Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals
Critical Case Studies and Contexts to Advance Agenda 2030
Published on 21. March 2025
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-0353-4282-2 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on a diverse array of case studies from universities around the world, this comprehensive book tackles the key challenges to progressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within higher education institutions.
Expert authors provide an in-depth analysis of how universities in the Global North and South are engaging with and contributing to the SDGs, highlighting a wide range of approaches and experiences in different socio-economic and cultural contexts. This book examines the goal of the SDGs to expand on traditional ideas of development by emphasising broader, more inclusive and interconnected actions, as well as common difficulties faced by educational institutions attempting to achieve these aims. Chapters cover issues such as varying starting points for different countries, the involvement of civil society, the use of contextualised methods, and adaptability to changing global agendas.
Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals is an invaluable resource for university policymakers and those working in higher education institutions, as well as researchers and graduate students in fields such as gender studies, social work, sociology, anthropology and development. It will also be of interest to non-profit and third-sector organisations in international cooperation and development and government development agencies.
Expert authors provide an in-depth analysis of how universities in the Global North and South are engaging with and contributing to the SDGs, highlighting a wide range of approaches and experiences in different socio-economic and cultural contexts. This book examines the goal of the SDGs to expand on traditional ideas of development by emphasising broader, more inclusive and interconnected actions, as well as common difficulties faced by educational institutions attempting to achieve these aims. Chapters cover issues such as varying starting points for different countries, the involvement of civil society, the use of contextualised methods, and adaptability to changing global agendas.
Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals is an invaluable resource for university policymakers and those working in higher education institutions, as well as researchers and graduate students in fields such as gender studies, social work, sociology, anthropology and development. It will also be of interest to non-profit and third-sector organisations in international cooperation and development and government development agencies.
Reviews / Votes
'With clarity and confidence, this remarkable collection critically reflects on the role of universities as promoters of sustainable development. Through different experiences and case studies, it also produces a manifesto inspiring lecturers and researchers, students and civil society to act towards a future that is truly just and sustainable.' -- Daria Quatrida, University of Padua, ItalyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-4282-2 (9781035342822)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Roser Manzanera-Ruiz, Department of Sociology, Maria Pilar Tudela-Vazquez, Department of Social Work and Social Services and Nacho Alvarez-Lucena, Centre for Cooperation and Development Initiatives (CICODE), University of Granada, Spain
Content
Contents
Introduction to Universities and the Sustainable Development
Goals: critical case studies and contexts to advance Agenda 2030 1
Roser Manzanera-Ruiz, Maria Pilar Tudela-Vazquez and Nacho
Alvarez Lucena
PART I TRANSFORMING THE VISION OF
COMMITTED UNIVERSITIES INTO
REALITY: THE 2030 GLOBAL AGENDA AS
A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
1 An agenda of failures: a critical look at the 2030 Agenda
from the perspective of social movements 10
Pablo Saravia Ramos and Lia Pinheiro Barbosa
2 Promoting sustainable development and global equality:
active and participatory contributions from universities 26
Ana Merino Teruel and Piet Wostyn
3 The modern slavery-free university: lines of action for
a university committed to the 2030 Agenda 42
Xenia Dominguez Font
4 Envisioning a university in Tanzania: how the University
of Dar es Salaam has metamorphosed amidst a changing world 60
Samwel Mhajida
PART II REVISITING THE 2030 AGENDA: CIVIL
SOCIETY AND ALLIANCES' PERSPECTIVES
ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
5 Energy colonialism and climate justice: territorial
conflicts and sustainable development goals in the Global
South and North 72
Josefa Sanchez Contreras and Alberto Mataran Ruiz
6 Violence and the economy: alternatives for meeting the
needs of all people and achieving the SDGs 89
Jorge Guardiola Wanden-Berghe and Nazaret Ibanez
7 Gender equality in Argentine public universities: from
the streets to the classrooms and from the classrooms to
university policies (2015-2023) 103
Paloma Dulbecco and Ana Laura Azparren
PART III CASE STUDIES AND GOOD PRACTICES
TOWARDS BUILDING A UNIVERSITY
COMMITTED TO A TRANSFORMATIVE 2030 AGENDA
8 The university and the challenge of refugee inclusion in
the framework of the 2030 Agenda 123
Nacho Alvarez Lucena and Maria Virtudes Martin Fernandez
9 Tackling racism in Europe from the university: the
experience of the European project FORUM 139
Maria Pilar Tudela-Vazquez and Nacho Alvarez Lucena
10 Informal learning as a tool for architecture education from
parameters of sustainability and social responsibility 159
Fco. Javier Castellano-Pulido, Emina Zejnilovic, Erna
Husukic and Lorenzo Pignatti
Introduction to Universities and the Sustainable Development
Goals: critical case studies and contexts to advance Agenda 2030 1
Roser Manzanera-Ruiz, Maria Pilar Tudela-Vazquez and Nacho
Alvarez Lucena
PART I TRANSFORMING THE VISION OF
COMMITTED UNIVERSITIES INTO
REALITY: THE 2030 GLOBAL AGENDA AS
A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
1 An agenda of failures: a critical look at the 2030 Agenda
from the perspective of social movements 10
Pablo Saravia Ramos and Lia Pinheiro Barbosa
2 Promoting sustainable development and global equality:
active and participatory contributions from universities 26
Ana Merino Teruel and Piet Wostyn
3 The modern slavery-free university: lines of action for
a university committed to the 2030 Agenda 42
Xenia Dominguez Font
4 Envisioning a university in Tanzania: how the University
of Dar es Salaam has metamorphosed amidst a changing world 60
Samwel Mhajida
PART II REVISITING THE 2030 AGENDA: CIVIL
SOCIETY AND ALLIANCES' PERSPECTIVES
ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
5 Energy colonialism and climate justice: territorial
conflicts and sustainable development goals in the Global
South and North 72
Josefa Sanchez Contreras and Alberto Mataran Ruiz
6 Violence and the economy: alternatives for meeting the
needs of all people and achieving the SDGs 89
Jorge Guardiola Wanden-Berghe and Nazaret Ibanez
7 Gender equality in Argentine public universities: from
the streets to the classrooms and from the classrooms to
university policies (2015-2023) 103
Paloma Dulbecco and Ana Laura Azparren
PART III CASE STUDIES AND GOOD PRACTICES
TOWARDS BUILDING A UNIVERSITY
COMMITTED TO A TRANSFORMATIVE 2030 AGENDA
8 The university and the challenge of refugee inclusion in
the framework of the 2030 Agenda 123
Nacho Alvarez Lucena and Maria Virtudes Martin Fernandez
9 Tackling racism in Europe from the university: the
experience of the European project FORUM 139
Maria Pilar Tudela-Vazquez and Nacho Alvarez Lucena
10 Informal learning as a tool for architecture education from
parameters of sustainability and social responsibility 159
Fco. Javier Castellano-Pulido, Emina Zejnilovic, Erna
Husukic and Lorenzo Pignatti