Roles of academia in regional sustainability initiatives: outreach for a more sustainable future |
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| Authors: | Gyula Zilahy Donald Huisingh Matti Melanen Victor D Phillips John Sheffy |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Environmental Economics and Technology, Corvinus University of Budapest, 8 Fovam ter, Budapest 1093, Hungary;2. Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, 311 Conference Center Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-4134, USA;3. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Mechelininkatu 34a, Helsinki, Finland;4. Global Environmental Management Education Center (GEM), College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 800 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA;1. Department of Science and Technology, Universidade Aberta, Campus do Taguspark, Edifício Inovação I, 2740-122 Porto Salvo, Oeiras, Portugal;2. Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, 3001-455 Coimbra, Portugal;3. CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, Department of Science and Environmental Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal;4. School of Science and the Environment, Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M15GDU, United Kingdom;1. Sustainable Development Coordination Unit, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom;2. China National Thousand Talents Professor, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China;1. Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA;2. Universidad Centro Americana “José Simeón Cañas” (UCA), Autopista Sur, San Salvador, El Salvador;1. Charles University Environment Center, José Martího 2/407, 162 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic;2. Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA |
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| Abstract: | Institutions of Higher Education have to cope with an array of challenges in the 21st century including globalization of teaching, research and outreach activities; additionally there are dramatic increases in competition for students, staff and funding sources. Meanwhile, local and regional involvement in regional sustainable development is increasing in importance as well. This latter process is driven by the mandates from many sources for academic involvement in working on the multi-faceted issues pertaining to Sustainable Development (SD). This requires concerted action not only at the global, but also at the local and regional levels. This article provides an overview of this special issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production on the Roles of Academia in Regional Sustainable Development Initiatives. The essence of the 11 articles contained in this special issue is summarized and contextualized within the rapidly evolving academic efforts on SD. Recommendations are made of ways for academia to help their regions to make more rapid progress toward SD via involvement of their faculty, students and staff in Regional SD programs and processes. |
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