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Zusatztext Makes an invaluable contribution to the field of leadership in higher education. I have not previously encountered such a thoroughly-presented examination of the connections between appropriate theory on sustainability and on leadership, seen through the lens of higher education institutions and their practices. Informationen zum Autor Janet Haddock-Fraser is Emeritus Professor of Sustainability and Leadership at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She was Chair of Trustees for the EAUC: The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education between 2016-2020 and is a Board Member for both the Land Trust and the Peak District National Park Authority, UK. Peter Rands is Director of Sustainability Development at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is a Fellow of Sustainable Futures Leadership Academy and has achieved ISO14001 accreditation for a whole-university Environmental Management System. Stephen Scoffham is Visiting Reader in Sustainability and Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK and was President of the UK Geographical Association (2018-19). Vorwort Provides an academically grounded and practice-informed approach to understanding what is needed to successfully lead a sustainability agenda across all aspects of university activity. Zusammenfassung Sustainability is a complex concept, and the challenge of understanding it and applying it to a diverse, multi-agent, organisational setting with its potentially conflicting priorities cannot be underestimated. Leadership for Sustainability in Higher Education provides key learning from the authors’ extensive academic, leadership and professional experience in this area, supplemented with reference to key learning from other leaders and institutions.Janet Fraser-Haddock, Peter Rands and Stephen Scoffham bring together the wide range of influences and considerations to succeed, including:· an understanding of the core constructs of leadership theory and sustainability · the range of perspectives through which to view and value sustainability · successful activities and actions undertaken by sustainability leaders in the higher education sector · models and methods to successfully implement sustainability that are new to the sector· influencers on the sustainability agenda, whether policy- or demand-led, external or internal· barriers to and enablers of success for leaders at individual, institutional and sector levels These factors all combine to provide a framework for the reader within which to consider leadership for sustainability, both at an individual level and within the higher education culture and organisational norms. The authors provide a theoretical underpinning of key concepts, supplemented by examples of practice across the sector, both within the UK and internationally. Case studies from the UK, Australia, North America and India all bring to life the key opportunities and challenges of leading the sustainability agenda across a range of higher education institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part I: What is Meant by ‘Sustainability’? 2. Origins of and Perspectives on Sustainability 3. The Role of Sustainability in Higher Education Part II: Sustainability Leadership and the Higher Education Perspective 4. Current Relevance and Sustainability Activities in Universities5. Sustainability Policy, Market and Institutional Drivers Part III: Sustainability and the Leader as Individual 6. Culture and Decision-Making Norms7. Leadership Styles and Attributes for Sustainability Leadership8. Organisational Structures and Place for Sustainability Part IV: Sustainability Leadership in Practice 9. Case study from Canterbury Christ Church University, UK10. Case study from Harvard University, USA11. Case study from Macquarie University, Australia12. Case study...
