The Responsibility of Academics: Opportunities and Challenges to Advance Climate Initiatives at Universities DOI
Paul Lachapelle, John A. Mundell

Published: Dec. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

Climate Action Research: What's Holding Us Back? DOI Creative Commons
Rae André, Hilary Bradbury,

David Grant

et al.

Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 30, 2025

Climate change is often described as an existential crisis calling for urgent action, yet there appears to have been relatively low levels of engagement on this issue within management scholarship. Contributors article, all whom engaged in climate action research, consider why it that scholars are generally choosing not tackle critically important challenge and argue what might be done address this. In doing so, we provide new alternative agendas developing research will positively contribute action.

Language: Английский

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Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review and a research agenda DOI Creative Commons
Sofia Hiltner, Emily Eaton, Noel Healy

et al.

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 5, 2024

Abstract The evolution of fossil fuel industry tactics for obstructing climate action, from outright denial change to more subtle techniques delay, is under growing scrutiny. One key site ongoing obstructionism identified by researchers, journalists, and advocates higher education. Scholars have exhaustively documented how industry‐sponsored academic research tends bias scholarship in favor tobacco, pharmaceutical, food, sugar, lead, other industries, but the contemporary influence interests on education has received relatively little attention. We report first literature review civil society investigations into ties United States, Kingdom, Canada, Australia. find that universities are an established yet under‐researched vehicle obstruction industry, universities' lack transparency about their partnerships with this poses a challenge empirical research. propose agenda topical methodological directions future analyses prevalence consequences industry–university partnerships, responses them. This article categorized under: Social Status Climate Change Knowledge > Science Decision Making Climate, Nature, Ethics Sociology/Anthropology Movements

Language: Английский

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10

Chulalongkorn university and SDG 13 climate action: from policies to implementation on education, research, and public outreach DOI Creative Commons
Suthirat Kittipongvises, Jessada Salathong

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 28

Published: Feb. 11, 2025

Language: Английский

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The wins of the grassroots climate movement in the University of California DOI Creative Commons

Monica Nelson,

Cathy Gere,

Adam Cooper

et al.

Frontiers in Education, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: March 10, 2025

As the climate and ecological predicament worsens, too many people seem to be waiting for policy implemented from “on high.” Yet history of social struggles shows us that achieving wins requires a strong push below. Here we recount how members justice organization The UC San Diego Green New Deal were critical reorienting very large institution, 10 campus University California, as well winning important actions at itself. We discuss three campaigns: Decarbonization Electrification, Cutting Ties with Fossil Finance, Climate Education All. From shifting focus emission reductions rather than carbon offsets, pushing Chase Bank out student center, providing new undergraduate curricula, these are now reverberating throughout higher education in United States beyond. This movement has also provided an pedagogical role by teaching organizing activist skills undergraduates so they can go forth fight their futures.

Language: Английский

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Higher education learning for sustainability in the Anthropocene; a matter of a transforming self-identity? DOI
Vasiliki Kioupi, George Giannopoulos

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 4, 2025

Purpose This paper aims to explore a new direction for higher education (HE) in the Anthropocene era. HE is envisioned as steward of safe and just space transformation learner self-identity. Transformative learning sustainability (LfS) seen main enabler more ecological self-identities emerge conditions its successful implementation are discussed. The strategies authors own institutions analysed using SWOT analysis identify whether they can support emergence conclusions ways forward policy practice drawn. Design/methodology/approach theoretical lens self-identity links with planetary health well-being used principles LfS, implications through integration into holistic conceptual framework. Findings framework produced places LfS crucial from moving beyond anthropocentrism towards ecocentrism Anthropocene. university emphasises how current policies practices inherently contradictive could cause unintended consequences terms prioritising individualistic than ones. Originality/value proposes aim because link between sustainability. It first time by which reflect on role

Language: Английский

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How much does the fossil fuel industry fund medical research? DOI Open Access

Hristio Boytchev,

Natalie Widmann,

Simon Wörpel

et al.

BMJ, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. q2589 - q2589

Published: Nov. 27, 2024

An analysis of links to the fossil fuel industry in medical research publications reveals a case for stronger action against influence these health harming companies, find Hristio Boytchev and colleagues

Language: Английский

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The Responsibility of Academics: Opportunities and Challenges to Advance Climate Initiatives at Universities DOI
Paul Lachapelle, John A. Mundell

Published: Dec. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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0