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International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

 

Special Issue on: "Innovations in Sustainability Management at Universities"

Guest Editor:
Lisiane Celia Palma, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS) and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil

Sustainability is a multidimensional issue that requires a transformation related to a more complex and holistic understanding of the world. In this process, education and educational institutions have a key role because they have a strong influence on the way that people understand the world, its connections and the relationship between human beings, organisations and environment. In this sense, universities seem to be appropriate places to promote innovation, change and learning at both individual and organisational levels.

In recent decades, changes have taken place in education institutions in different areas and at different levels to address sustainability. In relation to this, some questions can be asked. How are universities dealing with the challenge of introducing sustainability? What changes and innovations have taken place in management at universities to introduce sustainability and to promote its insertion into different courses? How are they working to encompass the interests of different stakeholders? How are different areas and university programmes introducing sustainability-related issues? What has been done to promote interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity?

Therefore, this special issue aims to present research and discussions about what is being done and what can be done in universities and in different courses to lead to a sustainable world. It opens space for the emergence of new solutions that are required to deal with issues related to sustainability. We seek both theoretical and empirical papers that could contribute to this discussion. We are especially interested in discussions about sustainable strategies and ways to promote transformation and deep change processes in educational institutions.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• University strategies for sustainability
• New perspectives on management and education for sustainability at universities
• The role of campuses, curriculums and community in sustainability
• Integration with stakeholders at universities
• Dialogic processes and sustainability at universities
• Innovation, empowerment and sustainability at universities
• Ways to promote transformation and deep change
• Innovative research and practice in teaching, thinking and learning about sustainability
• Alternative educational approaches for sustainability
• Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches for sustainability

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 1 June, 2014

Notification to authors: 30 September, 2014

Final versions due by: 30 November, 2014