TY - JOUR
T1 - Transnational collaboration for sustainability in higher education
T2 - Lessons from a systematic review
AU - Caniglia, Guido
AU - Luederitz, Christopher
AU - Groß, Milena
AU - Muhr, Maximilian
AU - John, Beatrice
AU - Keeler, Lauren
AU - von Wehrden, Henrik
AU - Laubichler, Manfred
AU - Wiek, Arnim
AU - Lang, Daniel
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the two anonymous reviewers for their critical and constructive comments. Guido Caniglia was supported by a post-doctoral fellowship from the Institute for Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research ; Christopher Luederitz was supported by the seed grant “Establishing a new model of cross-cultural academic collaboration for sustainability” at Leuphana Univeristy of Lüneburg .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - We continue to understand little about how to best design and operate transnational collaborations between universities to advance research and education for sustainability. This article explores general practices in transnational research and teaching that can provide information and inspiration for the sustainability field. The article follows a systematic review protocol and examines 46 articles involving 147 universities engaged in transnational collaborations. First, it presents the main features of these collaborations according to: (a) locations connected; (b) objectives pursued and subjects addressed; (c) implementation. Second, it discusses how reflecting on challenges and strategies encountered in these collaborations can support transnational sustainability research and education. The article concludes highlighting success factors for transnational collaboration, including: combining local and global considerations; making effective use of digital technologies; capitalizing on cultural and national differences; and making the best of available resources.
AB - We continue to understand little about how to best design and operate transnational collaborations between universities to advance research and education for sustainability. This article explores general practices in transnational research and teaching that can provide information and inspiration for the sustainability field. The article follows a systematic review protocol and examines 46 articles involving 147 universities engaged in transnational collaborations. First, it presents the main features of these collaborations according to: (a) locations connected; (b) objectives pursued and subjects addressed; (c) implementation. Second, it discusses how reflecting on challenges and strategies encountered in these collaborations can support transnational sustainability research and education. The article concludes highlighting success factors for transnational collaboration, including: combining local and global considerations; making effective use of digital technologies; capitalizing on cultural and national differences; and making the best of available resources.
KW - Digitalization
KW - Globalization
KW - Higher education for sustainable development
KW - Internationalization
KW - Sustainability research
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.256
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.256
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85030712881
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 168
SP - 764
EP - 779
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -