Sustainability, Leadership and Education: Leading in Learning for Good
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2019) | Viewed by 3658
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Leadership for sustainability; role of universities; stakeholder engagement and sustainability; motivations for sustainability strategies and behaviours; integrated thinking; leadership, change and wellbeing; environmental amenity for health and community
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Education and sustainability share the common aim of shaping our future and that of future generations and the natural environment. As such, the role of leadership and leaders in shaping how sustainability is embraced (or not) through education is critical to its success or otherwise. At institutional level sustainability can find itself framed as a hygiene factor (to meet regulatory needs, for instance), seen as an operational matter, compartmentalised into particular issues (e.g. waste reduction or fuel efficiency), or seen as an ‘estates/campus’ activity disconnected from the work of the educators. It can find itself as an academic subject to study (possibly disconnected from actual behaviours of participants), as a ‘business opportunity’ for the private sector (for example, the ‘concerned consumer’) or as a mission or cause (for example, cause-based NGOs).
The role of a successful sustainability leader is multi-faceted as they seek to build connections, operate across institution(s), persuade and engage senior leadership and governance of the strategic benefits (and moral obligations) of engaging in sustainability at a strategic level, all whilst attempting to educate and influence their peers, managers and stakeholders on the all-embracing nature of sustainability itself. Thus, understanding sustainability as a subject, leadership theories for sustainability, the organisational context the leader is operating in, as well as appropriate leadership styles and traits are key components to successfully lead in learning for good.
The aim of this special issue, Sustainability, Leadership and Education: Leading in Learning for Good is to collate theoretical, empirical and practice-based research and scholarship showcasing good leadership in and for sustainability in the education sector and/or for educators or those influencing sustainable behaviours in their stakeholders. The approach of this Special Issue is transdisciplinary and inclusive of disparate disciplinary approaches to considering sustainability, leadership and education. Articles can focus on leadership and the individual, organisational and/or sector context, leadership and followership, leadership versus management for sustainability. We welcome approaches considering the notion of ‘education’ both from formal means through educational institutions/sector (for example, schools, further and higher education) but also through educating staff, consumers, and the public through less formal means (e.g. in-house staff training, charity engagement, consumer attitude and behaviour change).
Prof. Dr. Janet Haddock-Fraser
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Leadership
- education
- stakeholders
- strategic sustainability
- traits and styles
- organisational context
- leadership and followership
