Students’ Engagement in Sustainability Initiatives in the Context of Baltic Higher Education

Jelena Titko; Valerija Kozlova; Kristine Uzule; Anna Manakova; Natalija Cudecka-Purina

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-22076-9_27

Students’ Engagement in Sustainability Initiatives in the Context of Baltic Higher Education

Jelena Titko^*
, Valerija Kozlova
, Kristine Uzule
, Anna Manakova
, Natalija Cudecka-Purina

^*Šī darba korespondējošais autors

EKA University of Applied Sciences
Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TSI)

Zinātniskās darbības rezultāts: Nodaļa grāmatā/enciklopēdijā/konferences krājumā › Nodaļa grāmatā › Pētniecība › koleģiāli recenzēts

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The role of higher education in achieving sustainable development goals has been emphasized since 2012, when the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) was launched in the Rio + 20 conference. However, sustainability activities and initiatives are still not very popular in Baltic higher education institutions. The goal of the research was to identify common teaching practices to help academic staff in their efforts to implement education for sustainability, or else environmental. In the given manuscript, the author focused on identification of students’ engagement activities in sustainability initiatives. The research is based on interviews with educational and sustainability experts (heads of eco-councils and related departments, heads of study programmes), aimed at developing the list of sustainability-focused initiatives and tools for students engagement. The research findings allow providing practical recommendations to HEI administration for integration of sustainability-related activities in curricula.

Oriģinālvaloda	Angļu
Publikācijas avota nosaukums	Sustainability Transition and Global Citizenship in the Digital Era: Innovations in Universities
Redaktori	Walter Leal Filho, Laís Viera Trevisan, Sandra Caeiro, Mahsa Mapar, Jorge Trindade
Publikācijas vieta	Cham
Izdevējs	Springer International Publishing
Lapas	569-591
ISBN (Elektroniski)	978-3-032-22076-9
ISBN (Drukātā versija)	978-3-032-22075-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-22076-9_27
Publikācijas statuss	Publicēts - 2026
Ārēji publicēts	Jā

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Nosaukums	World Sustainability Series
Sējums	Part F2438
ISSN (Drukātā versija)	2199-7373
ISSN (Elektroniskā versija)	2199-7381

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Titko, J., Kozlova, V., Uzule, K., Manakova, A., & Cudecka-Purina, N. (2026). Students’ Engagement in Sustainability Initiatives in the Context of Baltic Higher Education. (gadā) W. Leal Filho, L. Viera Trevisan, S. Caeiro, M. Mapar, & J. Trindade (Red.), Sustainability Transition and Global Citizenship in the Digital Era: Innovations in Universities (lpp. 569-591). (World Sustainability Series; Sēj. Part F2438). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-22076-9_27

Titko, Jelena ; Kozlova, Valerija ; Uzule, Kristine u.c. / Students’ Engagement in Sustainability Initiatives in the Context of Baltic Higher Education. Sustainability Transition and Global Citizenship in the Digital Era: Innovations in Universities. redaktors / Walter Leal Filho ; Laís Viera Trevisan ; Sandra Caeiro ; Mahsa Mapar ; Jorge Trindade. Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2026. lpp. 569-591 (World Sustainability Series).

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Titko J, Kozlova V, Uzule K, Manakova A, Cudecka-Purina N. Students’ Engagement in Sustainability Initiatives in the Context of Baltic Higher Education. (gadā) Leal Filho W, Viera Trevisan L, Caeiro S, Mapar M, Trindade J, redaktori, Sustainability Transition and Global Citizenship in the Digital Era: Innovations in Universities. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2026. lpp. 569-591. (World Sustainability Series). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-22076-9_27

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