Higher education institutions can do more to lead society toward resilience and sustainability

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035314737.00011· OSTI ID:2552935

Benson, Thomas S. ^[1]

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1. BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are beginning to recognize their role as leading societal institutions in the movement toward resilience and sustainability by empowering their students as sustainability stakeholders and leaders and recognizing the value of faculty and staff as facilitators in this mobilization toward a more sustainable future. This chapter identifies seven goals derived from academic research that can be used to foster student leadership in sustainability and support faculty and staff in facilitatory roles. To date, however, most research has focused on sustainability in the classroom environment or the establishment of living labs. To illuminate how these seven goals can be achieved, the chapter adopts stakeholder theory and conducts an integrated case study assessment. Overall, the chapter helps to (i) develop a stronger understanding of sustainability and resilience, (ii) identify best practices for empowering student leaders and to better understand the facilitatory role played by faculty and staff in achieving the seven goals, and (ii) offer further insights through a reflective case study.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 2552935
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-201791
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

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Sustainability and Resilience
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Sustainability Strategies
Sustainability Management
Sustainability Education
Universities and Colleges