Sustainable university research and development: inspecting sustainability in higher education research

References

• AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) . . Working together for sustainability – on campus and beyond . Paper presented at 2nd biannual conference AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) . November 9–11 , Raleigh, NC. http://www.aashe.org/conf2008/ (accessed June 2008)
   Google Scholar
• Adomßent , M. 2008 . “ Knowledge production and distribution of higher education institutions in the sway of global development trends ” . In Wissen als Begleiter?? – Das Individuum als Lebenslanger Lerner [Knowledge as companion? The individual as life‐long learner] , Edited by: Herwig , R. Münster : LIT‐Verlag . (in press)
   Google Scholar
• Adomßent , M. , Godemann , J. and Michelsen , G. 2007a . Transferability of approaches to sustainable development at universities as a challenge . International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education , 8 ( 4 ) : 385 – 402 .
   Google Scholar
• Adomßent , M. , Godemann , J. and Michelsen , G. eds. 2007b . Sustainable university – holistic approach to sustainability in higher education institutions . International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education , 8 (4)
   Google Scholar
• Akel , M. 2006 . “ Institutions of higher education: a study of facilities and environmental considerations ” . www.universitybusinesscom/uploaded/pdfs/HiEdGreenFacilitiesStudyECNN.pdf (acce‐ ssed 22 September 2006)
   Google Scholar
• Albrecht , P. , Burandt , S. and Schaltegger , S. 2007 . Do sustainability projects stimulate organizational learning in universities? . International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education , 8 ( 4 ) : 403 – 15 .
   Google Scholar
• Aygeman , J. and Crouch , C. 2004 . “ The contribution of environmental justice to sustainability in higher education ” . In Higher education and the challenge of sustainability: problematics, promise and practice , Edited by: Corcoran , P.B. and A.E.J. Wals . 113 – 130 . Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers .
   Google Scholar
• Barth , M. and Godemann , J. 2007 . “ Study programme sustainability – a way to impart competencies for handling sustainability? ” . In Higher education for sustainability: new challenges from a global perspective , Edited by: Adomßent , M. , Godemann , J. , Leicht , A. and Busch , A. 198 – 207 . Frankfurt/M. : Verlag für akademische Schriften .
   Google Scholar
• Barth , M. , Godemann , J. , Rieckmann , M. and Stoltenberg , U. 2007 . Developing key competencies for sustainable development in higher education . International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education , 8 ( 4 ) : 416 – 30 .
   Google Scholar
• Beringer , A. 2007a . The Lüneburg Sustainable University Project in international comparison . International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education , 8 ( 4 ) : 446 – 61 .
   Google Scholar
• Beringer , A. . Ecological identities as foundation for sustainability competencies: contributions from conservation psychology and sustainable campuses . Paper presented at second international conference in higher education for sustainable development . July 3–5 , Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
   Google Scholar
• Beringer , A. and with Environmental Studies students . . Sustainable UPEI: an action research project . Paper presented at third annual environmental research symposium . November 8 , Dalhousie University, Halifax.
   Google Scholar
• Beringer , A. , Wright , T. and Malone , L. 2006 . “ Sustainability in higher education in Atlantic Canada ” . www.upei.ca/environment/Atl_Can_SHE_study.pdf (accessed December 2006)
   Google Scholar
• Caners , C. . Sustainability at the University of Toronto. In The movement towards sustainable campuses in Canada . Paper presented at Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) 2nd annual conference . November 2–3 , Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
   Google Scholar
• Carr , W. and Kemmis , S. 1986 . Becoming critical: Education, knowledge and action research , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Corcoran , P.B. and Wals , A.E.J. 2004 . Higher education and the challenge of sustainability: Problematics, promise and practice , Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers .
   Google Scholar
• Corcoran , P.B. , Walker , K.E. and Wals , A.E.J. 2002 . Case studies, make‐our‐case studies, and case stories: A critique of case study methodology in sustainability in higher education . Environmental Education Research , 10 ( 1 ) : 7 – 21 .
   Google Scholar
• Cosby , R. 2008 . “ Campusbau: Nachhaltigkeit wichtig ” . http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/080430_Nachhaltigkeit (accessed June 2008)
   Google Scholar
• Diamond , J. 2005 . Collapse: how societies choose to fail or survive , London : Allen Lane .
   Google Scholar
• Dick , B. 2001 . “ Action research: action and research ” . In Effective change management using action learning and action research , Edited by: Sankaran , S. , Dick , B. , Passfield , R. and Swepson , P. 21 – 7 . Lismore, NSW : Southern Cross University .
   Google Scholar
• Donner , H. and Weiß , R. 2000 . “ Wissenschaft in sozialer und ökologischer Verantwortung. Die Wissenschaft im Dienst einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung? [Science in social and ecological responsibility: Science in service of sustainable development?] ” . In Sustainable university – auf dem Weg zu einem universitären Agendaprozess [Sustainable university – on the path toward a university Agenda 21 process.] , Edited by: Michelsen , G. 216 – 32 . Frankfurt/M. : Verlag für akademische Schriften .
   Google Scholar
• Franz‐Balsen , A. and Heinrichs , H. 2007 . Managing sustainability communications on campus: Experiences from Lüneburg . International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education , 8 ( 4 ) : 431 – 45 .
   Google Scholar
• Glasser , H. 2004 . “ Learning our way to a sustainable and desirable world: Ideas inspired by Arne Naess and Deep Ecology ” . In Higher education and the challenge of sustainability: problematics, promise and practice , Edited by: Corcoran , P.B. and Wals , A.E.J. 131 – 48 . Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers .
   Google Scholar
• Glücklich , D. n.d. . “ Ecological development of Valley View University, Accra, Ghana ” . http://www.ecolog-building.de/vvu/vvu1.htm (accessed 16 June 2008)
   Google Scholar
• Gough , S. and Scott , W. 2007 . Higher education and sustainable development: Paradox and possibilities , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Greenwood , D.J. and Levin , M. 2003 . “ Reconstructing the relationship between universities and society through action research ” . In The landscape of qualitative research: theories and issues , 2nd edn. , Edited by: Denzin , N.K. and Lincoln , Y.S. 131 – 66 . Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Gruppe . 2004 . “ Memorandum ‘re‐thinking academia: reorientation on the horizon of sustainability.’ ” . http://www.uni-lueneburg.de/gruppe2004/Memorandum-english.pdf (accessed 1 July 2008)
   Google Scholar
• Herrmann , M. 2007 . The practice of sustainable education through a participatory and holistic teaching approach . Communication, Cooperation and Participation , 1 : 72 – 87 . http://www.ccp-online.org/en/details/herrmann_01.php (accessed 2 July 2008)
   Google Scholar
• HESD (Higher Education for Sustainable Development) . . Second international conference in higher education for sustainable development . Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi . July 3–5 , Mexico.
   Google Scholar
• HGCI (Harvard Green Campus Initiative) . 2008 . http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/ (accessed June 2008)
   Google Scholar
• HIS (Hochschul‐Informations‐System GmbH) . . Tagung ‘Implementierung von Nachhaltigkeit in Hochschulen’ . [Conference ‘Implementing sustainability in higher education’] . June 18–20 , Technische Universität Darmstadt.
   Google Scholar
• Huckle , J. 2004 . “ Critical realism: a philosophical framework for higher education for sustainability ” . In Higher education and the challenge of sustainability , Edited by: Corcoran , P.B. and Wals , A.E.J. 33 – 47 . Dordrecht : Kluwer .
   Google Scholar
• ISSRNC (International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture) . 2007 . “ Religious studies and theology exploring sustainable development: Challenges for higher education ” . September 28, in Radboud University Nijmegen
   Google Scholar
• Kelly , T. . Seeing things as whole: A vision of campus sustainability in 2020 . Paper presented at Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) 3rd annual conference . October 8–9 , Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.
   Google Scholar
• Kemmis , S. and McTaggert , R. , eds. 1988 . The action research reader , 3rd edn. , Geelong, Victoria : Deakin University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Lewin , K. 1946 . Action research and minority problems . Journal of Social Issues , 2 ( 4 ) : 34 – 46 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Michelsen , G. , Adomßent , M. and Godemann , J. , eds. 2008 . Sustainable University – Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung , Frankfurt/Main : VAS‐Verlag . [Sustainable university – sustainable development as strategy and goal for advancement of higher education]
   Google Scholar
• Mulder , K. . Evaluating the sustainability of research of a University of Technology, towards a general methodology . Paper presented at connference on the international launch in higher education ‘Committing universities to sustainable development,’ . April , Graz, Austria. 249–56
   Google Scholar
• Myers , G. and Beringer , A. in press . Sustainability in higher education: Psychological research for effective pedagogy . Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy ,
   Google Scholar
• Narodoslawsky , M. . The sustainable university cluster Graz – a new approach to academic education and research . Paper presented at conference on the international launch in higher education ‘Committing universities to sustainable development,’ 10 . April 20–23 , Graz, Austria.
   Google Scholar
• Redclift , M. 1987 . Sustainable development , London : Routledge, Kegan and Paul .
   Google Scholar
• Rieckmann , M. 2007 . Globales Lernen in informellen Settings an Hochschulen [Global learning in informal higher education] . ZEP – Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik , 30 ( 1 ) : 7 – 10 .
   Google Scholar
• Robottom , I. 1987 . “ Towards inquiry‐based professional development in environmental education ” . In Environmental education: practice and possibility , Edited by: Robottom , I. 88 – 120 . Geelong, Victoria, , Australia : Deakin University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Rode , H. and Michelsen , G. 2008 . Levels of indicator development for education for sustainable development . Environmental Education Research , 14 ( 1 ) : 19 – 33 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Scholz , R.W. and Tietje , O. 2001 . Embedded case study methods: Integrating quantitative and qualitative knowledge , Thousand Oaks, CA, , USA : Sage Publications .
   Google Scholar
• Scott , W. and Gough , S. 2003 . Sustainable development and learning: Framing the issues , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Sharp , L. 2002 . Green campuses: The road from little victories to systemic transformation . International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education , 3 ( 2 ) : 128 – 45 .
   Google Scholar
• Sharp , L. 2005 . “ Campus sustainability practitioners: challenges for a new profession ” . Unpublished manuscript
   Google Scholar
• Sierra Youth Coalition of Canada . 2008 . “ Sustainable campuses ” . www.syc-cjs.org/sustainable (accessed June 2008)
   Google Scholar
• Stapp , W.B. and Wals , A.E.J. 1993 . “ An action research approach to environmental problem solving ” . In Trends and issues in environmental education , Edited by: Fien , J. and Spork , H. 170 – 79 . Geelong, Victoria : Deakin University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Sterling , S. 2004a . “ Higher education, sustainability, and the role of systemic learning ” . In Higher education and the challenge of sustainability: Problematics, promise and practice , Edited by: Corcoran , P.B. and Wals , A.E.J. 49 – 70 . Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers .
   Google Scholar
• Sterling , S. 2004b . Sustainable education: Re‐visioning learning and change , Dartington : Green Books .
   Google Scholar
• Stoltenberg , U. 2000 . “ Lebenswelt Hochschule als Erfahrungsraum für Nachhaltigkeit [Lifeworld higher education as experiental opportunity for sustainability] ” . In Sustainable university – auf dem Weg zu einem universitären Agendaprozess [Sustainable university – on the path toward a university Agenda 21 process] , Edited by: Michelsen , G. 90 – 116 . Frankfurt/M. : Verlag für akademische Schriften .
   Google Scholar
• Sustainable Endowments Institute . 2008 . “ College sustainability report card 2008: A review of campus and endowment policies at leading institutions ” . http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/sustainability (accessed June 2008)
   Google Scholar
• Turner , C. 2007 . Geography of hope: A tour of the world we need , Toronto : Random House Canada .
   Google Scholar
• UBC (University of British Columbia) . 2007 . “ Inspirations and aspirations: the sustainability strategy 2006–2010 ” . http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/ia.html (accessed 1 July 2008)
   Google Scholar
• UN (United Nations) . 2002 . Rio de Janeiro Conference on Environment and Development – Agenda 21. http://www.agrar.de/agenda/agd21k00.htm (accessed June 2008)
   Google Scholar
• Wright , T. 2005 . “ Higher education for sustainability: Developing a comprehensive research agenda ” . http://halifaxconsultation.environmentalscience.dal.ca/Halifax%20Consultation%20Report.htm (accessed October 2006)
   Google Scholar