Change Agents Research Articles

Structures, aims and needs of early career scientists at the German Center for Mental Health

Early career scientists (ECS) are agents of change and driving forces in the promotion of mental health. The German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) is apowerful initiative to guide and support careers in the field of mental health. The DZPG aims to make investments to educate, engage, excite, and empower ECS in an interdisciplinary and interinstitutional scientific community. To achieve this, the ECS Board at the DZPG plays acentral role and consists of 18elected ECS representatives. The ECS culture gives members the right of voice and embraces bottom-to-top ideas and acknowledges autonomy and co-determination. The DZPG academy was developed to facilitate communication and networking and encourage collaboration among ECS members. The DZPG also navigates several key issues, such as equality, diversity, inclusion, family friendliness and work-life balance, which are essential for afunctioning research landscape. The DZPG also extends opportunities to ECS to develop skills and competencies that are essential for contemporary ECS. It complements nationwide support for ECS with funding opportunities, mental health support at work, careers advice and guidance activities. Importantly, the ECS Board is committed to patient and public involvement and engagement, scientific communication and knowledge transfer to multiple settings. The DZPG will contribute to fostering ECS training programs for student and academic exchanges, collaborative research, and pooling of resources to acquire grants and scholarships. It will also support the establishment of hubs for ECS networks and promote the expansion of international competence of ECS in Germany.

Human-centric computing for inequality energy classification in smart cities: Who gets left to margins while improving quality of life through advanced approaches?

In the dynamic landscape of smart cities, effective energy classification stands as a critical determinant of societal well-being. This paper introduces a Hybrid SVM-Random Forest model designed for intricate energy classification tasks. A comprehensive evaluation, encompassing performance metrics, confusion matrices, feature importance analysis, and execution time comparisons, reveals its exceptional prowess. With superior accuracy, heightened interpretability, and remarkable efficiency, the Hybrid SVM-Random Forest emerges as a compelling solution for energy classification in smart cities. Beyond predictive accuracy, the model empowers stakeholders by unraveling valuable insights into intricate features shaping predictions. Its efficient execution not only sets a benchmark for practical application but aligns seamlessly with the goal of human-centric computing. Addressing energy inequality nuances, the model becomes a transformative force, contributing significantly to the smart city’s quality of life enhancement. Exploring the Hybrid SVM-Random Forest model’s multifaceted dimensions showcases its capacity to transcend boundaries, becoming a catalyst for societal transformation. With a nuanced understanding of energy consumption patterns, it becomes an agent of change, offering tangible solutions to complex challenges in energy classification and inequality. This research not only presents a state-of-the-art computational model but paves the way for a more inclusive and resilient urban future.

Institutional entrepreneurship and digital transformation: The role of outsider CEOs

The widespread diffusion of digital technologies forces incumbent firms to drive their digital transformation. Digital transformation not only involves a change in strategy but also requires new institutional logics for firms helping to operate in digital business environments. Firms increasingly hire outsider CEOs to cope with this development, but the necessary institutional change questions whether outsider CEOs can indeed realize digital transformation. We draw on the institutional entrepreneurship perspective to make sense of the role of outsider CEOs in digital transformation. We theorize that digital transformation awareness stemming from prior experience with digital transformation enables outsider CEOs to act as institutional entrepreneurs and realize digital transformation. We further argue that outsider CEOs with digital transformation awareness particularly benefit firms facing abrupt rather than accumulative digital transformations. To test our hypotheses, we introduce a novel, machine-learning-based digital transformation measure. Panel data regressions provide support for our predictions. Our findings contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the role of outsider CEOs as change agents.

Accountability in Teacher Education for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals 2030

A teacher is believed to have a significant role in shaping the future and guiding the younger generation in the right direction. And no doubt, this is the foundation for the prosperity and social advancement of any nation. Thus, we can say that the teacher makes a huge contribution to the development of the person, society, nation, and the entire world. TheNational Education Policy (NEP) 2020, in its recommendations, clearly states that teachers must be enthusiastic, focused, professionally qualified, and equipped to teach students at all levels.However, if the recent research studies in Teacher Education (TE) are examined, it would be noticed that India observes various challenges in teacher education that include designing uniform curricula for teachers, identifying and preparing qualified and qualitative teachers, preparing teachers to cater to the diverse needs of 21st-century learners, changing roles, multi-culturalism, competency-based teaching and assessment, etc. Such hindrance creates a lot of hurdles in bringing quality not only to the TE but also to the entire education system. The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, which were endorsed by all UN Member States in 2015, provide a shared path forward for peace and prosperity for people and the environment both now and in the future. By reducing poverty and other forms of deprivation among people, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG, 2030) seek to promote global peace and prosperity by improving health, education, the environment, and economic growth. At its heart, 17 goals are decided in a global partnership. If the objectives are carefully followed, it will become clear that all of the goals are achievable provided we have a robust educational system created by qualified human resources.A teacher can make the child understand the concerns of crises like hunger, poverty, discrimination, inequalities, consumption and production, peace, justice, and global climate change.Hence, the author of this paper believes that it is very important to find the linkages between the components of sustainable development and TE. In this paper, the authorexamined the need and significance of one of the key variables of TE i.e. 'accountability', and its relevance as a chief component in achieving the goals of SDG, 2030. To accomplish this, the authorexamined over 35 studies that addressed the topic. After a thorough examination and analysis of the published literature, it was discovered that the majority of academic work views accountability more frequently as a moral commitment, responsibility, and community duty. However, now is the moment to examine accountability from a broader angle, considering how it relates to sustainability. Further, this article also highlights various models of accountability that could serve as a roadmap for achieving the SDG 2030 goals. As a submission by the author, this paper advocates to pursue and maintain the process of establishing a democratic voice in educationthat is aligned with global goals. The author promotesthe idea of ‘Democratic Accountability’ in TE as one of the ways of achieving sustainability. Democratic Accountability ensures that leaders and institutions are transparent, responsive, and answerable to the people they serve. And in TE, it refers to teacher educators being open, receptive, and accountable to prospective teachers.So in a way, to achieve the 17 goals of SDG, teacher educators may exercise democratic accountability for making adequate academic preparation, continued professional growth, knowledge of and concern for their students, ethical conduct, active participation in community affairs, communication, involvement in educational and social concerns so on and so forth. Once teacher educators practice it, it will automatically be instilled in the student teachers. Such quality in future teachers will increase the likelihood of a democratic and sustainable environment in school education.The author concludes by arguing that democratic accountability in teacher education is essential for preparing teacher educators and future teachers who can support inclusive, moral, and values-based education, encourage civic engagement and critical thinking and act as change agents within and outside of their communities. Not only this, it also guarantees that the knowledge and abilities of the next generation are prepared to tackle the difficult problems of a sustainable future and harmonize teacher education with democratic ideals.

A transformative shift in urban ecology toward a more active and relevant future for the field and for cities

This paper builds on the expansion of urban ecology from a biologically based discipline—ecology in the city—to an increasingly interdisciplinary field—ecology of the city—to a transdisciplinary, knowledge to action endeavor—an ecology for and with the city. We build on this “prepositional journey” by proposing a transformative shift in urban ecology, and we present a framework for how the field may continue this shift. We conceptualize that urban ecology is in a state of flux, and that this shift is needed to transform urban ecology into a more engaged and action based field, and one that includes a diversity of actors willing to participate in the future of their cities. In this transformative shift, these actors will engage, collaborate, and participate in a continuous spiral of knowledge → action → knowledge spiral and back to knowledge loop, with the goal of co producing sustainable and resilient solutions to myriad urban challenges. Our framework for this transformative shift includes three pathways: (1) a repeating knowledge → action → knowledge spiral of ideas, information, and solutions produced by a diverse community of agents of urban change working together in an “urban sandbox”; (2) incorporation of a social–ecological–technological systems framework in this spiral and expanding the spiral temporally to include the “deep future,” where future scenarios are based on a visioning of seemingly unimaginable or plausible future states of cities that are sustainable and resilient; and (3) the expansion of the spiral in space, to include rural areas and places that are not yet cities. The three interrelated pathways that define the transformative shift demonstrate the power of an urban ecology that has moved beyond urban systems science and into a realm where collaborations among diverse knowledges and voices are working together to understand cities and what is urban while producing sustainable solutions to contemporary challenges and envisioning futures of socially, ecologically, and technologically resilient cities. We present case study examples of each of the three pathways that make up this transformative shift in urban ecology and discuss both limitations and opportunities for future research and action with this transdisciplinary broadening of the field.

Gender Equality in ASDC: Unravelling Societal Challenge in Educational Attainment and Economic Empowerment, Inheritance Access, and Workplace Dynamics in Malaysia.

This study investigates the nuanced intersectionality of gender equality within the context of Autism Spectrum Disorder Condition (ASDC) individuals. Contrary to Feminism, which advocates for gender equality and women's rights. While existing research has predominantly focused on the clinical aspects of ASDC, this study delves into the educational attainment and economic empowerment, inheritance access and workplace dynamics that impact individuals with ASDC, with a particular emphasis on gender-related disparities. The research encompasses ASDC in-depth analysis of access to resources, including property, inheritance, workplace, and sources of income, evaluating the extent to which individuals with ASDC, particularly women, face barriers in obtaining and managing. This study integrates a qualitative insight from ASDC, their families, teachers, and relevant stakeholders. 50 participants of ASDC individuals aged 14 to 57 years old contributed to the study and only 17 participants were selected for structural interview sessions. The study aims to contribute valuable perspectives to the existing literature on gender equality by unravelling the multifaceted challenges faced by women with ASDC in various societal domains. Finding underscore the critical need for targeted educational programs, innovative employment models, and curriculum adaptation within the Malaysian TVET program to enhance employability and independence for ASDC women. The study advocates for a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to remove systemic barriers and promote gender equality, emphasizing the potential of women with ASDC as agents of change in their communities.

Implementation of Integrated Health Service and Promotion Posts for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) to Improve Knowledge, Anthropometric and Nutritional Counseling Skills of Adolescent Cadres in Schools

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) risk factors include changes in the lifestyle of adolescents with unhealthy diets tend to fast food, lack of activity and exercise, increased stressors, and exposure to environmental conditions that are not conducive to health. Establishing NCDs Integrated Health Service and Promotion Post is an efficient and effective control strategy aiming at early detection of NCDs risk factors. Empowerment of peer counsellors as Integrated Development Post cadres is expected to become agents of change and detect NCDs risk factors in schools. This research determines the effectiveness of implementing an adolescent-Integrated Development Post in schools to increase the adolescent cadre’s knowledge, anthropometric skills, and nutritional counseling. It is an experimental design with one group pre-post test at one of the high schools in Semarang City. Integrated Development Post cadres are peer counselors selected according to the criteria of 10% of the total number of students (36 people) from 11th grade. Differences in knowledge scores, anthropometric skills, and nutritional counseling of cadres were analyzed using the Paired T-test. The cadre’s knowledge scores increased from 50.55 to 70.11; anthropometric skills include weighing from 61.67 to 98.98, measuring height from 54.63 to 94.25, and nutritional counseling from 72.92 to 86.71. Paired T-test results show a <em>p</em>-value < 0.05. Integrated Development Post effectively increases cadre’s knowledge scores, anthropometric skills, and nutritional counseling. It can also detect risk factors to prevent and control NCDs in the school.

Psychological Flexibility Training for Community Corrections Staff: A Pilot Project Examining Impact on Burnout

ABSTRACT Corrections staff experience high levels of stress due to large caseloads and difficulty managing the challenges of being both a rule enforcer and agent of behavior change. These factors can contribute to myriad professional and personal challenges including burnout. Very few existing interventions have been examined to improve burnout in community corrections staff. The current study examined the impact of a brief psychological flexibility training (PFT) program for burnout among community-based corrections staff. This novel program was based on principles of acceptance and mindfulness and delivered via 3 virtual sessions over 8 weeks. This pilot test of PFT was conducted with a sample of corrections staff (N = 99) by collecting pre-intervention and follow-up data on self-reported psychological flexibility and burnout. Results indicated that burnout decreased from pre-treatment to follow-up, and psychological flexibility increased. Levels of psychological flexibility at follow-up predicted decreased burnout. This small exploratory pilot indicates that PFT has potential for improving psychological flexibility and burnout in corrections staff.

Universities as catalysts of change in locked-in and vulnerable resource-based regions of the Global South

ABSTRACT This paper explores the contribution of universities to regional development and innovation in locked-in and vulnerable resource-based regions of the Global South. Building on a regional change agency approach, we identify the combination of key factors and context preconditions for universities to successfully fulfil their local engagement role in a particularly challenging environment. To do so, we use a comparative case study of two mining regions in Peru. Our results reveal that the prevalence of a climate of conflict and the lack of an innovation culture in the regional ecosystem are important challenges, while strategic leadership and institutional capacities are central elements for universities to fulfil their role as transformative agents.

Intersectional Victims as Agents of Change in International Human Rights-Based Climate Litigation

Abstract Climate change uniquely affects those who are at the intersection of several inequalities simultaneously, such as those based on gender, age, and disability. This makes them ‘directly affected’ by climate change, which is crucial in establishing ‘victim status’ under Article 34 of the European Convention on Human Rights. At the same time, as a result of unequal power relations, intersectional victims face exclusion from, or minimal participation in, political decision-making processes concerning climate change. This further justifies their claim to victim status as a matter of procedural climate justice. As agents of change, intersectional victims, namely elderly women and girls with disabilities, can be empowered to contribute to climate decision making, thereby reshaping unjust power relations. The article examines two climate cases currently before the European Court of Human Rights: Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, brought by elderly women, and Duarte Agostinho et al. v. Portugal and 32 other States, brought by children and young people.

Agents for change: developing transformative and Adaptive Leadership capacities among early-career extension professionals

PurposeThe Agents of Change program is a two-year, project-based learning program to develop Extension Professionals’ capacity to engage in Adaptive and Transformative Leadership. Its primary goal is to develop the capacity of Extension Professionals to engage in leadership to create more diverse, equitable, inclusive and just Extension programs and community change initiatives. This manuscript describes the program and an initial evaluation and results.FindingsResults of an evaluation of the first year of the program indicate that regular training sessions and support are appropriate for leadership development and that Extension Professionals are using the learning, awareness and tools from this program to address challenges with Adaptive and Transformative Leadership elements. Also, Extension professionals demonstrated commitment to personal growth, community engagement and understanding of their multifaceted roles as change agents.Originality/valueParticipants are sharing resources from the program with colleagues, leading meetings differently, questioning the status quo and pushing others to try new ways forward.

Defining narrative change: a case study of the decolonising podcast Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolŋu stories to inspire better healthcare

ABSTRACT Mainstream media in countries like Australia often perpetuate dominant narratives rooted in settler-coloniser culture, legitimising existing power dynamics and reinforcing inequities. However, in recent decades as the media landscape has fragmented, control over the dominant narrative has loosened and independent podcasters have emerged as powerful agents of narrative change. Narrative change is an emerging field of action research that has grown from social justice activists who believe that personal stories have the power to shift hearts, heads and eventually policies that maintain inequities. However narrative change as a concept is undefined in peer-reviewed literature. Drawing inspiration from Critical Race Theory and Freirean pedagogy, this paper argues key tenets from these two decolonising theories to be considered foundational to narrative change. By examining the utilisation of ‘counterstories’ and ‘problem-posing education’, the paper aims to provide insights into how podcasters can effectively foster intimacy between First Nations peoples and White Australians and change the narrative settler colonisers have perpetuated. To explore these concepts a podcast titled Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolŋu stories to inspire better healthcare will be presented as a case study.

CO2 absorption by diethylenetriamine-based phase change absorbents: Phase change mechanism and absorption performance

CO2 phase change absorbents (CPCAs) have garnered significant attention for their potential to reduce energy consumption. However, suitable phase change agent is suffering from the selection among a wide range of organic solvents. In order to explore the phase separation mechanism and minimize screening efforts of CPCAs, the phase separation behaviors of the diethylenetriamine (DETA)-based absorbents constituted with different organic solvents were investigated, and the interaction energies revealed that the ion–dipole interaction is the dominant role in CO2-riched absorbents. The intensification of the self-aggregation of organic solvents by the ion-water interaction, was proposed as the main reason for the differences in the phase separation behavior in different DETA-based absorbents. Based on the relative ET(30) and relative dielectric constant of the organic solvent, a phase separation diagram can be drawn to predict the phase change behaviors of DETA absorbents. Among the DETA-based CPCAs, DETA + DMF + H2O absorbents showed the largest CO2-rich phase loading, and the optimized DETA + DMF + H2O CPCA exhibited 200 % of the CO2 cyclic loading compared to 30 wt% MEA aqueous solution.

The Significance of Agile Transformational Leadership in Organizational Change Management: A Bibliometric Analysis

In the present BANI (brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible) world, agility and organizational change holds a great significance in an organization for its survival and growth. As per prior studies, organizational change doesn’t deliver the anticipated results due to various reasons and challenges. Employee resistance being the main concern, leadership holds a great importance in handling resistance, managing conflicts, dealing with setbacks, and empowering the team. Transformational leaderships are often termed as change agents as they support and uplift their teams’ creativity and innovation, thus motivating them towards change. This study’s primary goal is to examine and discuss the mapping of research landscape, depicting the relationship between agile transformational leadership and organizational change management. For this analysis, bibliographical data of 1848 documents published between 2014 to 2023, was extracted from Dimensions database after applying exclusion criteria. This extracted database is used for analyzing and visualizing citation patterns, evolution, and growth of subject- performance, publication and journal sources, research locations, co-authorship relations and co-occurrence of keywords, using bibliometric software, VOSviewer and RStudio. The research shares the advancement of this topic in last ten years, providing theoretical support and substructure for future studies. As per this analysis, transformational leadership can be of a great support to organizations due to it affiliative management style, leading to a positive work environment that embraces change and innovation.

How Diversities in Demographic Have Related to Psychological Empowerment?

Objective: The objective of this study is to explores the link between employee demographics and psychological empowerment and determine the factors of employee demographic on psychological empowerment. Theoritical Framework: During organizational change, people usually will feel unsecure, and having anxiety which may lead to stress. As a result, feeling of competence in facing the stressful condition is needed. This study used the concept of Psychological empowerment by Spreitzer (2008), which is a type of inner drive defined as the "psychological states necessary for an individual to feel control over their work". Psychological empowerment consists of 4 (four) dimensions namely: Competencies; Meaning; Self-determination and Impact. Method: The research team used a quantitative method, with the combination of mean significant differences analysis and intercorrelation analysis. The research was conducted at 4 (four) NGOS in Jakarta, Indonesia, with 156 respondents. Psychological empowerment inventory (Spreitzer, 2008) was used to collect the data after being tested its validity and reliability with Cronbach's Alpha. Result and Discussion: Results reveal that only gender had significant differences on psychological empowerment, with males scoring higher than females. Further, there is no significant correlations exist with other demographics profile (education, position, tenure, and employment status) on psychological empowerment. Research Implication: This study will contribute for executives and human resource managers that besides gender, no other demographic profile that might influence the score of psychological empowerment In other words, the score of psychological empowerment cannot be related with demographic profile except gender. Originality and Value: The process of organizational change is very important and challenging, and many researchers have studies about the process. However, the research team found out that studies about the relation of demographic profile on psychological empowerment is still very limited and need to be further studied. These findings offer valuable insights for change agents in managing organizational transitions, with emphasizing the nuanced impact of demographic factors on psychological empowerment.

Niche–Regime Interactions of Organic Model Farmers in Bavaria, Germany: Linking Activities of Individual Farmers

Organic farming is seen as a promising alternative in the transition to more sustainable agri-food systems. Within the multi-level perspective (MLP) framework for such transitions, the linkage between the innovative niche and the dominant regime is considered crucial. We explore the linkage activities of individual organic model farmers through farm webs that were created based on semi-structured interviews. As the agri-food transition’s designated executing actors, individual organic model farmers must be understood as change agents. This research shows that these model farmers show high levels of linking activities, but each engages in a variety of linkages that are put together individually. This research reveals the reasons for choosing specific linkages, revealing the varying potential impacts of organic model farmers and their relevance in the transition process, and emphasizes the need for tailored policies that support farmers in adopting sustainable farming practices.

Shared struggles, divergent paths: a comparison of grassroots and professional feminist advocates’ communication for social change in Argentina and the United States

Abstract Contemporary activism media research, largely focused on digital media's technological and discursive aspects, often lacks comparative studies and tends to overlook institutional or cultural factors in communication for social change (CSC). This study addresses these gaps by examining advocates’ sensemaking and communication praxis in contexts shaped by different advocacy traditions and sociocultural understandings of inequality. Through an analysis of 52 semi-structured interviews with Argentine grassroots advocates and U.S. professional ones, this study reveals similar media assessments across cases yet with different intersectional emphases: class in Argentina and race in the United States. Cross-case divergencies emerge in advocates’ positionality toward institutions and in their representational strategies: While grassroots advocates act as pragmatic agents of change and adopt a flexible communication style described as a “pedagogy of patience,” professional ones act as epistemic experts who offer a feminist critique of journalistic objectivity. I reflect on how these findings attend overlooked factors in CSC.

Creating Transformative Research–Practice Partnership in Collaboration with School, City, and University Actors

Traditional educational research has been criticized for the gap between the research and practice communities, meaning that outcomes do not transfer to educational praxis. To meet this challenge, policymakers, funders, and researchers are developing research–practice partnerships (RPPs). The purpose of this research is to study the research–practice partnership as a strategy for educational transformation in the Finnish educational context. This study highlights the multifaceted perspectives of key RPP stakeholders: teachers, principals, municipality administrators, and researchers. Their experiences were explored through semi-structured interviews. The data were examined through content analysis and categorized into themes depicting the goals and goal-setting process in RPPs, the experiences of RPP activities, and the factors facilitating and challenging RPPs. The results show that stakeholders viewed the goals through the perspectives of professional development; supporting the growth and learning of students; and developing school, municipality, and research practices. Regular participation solidified the commitment to the RPP process. Horizontal interaction worked well between stakeholders, but challenges arose with vertical interaction. We found multiple roles for researchers and municipality administrators. Researchers found that they take on a new role in RPPs as change agents and facilitators. Regarding the facilitating or challenging aspects of RPPs, an open and flexible attitude and atmosphere and readiness for change are demanded on all actor levels. Mutual appreciation and sensitivity facilitate RPP activities. We propose taking all stakeholder perspectives into account when designing RPPs aimed at systemic change and that RPP processes should facilitate both horizontal and vertical interaction.

PENEGUHAN DAN PENGUATAN KEMPUAN SOFT SKIL DEMI MENUNJANG EKONOMI DAN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM YANG BERKEMAJUAN

Seeing that there are several problems that occur in the North Cipete sub-district. Among other things, there are problems with people's understanding regarding online buying and selling, the lack of interactive media and methods for learning the Qur'an, the lack of interest in learning, especially in Islamic Religious Education, Arabic Language Education, and Sharia Banking Economics. Thus, the first step in starting this KKS activity program, we coordinated with several parties such as DKM (Mosque Prosperity Council), PKK Mother, Karang Taruna, and educational institutions (TPQ Al-Istiqomah), as well as residents of Cipete Utara Subdistrict RT.07 RW. 02.We hope that through the efforts of this Social Work Lecture (KKS) activity carried out by FAI UHAMKA group 2 students at Muhammadiyah University, Prof. Dr. HAMKA with its spirit of collaboration, knowledge and high dedication can become an agent of change for the people of Cipete Utara RT. 07/RW.02 in helping community empowerment and developing personal potential optimally. Apart from that, the Social Work Lecture (KKS) program is not only a source of knowledge, but also a source of experience for students in social activities and to strengthen Islamic brotherhood.The activity strategy in implementing the Social Work Lecture (KKS) is carried out through an active approach, namely mingling with the community and through workshop presentation methods regarding digital marketing and the introduction of sharia banking, as well as PAI, PBA and PS training materials, learning at the TPQ Al institution -Istiqomah with story telling, learning while playing, learning with songs and movements, question and answer, and using digital media to achieve innovative and progressive learning goals.In implementing this social work lecture, the focus is on strengthening soft skills through empowerment and teaching to residents of the North Cipete RT.07/RW.02 community. As said by the chief executive of KKS activities, the aim of implementing this activity and training program is so that people are able to do business through digital and market products online, one of which is through shopefood as business support

Innate green propensity: Precursors of ecopreneurial intentions among Indonesian Education Human Resources University

The dynamic growth of the human population has played a significant role in changing purchasing patterns, thereby contributing, along with other influences, to a major impact on the global environment. Entrepreneurship is now shifting to focus on ecological sustainability in response to environmental changes. The Indonesian Education Human Resource University (EHRU) seeks to integrate ecopreneurship into its curriculum to support the green economy and sustainable development goals (SDGs) with a role as prospective teachers and education drivers. The limitations of previous research lie in the lack of specific evaluation of ecopreneurial intentions among Education Human Resources University students. Moreover, previous research has ignored the importance of environmentally friendly education that is aligned with the SDGs. In addition, existing research has not discussed the potential for technological advances in entrepreneurial intentions, creating a significant gap. This study examines the support for ecopreneurship and its impact on the intentions of EHRU students in Indonesia. Using survey-based quantitative methods, data were collected from a sample of 309 student respondents at two prominent EHRU institutions in Indonesia, namely, the Indonesian Education University and Surabaya State University. The research data underwent an analysis process using the variance structural equation model with SmartPLS (partial least squares). Results show that conceptual support positively affects entrepreneurial self-efficacy, particularly in ecopreneurship. EHRU students have great potential to become agents of change in sustainable business practices. Technology plays an essential role in influencing entrepreneurial self-efficacy and student ecopreneurship intentions. Students’ self-efficacy is very important in motivating them to develop strong ecopreneurship intentions. However, reform of educational programs and state policies regarding ecopreneurship education must support the role of EHRU students as a concrete vision of the green economy.