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Kushnir, I 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0727-7208, Eta, EA, Mbah, MF and Kennedy, C-R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9089-3433,
2023.
The orchestration of a sustainable development agenda in the European Higher Education Area.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
ISSN 1467-6370
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Abstract
Purpose: This article asks how the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has orchestrated a sustainable development (SD) agenda in its international policy since 2020.
Design/methodology/approach: By drawing on theoretical ideas around policy orchestration as a key UN governing strategy and applying them to the analysis of the progression of the SD agenda in the EHEA, the article conducts a thematic analysis of six recent key EHEA international policy documents and 19 interviews with key Bologna stakeholders in France, Germany and Italy.
Findings: The resultant analysis uncovers three overarching key themes that show: (1) the EHEA has the capacity to mitigate pitfalls in the UN’s SD agenda; (2) some weaknesses of the UN’s orchestration of SD are translated into weaknesses in the EHEA’s formulation of its SD agenda; and (3) the further development of an SD agenda as an essential direction of EHEA’s work. The article then goes on to discuss how EHEA policies only mention SD discourse, omit concrete plans for its implementation, and keep the very meaning of SD ambiguous throughout international policy documents.
Originality: We offer three original recommendations that the EHEA should adopt in an attempt to mitigate the issues raised in the run-up to its 2030 deadline for implementing its policies: the EHEA should develop an explicit definition of SD; recognise the Euro-centredness of EHEA policies and open them up to other voices; and cite academic research when developing policy documents.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education |
| Creators: | Kushnir, I., Eta, E.A., Mbah, M.F. and Kennedy, C.-R. |
| Publisher: | Emerald |
| Date: | 17 July 2023 |
| ISSN: | 1467-6370 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1108/ijshe-12-2022-0394 DOI 1788956 Other |
| Rights: | © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited. This AAM is provided for your own personal use only. It may not be used for resale, reprinting, systematic distribution, emailing, or for any other commercial purpose without the permission of the publisher. |
| Divisions: | Schools > Nottingham Institute of Education |
| Record created by: | Laura Ward |
| Date Added: | 04 Aug 2023 08:27 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2023 08:27 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49499 |
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