CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Lakhno, Maryna |
|---|---|
| Title | The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a Global Policy Framework in Higher Education |
| Summary | The concept of sustainability has been a prominent topic of discussion in higher education since the early 1990s. The advent of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 triggered extensive practical initiatives with regard to sustainability in higher education and the adoption of sustainability policies has become a pervasive feature of academic institutions, public authorities, and intermediary organisations globally. The SDGs represent an intriguing phenomenon for research in the field of higher education. The present dissertation posits that they constitute a global policy framework for higher education. Despite not being primarily designed for higher education institutions (HEIs), the SDGs have been used as reference points in policies pursued with varying degree of effectiveness in numerous HEIs worldwide, irrespective of their geographical location, structure, autonomy status, etc. It is remarkable how the SDGs, a global policy framework that is in essence very broad and abstract, and also non-binding, has managed to impact local higher education contexts. This dissertation addresses this puzzle by first defining a policy framework and then examining its local implementation through intermediary actors, as well as its manifestation through sustainability reporting. The core of this dissertation is comprised of three published peer-reviewed papers (two single-authored and one co-authored), which aim to address the puzzling nature of the SDGs as a global policy framework in higher education. |
| Supervisor | Matei, Liviu |
| Department | Political Science PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/lakhno_maryna.pdf |
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