SUSTAINABILITY COMPETENCIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY DISCOURSE
SUSTAINABILITY COMPETENCIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY DISCOURSE

Author(s): Vesna Nikolić, Tamara Vukić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Sustainable development; University; Transformation; Barriers; Competencies
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the research is focused on identifying the conditions that determine university’s specific response to sustainable development, as well as on identifying the characteristics of a transformative university, and the obstacles in the process of creating a sustainable university. Given the importance of educating the future decision makers, the paper is particularly focused on the problems and the possibilities for developing the competencies for sustainable development within the higher education. The originality of the paper is found in its wholesome overview of the universities’ response to the sustainable development challenge and in the identification of possible barriers that the universities face when striving to sustainability. The special value of the paper is in the analysis of the models for sustainable development competencies which should help to further understand these models and the possibilities for their application in university’s teaching practice.

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