How sustainability education and achieving SDGs are interconnected: A systems thinking perspective

Author Identifier

Simone Domenico Scagnelli: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-2359

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Title

World Sustainability Series

Volume

Part F280

First Page

1307

Last Page

1319

Publisher

Springer

School

School of Business and Law

RAS ID

79447

Comments

Shams Esfandabadi, Z., Corazza, L., Shevchenko, T., & Scagnelli, S. D. (2025). How sustainability education and achieving SDGs are interconnected: A systems thinking perspective. In North American and European Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education (pp. 1307-1319). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80434-2_71

Abstract

Universities and higher education institutions, as key social institutions and agents of change, can play a crucial role in moving toward sustainable development within the realm of their social commitment. This research aims to provide a general map of the causalities among the activities taking place in higher education and the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). In this regard, a causal-loop diagram following the systems thinking approach is developed to show how attempts toward achieving SDGs can support higher education goals and how higher education activities can support moving toward achieving the SDGs. The provided conceptual framework can help decision-makers and research communities within higher education and sustainable development in their analysis of the mutual impact universities and the achievement of SDGs can have on each other.

DOI

10.1007/978-3-031-80434-2_71

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