Toward diversifying higher education sustainability competency scholarship: findings and implications from a bibliometric analysis

作者：Jessica Ostrow Michel, Peter Siciliano, Michaela Zint, Sarah Collins · 发表于：International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1108/ijshe-08-2022-0250 · 被引用次数：11 · 研究领域：Sustainability in Higher Education、Environmental Education and Sustainability、Service-Learning and Community Engagement

Purpose One of the rapidly growing bodies of literature on sustainability in higher education focuses on the competencies students should master to bring about the necessary transformation toward a sustainable future. Given the influential nature of this particular scholarship on curricula and programs, this study aims to assess its trajectory based on bibliometric analyses. Design/methodology/approach More specifically, authors conducted coauthorship, direct citations of articles and journals and bibliographic coupling analyses to identify the scholars and publications that have shaped the subfield of higher education sustainability competency research. Findings Findings show that despite the growth in higher education sustainability competency scholarship, this important subfield in higher education for sustainable development (HESD) has been a relatively narrow one. Contributing scholars, coauthor publications mainly with each other, cite each other and draw from a shared pool of research primarily by individuals from the Global North. Research limitations/implications Scholars seeking to advance sustainability competency scholarship are encouraged to engage with individuals who can bring more diverse perspective on the knowledge, skills and mindsets higher education students need to master, to ensure that they can transform their communities toward a sustainable future in just ways. Integrating environmental/social justice, traditional knowledge and decolonizing perspecti...