Education for Sustainable Development Goals in Hong Kong Public Universities

• In Event: International and Comparative Perspectives on Higher Education

Abstract

The study analyzes the process of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by Hong Kong public universities and describes how universities advance their institutional sustainability during the times of social and political changes in Hong Kong. Guided by the Higher Education Sustainability Model, this post-empiricist qualitative study employs an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis method with the embedded case studies approach. The findings contribute to the emerging research arena of Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDGs) by (1) identifying three distinct features of the universities’ SDGs implementation framework— Perception of Sustainability, Institutional Rationalization, and Educational Mechanisms; and (2) stressing crucial role of cultural tradition, and stakeholders’ joint participation and collaboration in fostering consequential education actions to ensure consequential SDGs-related transformation.

Authors

• Tamara Savelyeva, The Hong Kong Institute of Education for Sustainable Development
  Presenting Author

• Jae Park, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
  Presenting Author