Book
Higher education in a sustainable society
a case for mutual competence building
Abstract
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.
Details | Table of Contents
addressing knowledge disparities and enabling debate
pp.1-16
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_1on a philosophical contribution to the project of sustainability
pp.19-27
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_2a study in progress
pp.51-64
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_4pp.95-111
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_7pp.113-126
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_8between risks and lifeworlds
pp.127-143
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_9does industry matter? issues in corporate social responsibility and sustainability
pp.147-175
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_10developing sustainability as a competitive advantage
pp.197-205
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_12the case of the University of Oslo
pp.209-227
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_13the presence of the words not spoken
pp.229-239
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_14how to close the knowledge divide
pp.241-256
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_15Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Dordrecht
Year: 2015
Pages: 301
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5
ISBN (hardback): 978-3-319-15918-8
ISBN (digital): 978-3-319-15919-5
Full citation:
Torjesen Stina, Ennals Richard, Garmann Johnsen Hans Christian (2015) Higher education in a sustainable society: a case for mutual competence building. Dordrecht, Springer.