business. Whereas, all entrepreneurs...

... for sustainability, community service and national and international cooperation. The paper discusses successes and failures, and the significant lessons that could be learnt from the experience. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Curriculum development Environment Innovation Partnership...

...Niko Roorda In this feature article, sustainable development will be discussed, and it will be explained why eco‐efficiency will have to be raised with a factor of 20 to achieve sustainability. This can be realised through three trajectories: product improvement, product innovation, and system...