International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
The usual discourse of sustainable development and its impact on students of economics: a case from Czech higher education context89
Guest editorial: European perspectives on the socially responsible and engaged university70
Sustainability in education through collaborative learning using social media: an exploratory study with moderating role of “knowledge creator” and “knowledge seeker”56
“…No one knows what it exactly means”: how do design graduates approach the concept of sustainability?54
A quantitative assessment model for students’ sustainability: evidence from a Peruvian university51
Unmasking mobility patterns: international travel behavior and emissions of scientists in a higher research institution49
Multidimensional scale for green internal marketing in Italian higher education48
Who is taking climate action in university? Drivers of personal and professional climate action in higher education42
Understanding the environmental footprint of a Swiss university – mobility, energy and material consumption before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic42
The relationship between the incorporation of sustainability in higher education and the student’s behavior: self-reported sustainable behavior scale41
Education for sustainable development and sustainability consciousness: evidence from Malaysian universities40
Innovation for environmental sustainability: longitudinal effects of an education for sustainable development intervention on university students’ pro-environmentalism32
Towards effective e-learning on sustainability: a case study-course on participatory processes in environmental politics32
The transforming generation: increasing student awareness about the effects of economic decisions on sustainability29
Testing an instrument to assess the perception of climate change policies in universities: the case of Salamanca University29
Exploring transdisciplinary interaction in higher education: urbanism through informal learning environment28
Assessing universities’ social sustainability: accounting for stakeholder value26
Higher education in turbulent times: navigating the transition from un-sustainability in a world dominated by technology26
A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: which are the most related to higher education institutions?25
Applied engineering education for soft skills in the context of sustainability and mobility25
“Hope dies, action begins?” The role of hope for proactive sustainability engagement among university students24
Guest editorial24
Campus sustainability plans: past, present and future23
The impact of multidisciplinary program requirements on student attitudes toward sustainability and education for sustainability23
The evolution of sustainability in engineering education research: a longitudinal analysis through bibliometrics and the CDIO initiative22
Transdisciplinary teaching and learning in a master’s program in urban agriculture21
Positive perceptions and purchase of sustainable foods is associated with higher diet quality in Australian university students21
Campus sustainability in the Australian higher education sector: divergence and convergence in planning, reporting and tactics21
E-learning and sustainability of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and synthesis21
Embracing sustainable development goals in B.Arch. design studio curriculum guideline through framework21
Fostering the use of sustainable design to reduce energy use and GHG emissions at Canadian universities: a life cycle cost analysis approach20
The role of online social networks in university students’ environmentally responsible behavior20
Enabling change agents for sustainable development: a whole-institution approach to embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals in higher education20
Lean practices toward a balanced sustainability in higher education institutions: a Brazilian experience20
Lost in translation? Tanzanian students’ views on sustainability and language, and the implications for the pledge to leave no one behind19
Key insights from climate communication – and how they can inspire sustainability in higher education19
Exploring the nature and culture of science as an academic discipline: implications for the integration of education for sustainable development17
Perception of sustainable construction among Nigerian university students: a case study analysis17
The carbon footprint at quality and environmental university consortium – QualEnv17
Technical academia goes back to school: the role of universities in environmental and sustainable education for childhood16
Maintenance of an environmental management system based on ISO 14001 in a Brazilian private university, seeking sustainable development16
Development and validation of a college organisational sustainability scale16
Systems thinking for systems leadership: promoting competency development for graduate students in sustainability studies16
Exploring environmental sustainability of academia as a working space16
Training students in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education: nurturing cross-faculty staff commitment and continuous community collaboration16
Education for sustainable development in Spanish higher education: an assessment of sustainability competencies in engineering and education degrees15
Addressing plate waste and consumption practice at university canteens: realizing green university through citizen-consumers15
Measuring the impact of organizational characteristics on the sustainability performance of US institutions of higher education15
The contribution of Enactus global sustainability initiative to youth empowerment and community development15
Towards economic sustainability: how higher education can support the business operations of emerging clothing manufacturing micro enterprises15
Leveraging community-engaged teaching and learning in higher education institutions for advancing sustainable development: a literature review14
Determinants of transportation sustainability in universities of Islamabad, Pakistan14
Harnessing AI for sustainable university practices: toward a greener campus14
Do we really make a difference? A case study on the value of taught environmental sustainability postgraduate programmes within geography14
Formation of sustainable development competencies in Ukrainian English for specific purposes students14
Sustainability in higher education in Ecuador- Universidad Técnica del Norte case study14
Proposal for sustainability action archetypes for higher education institutions13
Shaping pro-environmental behaviors through eco-diaries and research-based projects: an experimental study of business students at Yangzhou University13
Sustainable campus using concept mapping: a bottom-up approach engaging both staff and students13
Empowering future leaders: a cross-university study on integrating SDGS in university social responsibility programs in Taiwan13
Teaching sustainability in higher education by integrating mathematical concepts13
Exploring innovative strategies in problem based learning to contribute to sustainable development: a case study13
Education for sustainable development: an assessment of Australian and Canadian business schools13
Perception about sustainable development goals among Erasmus students in a Spanish university12
Teaching the “10 Rs” of circular economy in technological-level undergraduate courses offered in Brazil: an exploratory analysis via fuzzy TOPSIS class12
Implementation of sustainability principles in landscape architecture education: an examination of faculty attitudes and course syllabi12
Climate lessons from the cold edge: rethinking the university as an ethical ecology12
Students’ awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards the sustainable development goals at the University of South Africa12
Custom-made apparel manufacturing micro-enterprise owners’ perspectives on sustainability: how higher education can contribute12
Influence mechanism of undergraduate students’ green innovation behavior: AMO perspective and multilevel empirical study12
Sustainability education and community development in higher education using participatory and case based approaches in India12
Sustainability university rankings: a comparative analysis of UI green metric and the times higher education world university rankings12
Exploring the interconnected nature of the sustainable development goals: the 2030 SDGs Game as a pedagogical tool for interdisciplinary education12
Exploring and narrating futures in undergraduate climate change education: an innovative teaching approach12
Exploring sustainability consciousness as a psychological construct with undergraduate students in the Republic of Korea12
Carbon neutral higher education institutions: a reality check, challenges and solutions12
A conceptual framework for the corporate sustainability higher education in Latin America11
The orchestration of a sustainable development agenda in the European Higher Education Area11
Sustainable leadership in higher education institutions: social innovation as a mechanism11
Student energy-saving in higher education tackling the challenge of decarbonisation11
Developing leadership qualities in environmental sustainability through university co-curricular activities11
From kitchen to climate: multimedia interventions on social media as science tools for sustainability communication among food business actors11
Towards meta–competences in higher education for tackling complex real–world problems – a cross disciplinary review11
Greening of the syllabus in faculties of education sciences through sustainable development goals: the case of public Andalusian universities (Spain)11
University students involved in a sustainable world: assessing sustainable consumption in Spain11
The pivotal role of higher education institutions in cultivating a sustainable development goals-centric culture10
A study of the Web visibility of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda on university websites10
Do European quality assurance frameworks support integration of transformative learning for sustainable development in higher education?10
Designing ideal learning spaces with sustainability in mind10
Greening higher education? From responsibilization to accountabilization in the incorporation of sustainability in higher education10
Conceptualizing blended learning models as a sustainable and inclusive educational approach: an organizational dynamics perspective10
Carbon emissions measurement as intra-action: incentives to disclose air emissions at a Canadian university9
Odd couples: reconciling academic and operational cultures for whole-institution sustainability governance at universities9
Industrial management meets environmental reporting – how a learning factory for engineering education is used to teach accounting of greenhouse gas emissions9
Sustainability reporting on the websites of public and private universities in Ghana9
Waste governance and campus sustainability: formal and informal waste systems at football tailgates in Michigan9
Brazilian federal universities and their sustainable practices based on sustainable logistics management plan9
Are universities engaging in social washing? Rethinking the presentation of university sustainability reports9
Sustainability education in nursing degree for climate-smart healthcare: a quasi-experimental study9
Institutional teaching choreographies in education for sustainability in times of pandemic: the Ocean i3 project9
Sustainability in Business Administration programs in Brazil: what curricula changes have taken place in the past ten years?9
Impact of food waste-related course attendance on students’ food waste reduction behaviours and knowledge: a case study from Indonesia9
Creating a sense of community and space for subjectification in an online course on sustainability education during times of physical distancing9
Circular economy, methane capture, and climate education in US HEIs9
University language students’ evaluations of ecological, social, cultural and economic sustainability and their importance in language teaching9
Climate change education in China: a pioneering case of its implementation in tertiary education and its effects on students’ beliefs and attitudes9
Boosting the sustainable development goals in a civil engineering bachelor degree program9
Are LEED campus buildings universally designed? Assessments at Virginia Tech8
Exploring the factors shaping business students’ environmental concern8
Authentic assessment targeting sustainability outcomes: a case study exploring student perceptions8
Science-based targets for higher education? Evaluating alignment between Ivy+ climate action plans and the Science-Based Targets initiative’s net-zero standards8
Incorporating collaborative learning in teacher education to foster self-efficacy to implement environmental citizenship: an action research8
Active methodologies and curricular sustainability in teacher training8
Classical paradigms versus complexity thinking in engineering education: an essential discussion in the education for sustainable development8
Design thinking for just transitions: exploring relational and justice-oriented learning at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain8
The wheel of fortune as a novel support for constructive alignment and transformative sustainability learning in higher education8
Perceptions of South Africa’s higher education leaders on the realisation of sustainable development goal 4 quality education8
French agricultural education students: “intermediaries” in the fight against climate change?8
Perceptions of different communication strategies on proenvironmental waste disposal behavior: a case study with university students in Brazil7
Training students for complex sustainability issues: a literature review on the design of inter- and transdisciplinary higher education7
Are the best higher education institutions also more sustainable?7
“Going beyond the call of duty”: academic agency and promoting transformation for sustainability in higher education7
Student responses to climate knowledge: enabling climate concern to flourish7
The impact of corporate social responsibility on educational management: evidence from learner tendencies7
Sustainability teaching in higher education: assessing arts and design faculty perceptions and attitudes7
Measuring interdisciplinarity in the context of sustainability research projects toward capacity building in higher education7
Sowing green seeds of mind: exploring the determinants of green mindfulness among university students7
Proposed mapping and evaluation model of sustainable development goals in graduate programs in environmental sciences in Brazil7
Factors influencing online sustainability disclosure in Spanish universities7
The significance of sustainability in higher education: a view to the curricular proposal at a Colombian University7
Project-based learning and pedagogies for virtual reality-aided green building education: case study on a university course7
Discourses on sustainability in a network of Argentine universities: exploring representations, cultural roots and transformative processes7
A transformative online approach to sustainable development in management education: the case of a Brazilian business school7
Forging a sustainable path: the QualEnv consortium's practices and strategies in promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions7
A study about pre-service teachers’ knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals7
A framework for integrating sustainable development concepts into the chemistry curriculum towards achieving education for sustainable development in Malaysia6
Awareness on energy conservation: a case study of first-year undergraduate students in Malaysia6
Promoting sustainable consumption among university students: a systematic literature review6
Students’ perspectives of sustainable development goals in a Japanese higher education institute6
Cultivating students’ sustainability-oriented learning at the interface of science and society: a configuration of interrelated enablers6
Reflections and reflective practice to advance responsible management education for sustainability: the case of an Australian MBA programme6
Challenges of involving students in campus SDGs-related practices in an ODeL context: the case of the University of South Africa (Unisa)6
Exploring fields of ambiguity in the sustainability transition of universities6
At the moment of disposal: how messaging techniques at university public outdoor waste receptacles can improve the solid waste stream6
Rethinking higher education in light of the sustainable development goals: results from a workshop and examples of implementation in a medical university6
Statistical modelling of the impact of online courses in higher education on sustainable development6
Teaching sustainability-oriented capabilities using active learning approach6
Impacts of service learning on tourism students’ sustainability competencies in conflict-affected Bamyan, Afghanistan6
Influences of the Covid-19 pandemic on the impact factor of a sample of environment/sustainability-related journals6
The sustainable development goals in a Bachelor of Design course; current integration and benefits, constraints and opportunities for deeper integration6
Towards a European framework for community engagement in higher education – a case study analysis of European universities6
Do socially responsible higher education institutions contribute to sustainable regional growth and innovation?6
A proposal of personal competencies for sustainable consumption6
Analysis of the validity and reliability of a questionnaire to measure students’ perception of inclusion of sustainability in engineering degrees6
Sustainable development in higher education in Nordic countries: exploring E-Learning mechanisms and SDG coverage in MOOCs6
Detecting the historical roots of education for sustainable development (ESD): a bibliometric analysis6
How to boost college students’ pro-environmental behavior: the implicit theory perspective6
An overview of research trends on sustainability in higher education – an exploratory study5
Transformative research and education in Living Labs using the SDGs as a compass5
Exploring the moderating role of university environmental performance in shaping students’ environmental awareness and behaviors5
An analysis of the Brazilian higher educational opportunity and challenge processes to achieve the 2030 Agenda for the sustainable development5
Development of assessment framework for environmental sustainability in higher education institutions5
Reconsidering college students’ low-carbon behavior: the role of paradoxical thinking5
Incidence of sustainability in university performance: evidence of stakeholders’ perceptions at Colombian private higher education institutions5
Spaces of learning – practising the SDGs through geographical fieldwork methods in a nature park5
How management education is engaging students in the sustainable development goals5
Toward a carbon neutral campus: a scalable approach to estimate carbon storage and biosequestration, an example from University of Michigan5
Enhancing student awareness of infrastructure inequities through sustainable, equitable and resilient infrastructure education5
Education for sustainable development through research-based learning in an online environment5
Establishment and implementation of behavioral observation scale for avoiding food waste for hospitality students5
The role of Education 5.0 in accelerating the implementation of SDGs and challenges encountered at the University of Zimbabwe5
Eco-pedagogy in chemistry education: challenging market-driven policies5
Uncovering perspectives on SDG integration for university transformations4
Impact of sustainability education on senior student attitudes and behaviors: evidence from India4
Green campus and student proactivity initiatives: the importance of a participatory approach4
Growing a digital iceberg for a polar bear: effects of a gamified mobile app on university students’ pro-environmental behaviours4
The responsible business model canvas: designing and assessing a sustainable business modeling tool for students and start-up entrepreneurs4
Using the theory of planned behavior to understand the students’ pro-environmental behavior: a case-study in a Portuguese HEI4
Education for the circular economy in higher education: an overview of the current state4
Is the grass always greener? Access to campus green spaces can boost students’ sense of belonging4
Understanding sustainability as a cyclical process: insights from social innovation and the adaptive cycle4
The undergraduate dissertation as a reflection of education for sustainability and professional identity: the faculty of education of Bilbao4
From environmental education to education for sustainable development in higher education: a systematic review4
Sustainability practices at higher education institutions in Asia4
Sustainable food, consensus, and debates: a study on university campuses in Mexico City4
Relationship between leadership, sustainable practices and green behaviour of students in higher education institutions: the mediating role of sustainability policy4
Barriers and possible drivers for the implementation of sustainability in Brazilian business schools4
Training of communities of sustainability practice through science and art4
To what extent can collaborative platforms in urban planning education enhance transformative learning outside of academia?4
Integration of sustainability in the curricula of public higher education institutions in Portugal: do strategic plans and self-report align?4
Circularity and sustainability within waste management in universities: case study of waste management plans (WMPs) in Brazilian public universities4
A hybrid approach to sustainable development competencies: the role of formal, informal and non-formal learning experiences4
Educating prospective teachers for a sustainable gender equality practice: survey design and validation of a self-efficacy scale4
Transformative sustainability education in accounting: effects on male and female students’ attitudes toward sustainable development4
Internationalisation, sustainability and the contested environmental impacts of international student mobility4
ESD action competencies of future teachers: self-perception and competence profile analysis3
Assessing students’ sustainability consciousness in relation to their perceived teaching styles: an exploratory study in Pakistani context3
Toward an integrated reporting framework in higher education institutions: evidence from a public university3
Applying SDGs as a systematic approach for incorporating sustainability in higher education3
Empowering undergraduate students to take action: an empathetic mindset toward education for sustainable development3
Intra-organisational sustainable development policy integration processes in higher education through staff networks: a case study from the United Kingdom3
The importance of incorporating lived experience and identity in promoting cultural diversity and sustainability in community college and education: a case study of Community College of Allegheny Coun3
Guest editorial3
Sustainability communication: a content analysis of websites of higher education institutions in the UK3
Addressing climate change education: relevant contributions from universities3
How sustainable is the governance for sustainability in higher education? Insights from an Italian case study3
To know, feel and do: an instructional practice of higher education for sustainable development3
Pre-University engagement and education for sustainable development in Aruba: The Academic Foundation Year3
The determinants of environmental knowledge sharing behaviour among accounting educators: a modified theory of planned behaviour3
Implementing and performing sustainability strategies at campus operations: the case of Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina3
Integrating the SDGs into the agenda of an Argentine university3
Don’t be a waster! Student perceptions of recycling strategies at an English University’s halls of residence3
Sustainability consciousness, peer influence and sustainable consumption behaviour: the role of altruism among business students in Ghana3
Guest editorial3
What transforms? – Transformative learning in a sustainability leadership master’s program3
The climate wins! – How a gamification approach can foster sustainable consumption on university campuses and beyond3
Art and higher education for environmental sustainability: a matter of emergence?3
Collaboratively crafting learning standards for tertiary education for environment and sustainability3
Sustainability agendas and communication design pedagogy in HE3
The state of the art in the incorporation of sustainable development goals in Nepalese Universities3
Life cycle assessment teaching innovation: experiences from a Brazilian higher education institution3
If not you, who? Raising awareness of development through accounting education3
Co-learning partnerships and carbon management in Denmark and Canada2
Developing key competencies in sustainability through project-based learning in graduate sustainability programs2
How and why US universities fail to impart environmental literacy to all students2
Change agents under tensions: a paradox approach to strategies for transforming higher education toward sustainability2
Incorporation of the SDGs in the industrial engineering curriculum and its contribution to the institutional educational model2
Understanding the drivers of sustainable food consumption of Chinese university students: a moderated mediation model2
Provision of education for sustainability development and sustainability literacy in business programs in three higher education institutions in Brazil, Colombia and Peru2
University rankings and sustainable development: the state of the art2
Is all that glitters gold? Exploring sustainability and business ethics education in ethics-friendly environments2
An evaluation of the environmental values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors of sport management students in higher education institutions2
Increasing the attitudes toward sustainable development through mindfulness: an innovative approach for higher education institutions2
Online learning and teaching for the SDGs – exploring emerging university strategies2
Developing systems thinking to address climate change2
Gender influence on business students’ expectations for sustainability transformations in higher education: a cross-national study2
The GreenComp Evaluation Roadmap: a roadmap for in-depth holistic evaluation of the integration of the GreenComp framework in higher-education curricula2
Cultivating green pioneers: examining the antecedents of sustainable entrepreneurial intent in higher education2
A comparative study on turnaround leadership in higher education and the successful implementation of the UN’s sustainable development goals2
Trends in research: carbon footprint reduction in universities as a way to achieve a green campus2
The role of universities in the inclusion of refugees in higher education and in society from the perspective of the SDGS2
Of study enthusiasts and homebirds: students’ everyday mobility and sustainability dilemmas in online higher education2
Sustainability in management undergraduate courses: mapping the Brazilian higher education institutions2
Promoting education about and for sustainable development: assessing the incorporation of SDGs in Chinese higher education2
Responding to urgent calls for fit-for-purpose planetary health curricula: an examination of nutrition and dietetics tertiary education2
An assessment model for socio-cultural sustainability of campus outdoor environments using physical and satisfaction indicators2
The implementation of sustainability in Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology2
Extracurricular activities as a pedagogy for the 2030 Agenda integration in an architectural engineering curriculum: a case study2
Developing a method for incorporating sustainability into the strategic planning of higher education institutions2
Integrated sustainability management and equality practices in universities: A case study of Jaume I University2
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