Higher Education Interdisciplinarity: Addressing the Complexity of Sustainable Energies and the Green Economy

Giulia Zacchia, Katiuscia Cipri, Costanza Cucuzzella and Gabriella Calderari
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Katiuscia Cipri: DIMA—Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy
Costanza Cucuzzella: DIMA—Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy
Gabriella Calderari: DIMA—Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: Universities play a strategic role towards a sustainable future, as they address the complex scientific research on green transition and enable students from diverse backgrounds to acquire different skills, integrate multiple perspectives, and handle the sustainability of the ongoing and future renewable energy sector. In this paper, we describe a collaborative project between multiple HEIs (European and African) and local institutions, which promotes an interdisciplinary approach to address climate change and green energy transitions in the curricula of universities, used in the context of the ERASMUS+ program (DALILA-Development of new Academic curricuLa on sustaInabLe energies and green economy in Africa). The project recognizes and values different kinds of knowledge in renewable energy and green economy to address the energy transition in higher education in African countries as a prerequisite for climate change mitigation and sustainable development.

Keywords: green transition; higher education; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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