Education for Sustainable Development Initiative
The Economics Network has an active role in the Higher Education Academy's Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiative.
Background
This places the initiative in the higher education policy context and describes the Economics Network's activities in the initiative, including the timeline.
How to Get Involved
The Economics Network is seeking active participation of economics lecturers. Submit your contact details to be notified of new projects and to register your interest. Economics lecturers interested in the ESD initiative receive periodically an e-mail bulletin, updating subscribers on the latest ESD and economics news, as well as indicating where lecturer participation is needed. General ESD in higher education items of interest are also included. The latest bulletin is always available here.
Current Projects
We are seeking to support lecturers through a variety of ways, including mailing lists, workshops, interdisciplinary work, and resource audits.
Survey Results
As part of the Economics Network's activity in this area, several surveys have been conducted, both of lecturers and of students. Results are posted here and a link is included in the latest ESD Update whenever the page includes new information.
Research Directory
As a result of the focus groups conducted in the first phase of this initiative, a research directory was created to facilitate networking between lecturers who have an interest in collaborating on sustainable development research projects. Eventually, we hope to include other disciplines in the directory. New submissions are always welcome.
Teaching Resources
Although still auditing available resources in the sector, we do already have materials catalogued on our site to assist lecturers seeking to embed sustainable development in the curriculum.
- Methods of teaching SD in economics: At the September 2005 Developments in Economics and Business Education (DEBE) conference held in Cambridge, Andrew Mearman presented a paper (.pdf) on the need for a pluralistic method of teaching SD.
- Books (including textbooks) on Environmental Economics and Sustainability
Events
This section is for events hosted by the Economics Network but please also see sector-wide events, as these are often inter- and multi-disciplinary.