Full Description
EAIR - The European Higher Education Society is an international association connecting scholars, practitioners, students, managers, and policymakers in higher education. This volume, part of the EAIR book series, features papers from the EAIR Forum 2024 at University College Cork, Ireland. It explores the role of higher education in addressing global challenges like climate change, resource depletion, and inequality. The chapters highlight the importance of integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into curricula, research, and community programs. They focus on areas such as sustainable governance, teaching, research, quality culture, digitalization, and transnational cooperation for a sustainable future.
Contributors are: Joris Boonen, Bruno Broucker, Paweł Bryła, Jannica Budde, Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Ana Maria Carneiro, Flávia Colus, Bård Drange, Brigitte Ecker, Erik Fledderus, Jon Furholt, Anne Gannon, Isabelle Grosch, Ankie Hoefnagels, Arlette Jappe, Jouni Kekäle, Ben Kokkeler, Andrea Kottmann, Carrie Kovacs, Jean-Yves Le Corre, Julia Mayr, Jessica Nooij, Mark O'Hara, Atul Kr. Ojha, Neslihan Onder-Ozdemir, Rómulo Pinheiro, Katie Power, Silke Preymann, Verena Régent, Anna Santucci, Louise Schubotz, Margrete Søvik, Sandra von Sydow, Mingfeng Tang, Jens Tobor, Gerhard Yngve Amundsen and Jin Zhao.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Transcending Boundaries—For a Sustainable Future of Higher Education
Jessica Nooij, Bruno Broucker, Anna Santucci, Anne Gannon, Mark O'Hara and Silke Preymann
1 Strategic Institutional Leadership for Tackling Climate Change
Jouni Kekäle and Rómulo Pinheiro
2 A New Instrument to Assess Community Engagement in Universities' Strategic Planning
Flávia Colus and Ana Maria Carneiro
3 AI Learning Communities in the Dutch Higher Education System: Uptake to Structural Configurations?
Ben Kokkeler and Erik Fledderus
4 Dutch Students' Engagement and Disengagement with Sustainable Development: Findings from the Global Mind Monitor in Dutch Higher Education
Joris Boonen, Isabelle Grosch and Ankie Hoefnagels
5 Innovative Learning Ecosystems for Entrepreneurial Education: A Dual Chinese-Western Perspective
Jean-Yves Le Corre, Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Mingfeng Tang and Jin Zhao
6 Harnessing Research and Innovation for Societal, Economic, and Ecological Impact: An Exploratory Analysis of Barriers to Knowledge Valorisation among Applied Researchers
Verena Régent and Brigitte Ecker
7 Evaluating the Norwegian National Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning: Situating a Policy Instrument
Gerhard Yngve Amundsen and Jon Furholt
8 Teaching AI in Higher Education: Insights from the AI Campus 2.0 Project at Humboldt University of Berlin
Louise Schubotz and Sandra von Sydow
9 (Gen)AI and Its Implementation in German Higher Education Examination Practices: Towards a New (Sustainable) Assessment Culture?
Jannica Budde and Jens Tobor
10 Implementing Digital Transformation through Development Projects: Comparing Two Digitalisation Initiatives in Higher Education
Andrea Kottmann and Arlette Jappe
11 Trajectories for Creating a Dictionary for International Students: The Cinderella
Neslihan Onder-Ozdemir, Paweł Bryła and Atul Kr. Ojha
12 Geopolitical Tension and International Knowledge Collaboration
Margrete Søvik and Bård Drange
13 Enhancing Our Understanding of Engaging Persona Theory: Exploring Its Potential in the Research and Design of Learning Spaces
Katie Power
14 The Enhancement of Students' Wellbeing and Resilience: Developing and Implementing a Self-Assessment Approach
Julia Mayr, Silke Preymann and Carrie Kovacs
