Bloomsbury Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education

Wendy Purcell is an Academic Research Scholar at Harvard University, USA. She is an Emeritus Professor and was President Vice-Chancellor of Plymouth University, UK. Wendy is a Council Member of the United Nations University, on the Governing Board of EELISA European University and a Fellow of EAUC: The Alliance for Sustainability Education and Chair of its Leadership Academy. Wendy is a strategic advisor to a range of global universities, companies, and charitable organizations.Janet Haddock-Fraser is Emeritus Professor of Sustainability and Leadership at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She was Chair of Trustees for the EAUC: The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education between 2016-2020 and is a Board Member for both the Land Trust and the Peak District National Park Authority, UK.

Sustainability requires of universities to re-imagine and re-position their role in society as agents and drivers of transformative change. It calls for engagement with societal challenges strategically intentional ways. This Handbook skilfully demonstrates how to critically think about sustainability and provides a wealth of examples of practical actions.

• Introduction, Wendy Purcell (Harvard University, USA) and Janet Haddock-Fraser (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)Part I: Transformative Change from Outside to Inside the AcademyWendy Purcell (Harvard University, USA) and Janet Haddock-Fraser (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)1. Universities as Agents of Change: Green Academy to Ecological University, Steve Martin (University of Worcester, UK and University of the West of England, UK), Christopher D. Ives (University of Nottingham) and Barry Carney (University of the West of England, UK)2. Collective Ambition for Global Action: Role for the Knowledge Sector, Melissa Brown Goodall (Yale University, USA) and Maria Ivanova (University of Massachusetts, USA)3. Framing a University Research and Innovation Strategy around the SDGs, Alice Aitken, Joella Miller, Jennifer Morawiecki, Rochelle Owen and Tara Wright (Dalhousie University, Canada)4. Experiencing Sustainability: Developing Students’ Global Leadership Skills, Lars Moratis and Jan Beyne (Antwerp Management School, Belgium)5. Transformative Learning, Community and Leadership for Sustainability Action, Sally Randles, Helen Wadham, Roz Marron, Clare Hart, Samia Hoque, Helen Kettleborough, Rita Klapper, David Taylor, Liz Walley (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) and Konstantina Skritsovali (Liverpool John Moores University)6. Pedagogical Approaches to the SDGs in Fragile Contexts, Aram Yeretzian (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)7. Nigerian Universities and Achievement of the SDGs, David C. Nwogbo and Kayode Kadiri (National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria)8. Universities and Green Innovations: Entrepreneurship in Uganda, Frederick Kakembo, (Ndeiji University, Uganda)9. Driving Sustainability at the University of Hong Kong, Joy Lam Tsz Lok and Oles Kwong Yu Te (formerly Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China)10. Living Lab: Newton Smart Campus, Andréia Abrahão Sant’Anna and Leonardo Santos (Centro Universitário Newton Paiva, Brazil)11. Sustainability Member Associations for Universities, Janet Haddock-Fraser (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)Part II: Transformation from Inside to Outside the Academy12. Sustainability Transformations at McGill, Blane Harvey, Stephanie Leite and Sarah Heiberg (McGill University, Canada)13. Accelerating Response to a Changing Climate: Solutions Across Scales, Julie Newman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) and Shana Weber (Princeton University, USA)14. University Leadership and Governance Enabling Sustainability and the SDGs, Wendy Purcell (Harvard University, USA)15. University-City Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Transformations, Julio Lumbreras, Jaime Moreno-Serna, Guillermo Palau, Jordi Peris, Valentia Oquendo, Teresa Sánchez-Chaparro and Carlos Mataix (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)16. Transformational Change: Lessons from the University of Edinburgh, Dave Gorman and Michelle Brown (University of Edinburgh, UK)17. SISSTEM: Sustainable Development on the Small Island State of Aruba, Anouk Mertens (University of Aruba, Aruba), Nadine Buys (KU Leuven, Belgium), Patrick Arens (University of Aruba, Aruba), Georges Gielen (KU Leuven, Belgium), and Eric Mijts (University of Aruba, Aruba),18. Global Challenges and Opportunities for African Universities, Stephanie Burton, and Leti Kelyn (University of Pretoria, South Africa)19. University-Community Partnership in Nepal, Purna B. Nepali (Kathmandu University, Nepal) and Prakash Baral Ministry of Land Management, Gandaki Province, Nepal)20. Transformative Change for Sustainability: Wellington Plus Programme, Karen Smith, Andrew Wilks, Jane Fletcher, and Heather Gatley (Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)21. Student Involvement in Environmental Management Activities, Sakiko Okayama (Chiba University, Japan)22. Leveraging Excellence to Support Sustainable Development in Africa, Harro von Blottnitz (University of Cape Town, South Africa)23. A University’s Transformational Change Agenda, Jim Longhurst, Georgie Gough, and Ian Brooks (University of the West of England, UK)24. Role of Anchor Institutions towards Community Development, Ashish Joshi (City University of New York, USA)Conclusion, Wendy Purcell (Harvard University, USA) and Janet Haddock-Fraser (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)Index