Analysis of UNESCO ESD Priority Areas’ Implementation in Romanian HEIs

Corina-Ionela Dumitrescu, Georgiana Moiceanu (), Razvan-Mihai Dobrescu and Mirona Ana Maria Popescu
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Corina-Ionela Dumitrescu: Department of Economics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Georgiana Moiceanu: Department of Entrepreneurship and Management, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 București, Romania
Razvan-Mihai Dobrescu: Department of Economics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Mirona Ana Maria Popescu: Department of Entrepreneurship and Management, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 București, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-17

Abstract: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are adopting sustainable development (SD) in their strategies for the future. The roadmap by UNESCO is the path to follow to reach success. The approach is different for every HEI, thus the objective of this paper is to analyze the current state of education for sustainable development activities provided by HEIs through the eyes of the academic community (responders category: professors, researchers, associate professors). The method to conduct the study was an interview that had 40 enclosed questions and a free part at the end where the responders could bring additional information to the study if they considered it necessary. All the interviews were transcribed and given a code (e.g., RHEI1, RHEI 29) in order to perform the analysis using descriptive statistics with the help of the program MS Office EXCEL. The results showed some areas where the activities provided by HEIs need improvement and also revealed promising aspects through partnerships. Making the values of SD known to the academic and local community will help fulfill the true potential for change and future development. Moreover, the analysis showed the need to educate educators and improve their digital skills and teaching methods/techniques in order to achieve sustainable development. Another result revealed the need for improvements in HEI curricula that will contribute to gaining those skills/abilities that emerging jobs should have.

Keywords: higher education institutions (HEIs); education for sustainable development (ESD); UNESCO priority areas for ESD; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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