...Anjali Chaudhry; Shankar Ghimire; Isabel Rodriguez-Tejedo Purpose This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an experiential learning tool for sustainability and climate change education ( CCE ). The study investigates how the Energy-Rapid Overview and Decision Support (En-ROADS) Climate...

...% for comparable query–response tasks. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to two institutions, within a single discipline (Industrial Engineering) and over a short evaluation period. Sustainability impacts are inferred from self-reported measures and literature-based benchmarks rather than...

...Sagar S. Tanna Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how University Social Responsibility ( USR ) research has evolved to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strengthen higher education institutions’ (HEIs) societal role. This study examines how universities move beyond...

...Rebeca García-García; Eduardo J. Arrambide-Leal; Mariana E. Elizondo-García; Mariajulia Martínez-Acosta; Juan Torralba; Jorge Membrillo-Hernández Purpose This study aims to address the persistent knowledge–action gap in sustainability education by implementing challenge-based learning ( CBL...

...Jasdeep Singh Walia; Gagandeep Singh Purpose This study aims to explore how sustainability education influences business students’ career aspirations to adopt sustainable practices in their professional lives. Design/methodology/approach The targeted demographic for this study consisted...

.... Design/methodology/approach Using posthumanist Deluzean rhizoanalysis, the authors map the emergence of a sustainable community through qualitative semi-structured interviews into university students’ voluntary participation in a Community Garden ( CG ). Findings Yet this research found...

... fiscal policies and the integration of green taxation in Higher Education ( HE ) on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines using a systematic literature review. The Scopus database was used to collect...

...Norashikin Ahmad Kamal; Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim Purpose Despite numerous efforts to understand education for sustainable development ( ESD ) in engineering, understanding within civil engineering remains limited. This study aims to formulate an ESD competency framework tailored to civil...

...Yuwei Chu; Chinaza Solomon Ironsi; Hanife Bensen Bostanci; Sarah Solomon Ironsi; Fei Yi Purpose Discussions on sustainability in higher education have primarily focused on theoretical and actionable contributions. Meanwhile, there are ongoing discussions that higher education typically focuses...

...Ulku Seher Budak; Osman Aksit; Gaye Defne Ceyhan Purpose This bibliometric review aimed to examine research trends in sustainability assessment instruments in higher education in the Web of Science database from the earliest year covered by the dataset through the first half of 2025. Design...

...Gülşah Taşçı; Arda Özkan; Uğur Sevim Purpose This study aims to analyse the effect of sustainability performance on academic achievement within higher education institutions. This study also contributes to the literature by examining the direct and indirect impacts of university sustainability...

... University Ranking ( QSWUR ) and QS Sustainability Ranking ( QSS ), it explores how governance, research capacity, institutional collaboration and diversity are associated with university performance in both academic excellence and sustainability. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional analysis...

...Anna Maria Górska; Nina Kotula Purpose This study aims to investigate how sustainability is justified and enacted among institutional leaders in European business schools. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on 30 in-depth interviews with deans of Financial Times-ranked European business...

...Christopher T. Belser; Michelle Wade; Helene Tavormina; Carol Lunn Purpose Today’s college students have personal and professional interests in furthering sustainability and environmental stewardship efforts. Environmentally focused campus-based internships offer one strategy to help students...

...Shaoxiong Chen; Ievgenii Stepanov Purpose This study aims to investigate the integration of Education for Sustainable Development ( ESD ) into Russian language courses at a Chinese university using a cross-cultural language-teaching framework. It aims to develop strategies to enhance students...

...Ugur Sevim; Ufuk Pala Purpose Universities not only implement sustainable practices but also bear the responsibility of fostering environmental awareness among students. However, despite universities’ commitments to sustainability, significant gaps persist in student participation and awareness...

...Corey Kiassat; Geandra Alves Queiroz Purpose This study aims to discuss and evaluate the transformation of an industrial engineering course through incorporating sustainability principles using the Lean green methodology, providing students with the skillset to address environmental and societal...

...Letetia Addison; Keisha Chandra Samlal; Greer Mckenzie Purpose This study explores how a Caribbean higher education institution ( HEI ) has demonstrated strategic resilience while advancing its sustainability agenda in response to economic, health and technological disruptions. The paper aims...

...Julia Lohmann; Claudia Augste; Ulrike Röger-Offergeld Purpose Co-creation is proposed as a method to bridge gaps between policy and practice, such as implementing education for sustainable development ( ESD ) across educational areas. While generally applied in higher education, its systematic use...

... ). Design/methodology/approach Diverse universities were selected to reflect institutional variation. Data were collected through 20 semistructured interviews with key sustainability-related managers responsible for CM . Approximately 800 documents were also analyzed. Findings This paper reveals how...