Higher education in a sustainable society

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Springer, Dordrecht

2015

301 Pages

ISBN 978-3-319-15918-8

Higher education in a sustainable society

a case for mutual competence building

Edited by

Stina Torjesen, Richard Ennals, Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen

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 societyentails 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.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5

Full citation:

Torjesen, S. , Ennals, R. , Garmann Johnsen, H. C. (eds) (2015). Higher education in a sustainable society: a case for mutual competence building, Springer, Dordrecht.

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Higher education in a sustainable society

Garmann Johnsen Hans Christian; Torjesen Stina; Ennals Richard

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