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Transfer for Sustainable Development at Higher Education Institutions — Untapped Potential for Education for Sustainable Development and for Societal Transformation

  • Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly confronted with societal needs beyond research and teaching. These include sustainable development and technology transfer as well as the practical application of knowledge and ideas. Several HEIs already put sustainable development and transfer into practice. These practitioner–university partnerships comprise a broad range of actors, disciplines, topics, and formats. However, transfer activities that contribute to sustainable development in society still make up only a very small part of HEIs’ activities. In response to calls from society as a whole, HEIs could combine transfer and sustainable development more systematically. In this article, we suggest a concept of transfer for sustainable development. The focus is on sustainability transfer in teaching. We used mixed methods for this conceptual work: exploratory workshops, expert interviews, and a case study of transfer in teaching. One of the results presented in this article is a working definition of sustainability transferHigher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly confronted with societal needs beyond research and teaching. These include sustainable development and technology transfer as well as the practical application of knowledge and ideas. Several HEIs already put sustainable development and transfer into practice. These practitioner–university partnerships comprise a broad range of actors, disciplines, topics, and formats. However, transfer activities that contribute to sustainable development in society still make up only a very small part of HEIs’ activities. In response to calls from society as a whole, HEIs could combine transfer and sustainable development more systematically. In this article, we suggest a concept of transfer for sustainable development. The focus is on sustainability transfer in teaching. We used mixed methods for this conceptual work: exploratory workshops, expert interviews, and a case study of transfer in teaching. One of the results presented in this article is a working definition of sustainability transfer at HEIs. In addition, six characteristics for describing sustainability transfer in its various forms are formulated. This conceptualization makes it possible to analyze the diversity of HEIs’ sustainability transfer activities, it helps to identify and encourage potential transfer actors at HEIs as well as practitioners, and, thus, tap the full potential of sustainability transfer.show moreshow less

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Author:Benjamin NöltingORCiDGND, Heike Molitor, Julian Reimann, Jan-Hendrick Skroblin, Nadine Dembski
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-2395
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072925
ISSN:2071-1050
Parent Title (English):Sustainabilty
Publisher:MDPI
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2020
Date of Publication (online):2022/05/27
Date of first Publication:2020/04/07
Publishing Institution:Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde
Release Date:2022/05/27
Tag:education for sustainable development; societal impact
higher education institutions; practitioner-university partnership; sustainable development; transfer; university
Volume:12
Issue:7
Article Number:2925
Page Number:21
Institutions / Departments:Fachbereich Landschaftsnutzung und Naturschutz
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 378 Hochschulbildung
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
University Bibliography:University Bibliography
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Peer-Review / Referiert
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
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