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- Higher Education Students’ perceptions of Sustainable Development in PortugalPublication . Aleixo, Ana; Leal, Susana; Azeiteiro, UlissesHigher education institutions play an increasingly important role in advancing sustainable development. Various studies have demonstrated the key contribution made by teachers to achieving sustainable development. However, few works have addressed students’ perceptions in this regard and given that the students of today will be the main influencers and decision-makers of the future, a greater understanding of their beliefs and attitudes towards sustainable development should be gleaned. The aim of this research is to analyse the perceptions of sustainable development held by students at Portuguese public higher education institutions. To this end, a descriptive and exploratory study was conducted by administering an online questionnaire. The sample is made up of 1257 students from different Portuguese public higher education institutions (68.6% women; average age 24.96 years). The results show that although the students recognise the importance of sustainable development and most of them have already heard about the sustainable development goals (16% never heard about them), they believe that the higher education institutions could and should give more training on this matter. Most students state that they would accept a lower salary from a company with a good social and environmental performance in some circumstances. The majority also have pro-sustainability habits and behaviours. Most of the students are concerned about climate change, most speak of some reusing, reducing and recycling practices, but fewer students contribute to sustainable development by participating in activities (e.g., environmental or community volunteering) organised by environmental organisations or the higher education institution. Differences in the behaviours and habits related to sustainability were observed between the students of different genders, ages and scientific areas. The results further present four clusters of students regarding their perception of sustainable development and related practices. The largest cluster (about 45%) includes students who are more concerned about climate change, actively contribute to sustainable development with reuse, reduction and recycling practices, and participate in organised activities to promote the protection of the environment or society. The smallest cluster (about 8%) includes students who are still sceptical about climate change and therefore adopt less environmentally friendly practices. Five years after the publication of the sustainable development goals, students feel that sustainability is starting to be integrated in education. However, the impact on their behaviours and attitudes remains moderate.
- As perceções sobre desenvolvimento sustentável dos estudantes de ensino superior em PortugalPublication . Aleixo, Ana; Leal, Susana; Azeiteiro, Ulisses
- Práticas sustentáveis nas instituições de ensino superior:um estudo empírico aplicado às instituições públicas portuguesasPublication . Aleixo, Ana Marta; Leal, Susana; Azeiteiro, UlissesConsiderando o enquadramento teórico sobre sustentabilidade nas instituições de ensino superior (IES) (Aleixo, Leal & Azeiteiro, 2018; Lozano, Lukman, Lozano, Huisingh, Lambrechts, 2013) este trabalho analisa as práticas sustentáveis das IES públicas portuguesas. Recorrendo a quatro dimensões de desenvolvimento sustentável (DS) para as IES – ambiental, económica, social/cultural e institucional/educacional/política; Aleixo, Azeiteiro & Leal, 2016) – foi desenvolvido um questionário que permite aferir a implementação (ou não) de 77 práticas sustentáveis nas IES. O questionário foi dirigido aos reitores, presidentes, diretores de faculdades e de escolas superiores de todas as IES públicas portuguesas. Obteve-se uma amostra de 53 responsáveis de IES (4 reitores, 14 presidentes, 22 diretores de escolas superiores e 13 diretores de faculdades), correspondendo a uma taxa de resposta de 22%. Para cada uma das práticas foi solicitado ao respondente que indicasse o grau de implementação na sua IES, de acordo com as seguintes opções: (1) prática não implementada, não projetada e sem relevância; (2) prática não implementada, não projetada, mas relevante; (3) sim, existe, mas apenas em fase de projeto; (4) sim, existe, mas ainda em fase de implementação; (5) sim, existe e está totalmente implementada. A dimensão social/cultural é a que apresenta mais práticas totalmente implementadas; seguindo-se a económica. A dimensão menos desenvolvida nas IES é a ambiental (Aleixo, Azeiteiro & Leal, 2018).
- Unveiling the Research Landscape of Sustainable Development Goals and Their Inclusion in Higher Education Institutions and Research Centers: Major Trends in 2000–2017Publication . Bautista-Puig, Núria; Aleixo, Ana Marta; Leal, Susana; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; Costas, RodrigoThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have become the international framework for sustainability policy. Its legacy is linked with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), established in 2000. In this paper a scientometric analysis was conducted to: (1) Present a new methodological approach to identify the research output related to both SDGs and MDGs (M&SDGs) from2000 to 2017, with the aimof mapping the global research related to M&SDGs; (2) Describe the thematic specialization based on keyword co-occurrence analysis and citation bursts; and (3) Classify the scientific output into individual SDGs (based on an ad-hoc glossary) and assess SDGs interconnections. Publications conceptually related to M&SDGs (defined by the set of M&SDG core publications and a scientometric expansion based on direct citations) were identified in the in-house CWTS Web of Science database. A total of 25,299 publications were analyzed, of which 21,653 (85.59%) were authored by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) or academic research centers (RCs). The findings reveal the increasing participation of these organizations in this research (660 institutions in 2000–2005 to 1,744 institutions involved in 2012–2017). Some institutions present both a high production and specialization on M&SDG topics (e.g., London School of Hygiene & TropicalMedicine andWorld Health Organization); and others with a very high specialization although lower production levels (e.g., Stockholm Environment Institute). Regarding the specific topics of research, health (especially in developing countries), women, and socio-economic issues are the most salient. Moreover, it has been observed an important interlinkage in the research outputs of some SDGs (e.g., SDG11 “Sustainable Cities and Communities” and SDG3 “Good Health and Well-Being”). This study provides first evidence of such interconnections, and the results of this study could be useful for policymakers in order to promote a more evidenced-based setting for their research agendas on SDGs.