Higher education in a sustainable society [electronic resource] : a case for mutual competence building / Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Stina Torjesen, Richard Ennals, editors.
Johnsen, Hans Chr. Garmann, 1955- editor.; Torjesen, Stina, editor.; Ennals, Richard, editor.
2015
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Title Higher education in a sustainable society [electronic resource] : a case for mutual competence building / Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Stina Torjesen, Richard Ennals, editors.
ISBN 9783319159195 electronic book
3319159194 electronic book
9783319159188
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5
Published Cham : Springer, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5 doi
Call Number LB2324
Dewey Decimal Classification 333.70711
Summary This book addresses the following question: What is a sustainable society, and how can higher education help us to develop toward it? The core argument put forward is that the concept of sustainability reaches much farther than just the direct aspects of environmental threats and carbon emissions. Using higher education as a point of departure, the book shows that sustainability involves a broad range of disciplines, from nursing and nutrition to technology and management. It argues that a sustainable society entails a distinct perspective on society that influences our social thinking in terms of ethics, democracy and knowledge development. The book also discusses if (and if so, how) higher education can and should contribute to such a development based on the principles of the freedom of science in a liberal, democratic society. The book presents Mutual Competence Building as a concept higher education can adapt in order to contribute to a sustainable Society.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Johnsen, Hans Chr. Garmann, 1955- editor.
Torjesen, Stina, editor.
Ennals, Richard, editor.
Series CSR. sustainability. ethics & governance.
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Introduction
Part 1: Sustainability in a humanistic and cultural perspective
Part 2: Sustainability in life science
Part 3: Sustainability in technology and planning studies
Part 4: Sustainability and the teaching of management and business development
Part 5: The sustainable university
Conclusions.

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