Education for Sustainability (EfS) has an intimate relationship with professional employment as we seek to develop graduates who will take EfS values and understanding into their workplaces to build a sustainable future. The connection is through the capabilities that employers are wanting in...

„Die Universität müsste also auch ein Ort sein, an dem nichts außer Frage steht“ stellteJaques Derrida 1998 fest als er bei einer Vortragsreihe über die Universität von morgensprach (Derrida 1998:14). Universitäten sollten demnach Orte sein, die Raum fürneue Konzepte und Ideen lassen,...

Universities are key actors in sustainable development by generating new knowledge as well as contributing to the development of appropriate competencies and raising sustainability awareness. Within a project called “Sustainable University” at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany),...

Purpose – To date, little attention has been given to the circumstances in which developing key competencies for sustainable development may take place. Within higher education, the possibilities both of formal and informal learning and their relationship to competence development should be...

This article suggests as important elements of education for sustainable development an active engagement with global issues, and involvement in international communication and cooperation. As there is a dearth of learning settings that offer and stimulate an interactive dialogue between...

Progression towards more sustainable consumption patterns is a key challenge of the 21st century. Higher education plays a crucial role in this in as much as it significantly contributes to building the capacity of future generations to deal with real-world problems of unsustainable consumption....

New media provide new opportunities for networking and exchange about issues of global development between learners from different countries. At the same time, such learning makes new demands on the organisation and design of academic teaching. This paper describes and analyses experiences with...