Publication: "Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development – Implementing a Whole-Institution Approach"

11 September 2020

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The special issue in the journal "Sustainability" edited by Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann und Prof.in Dr.in Inka Bormann has now been published bundled in a book.

The special issue "Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development – Implementing a Whole-Institution Approach" has been released in the open access journal "Sustainability" from August 2019 to April 2020. Guest-editors were Prof.in Dr.in Inka Bormann (FU Berlin) und Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann (Universität Vechta), who lead the work package ‘Governance’ in the project HOCH^N.

Main theme of the special issue was sustainable university development in sense of a “whole-institution approach”. Meaning the transdisciplinary implementation of sustainability throughout all levels of a University. The focus of the special issue was on sustainability reporting, sustainable governance and transfer for sustainable development at HEIs. Seven of the 13 papers contained in the Special Issue present key findings from various work packages of the HOCH^N project. See also our news article for the completion of the special issue:  here.

From now on the special issue is also available as printed edition:

Marco Rieckmann & Inka Bormann (Hrsg.) (2020): Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development. Implementing a Whole-Institution Approach. Printed Edition of the Special Issue published in Sustainability. Basel: mdpi, ISBN 978-3-03936-988-1, https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2783