The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education: An Agenda for Transformational Change

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This Handbook illustrates that universities per se and higher education in general are essential to catalyze and action the transformative change needed for sustainability and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. Part One shows how sustainability can be adopted as a driver of change within higher education institutions (HEIs), as they react and respond to influencing factors outside the academy. Part Two examines how a university working with and for sustainability can influence, effect and amplify change beyond the institution, working with and through others. International contributors explore regional, national and international perspectives, presenting a variety of critically assessed accounts case studies that reflect different local and national contexts, institutional archetypes and academic missions. Frameworks of sustainability-led transformation are illustrated at the level of the institution (executive/administrative), organization, culture, place-based (anchor) and student in various countries including Aruba, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Lebanon, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Uganda, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The book concludes with a manifesto for change and a call to action. It identifies that the sustainability journey of a HEI is influenced by context and place, with mission, leadership and strategy playing a vital role and change agency by students a key ingredient. Recognizing the patience and resolve to effect change, communication, dialogue and inclusion were central to community building and partnership. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Figures Tables Contributors Acknowledgements Part 1 Transformative Change from Outside to Inside the Academy 1 Universities as Agents of Change: Green Academy to Ecological University 2 Collective Ambition for Global Action: Role for the Knowledge Sector 3 Framing a University Research and Innovation Strategy around the SDGs 4 Experiencing Sustainability: Developing Students’ Global Leadership Skills 5 Transformative Learning, Community and Leadership for Sustainability Action 6 Pedagogical Approaches to the SDGs in Fragile Contexts 7 Nigerian Universities and Achievement of the SDGs 8 Universities and Green Innovations: Entrepreneurship in Uganda 9 Driving Sustainability at the University of Hong Kong 10 Living Lab: Newton Smart Campus 11 Sustainability Member Associations for Universities Part 2 Higher Education as a Driver of Sustainability beyond the Institution: Transformation from Inside to Outside the Academy 12 Sustainability Transformations at McGill 13 Accelerating Response to a Changing Climate: Solutions across Scales 14 University Leadership and Governance Enabling Sustainability and the SDGs 15 University–City Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Transformations 16 Transformational Change: Lessons from the University of Edinburgh 17 SISSTEM: Sustainable Development on the Small Island State of Aruba 18 Global Challenges and Opportunities for African Universities 19 University–Community Partnership in Nepal 20 Transformative Change for Sustainability: The Wellington Plus Programme 21 Student Involvement in Environmental Management Activities 22 Leveraging Excellence to Support Sustainable Development in Africa 23 A University’s Transformational Change Agenda 24 Role of Anchor Institutions towards Community Development Conclusion Index