Abstract
In this paper, Sustainable Development at Higher Education Institutions is introduced as a field of research and application. An interdisciplinary German collaboration on Sustainable Development at Higher Education Institutions – HOCHN – serves as an example of how this topic is addressed on a national level. Results and advances of the HOCHN collaboration are summarized. Moreover, challenges of implementing sustainability-related organizational development at universities are discussed. Focusing on Education for Sustainable Development at universities, three different methodologies are outlined that exceed conventional approaches in tertiary education: Lego® Serious Play® methodology, constellation techniques, and a coaching program on the “Five Minds for the Future”. They illustrate different ways of addressing issues of Education for Sustainable Development and skills and habits respectively that are crucial for achieving the global Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.
Highlights
In this paper, Sustainable Development at Higher Education Institutions is introduced as a field of research and application
Objectives of this paper are: a) to provide an example for networking on SD by introducing a research collaboration called “Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions: develop, network, report” – HOCHN; b) to briefly discuss advances and challenges within the applied field of SD at universities in Germany; c) to illustrate methods of ESD used within the HOCHN context
3 Because six different guidelines were created by several author teams and based on diverse research approaches, no details of methods or data are presented here; those can be tracked via publications that go beyond an introduction of the HOCHN collaboration as an entity – which this paper is meant to be – and that are listed at www.hoch-n.org
Summary
The topic of Sustainable Development (SD) has a long and yet diverse history in the Anthropocene. Advances of implementing SD at German universities For each field of action, a guideline based on particular research results was created, outlining insights and measures of how to incorporate SD at an institutional level. Challenges of SD at universities (in Germany) The HOCHN network provides orientation patterns and peer-learning options for implementing SD measures at all fields of action and serves as a platform for exchange and collaboration. It contributes to advancing (applied) organizational development towards a sustainable future. Progress of the HOCHN collaboration in addressing the mentioned challenges will be shared on the website www.hoch-n.org
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