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knowledge gap, but a lack in the collaborative culture in the strategic plans of universities. The SDGs lens of a mission-based approach can be a precious occasion
to restructure and update the whole knowledge transfer approach in the higher education institutions, helping young people to develop their full physical, intellectual,
emotional, social and spiritual capacities as individuals and as members of society,
and thus contribute to the development of a better world.
References
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London
Chelleri L, Waters JJ, Olazabal M, Minucci G (2015) Resilience trade-offs: addressing multiple
scales and temporal aspects of urban resilience. Environ Urban 27(1):181–198. https://doi.org/
10.1177/0956247814550780
Colglazier W (2015) Sustainable development agenda: 2030. Science 349(6252):1048–1050.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad2333
Corbett A (2005) Universities and the Europe of knowledge: Ideas, institutions and policy
entrepreneurship in European Union higher education policy, 1955–2005. Springer
Cortese AD (2003) The critical role of higher education in creating a sustainable future. Plan High
Educ 31(3):15–22
Di Nauta P, Merola B, Caputo F, Evangelista F (2015) Reflections on the role of university to face
the challenges of knowledge society for the local economic development. J Knowl Econ 9:1–19.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-015-0333-9
Disterheft A, Caeiro S, Azeiteiro UM, Filho WL (2014) Sustainable universities—a study of critical
success factors for participatory approaches. J Clean Prod 106:11–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
jclepro.2014.01.030
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innovation policy. Res Policy 41(10):1757–1769
Escobedo FJ, Clerici N, Staudhammer CL, Corzo GT (2015) Socio-ecological dynamics and
inequality in Bogotá, Colombia’s public urban forests and their ecosystem services. Urban For
Urban Greening 14(4):1040–1053
Ferrer-Balas D, Buckland H, de Mingo M (2009) Explorations on the University’s role in society
for sustainable development through a systems transition approach. Case-study of the Technical
University of Catalonia (UPC). J Clean Prod 17(12):1075–1085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.
2008.11.006
Ferrer-Balas D, Lozano R, Huisingh D, Buckland H, Ysern P, Zilahy G (2010) Going beyond
the rhetoric: system-wide changes in universities for sustainable societies. J Clean Prod
18(7):607–610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.12.009
Ferrucci D, Levas A, Bagchi S, Gondek D, Mueller ET (2013) Watson: beyond jeopardy! Artif
Intell 199:93–105
Fink LD (2013) Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing
college courses. Wiley
Flückiger Y, Seth N (2016) Sustainable development goals: SDG indicators need crowdsourcing.
Nature 531(7595):448
Giovannini E (2018) L’utopia sostenibile. Laterza, Roma
G. Sonetti and P. Lombardi
knowledge gap, but a lack in the collaborative culture in the strategic plans of universities. The SDGs lens of a mission-based approach can be a precious occasion
to restructure and update the whole knowledge transfer approach in the higher education institutions, helping young people to develop their full physical, intellectual,
emotional, social and spiritual capacities as individuals and as members of society,
and thus contribute to the development of a better world.
References
Brown M (2016) FutuREstorative: working towards a new sustainability, 1st edn. RIBA Publishing,
London
Chelleri L, Waters JJ, Olazabal M, Minucci G (2015) Resilience trade-offs: addressing multiple
scales and temporal aspects of urban resilience. Environ Urban 27(1):181–198. https://doi.org/
10.1177/0956247814550780
Colglazier W (2015) Sustainable development agenda: 2030. Science 349(6252):1048–1050.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad2333
Corbett A (2005) Universities and the Europe of knowledge: Ideas, institutions and policy
entrepreneurship in European Union higher education policy, 1955–2005. Springer
Cortese AD (2003) The critical role of higher education in creating a sustainable future. Plan High
Educ 31(3):15–22
Di Nauta P, Merola B, Caputo F, Evangelista F (2015) Reflections on the role of university to face
the challenges of knowledge society for the local economic development. J Knowl Econ 9:1–19.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-015-0333-9
Disterheft A, Caeiro S, Azeiteiro UM, Filho WL (2014) Sustainable universities—a study of critical
success factors for participatory approaches. J Clean Prod 106:11–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
jclepro.2014.01.030
EC (2010) Europe 2020: a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Working
paper {COM (2010) 2020}. Retrieved from https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/
economic-and-fiscal-policy-coordination/eu-economic-governance-monitoring-preventioncorrection/european-semester/framework/europe-2020-strategy_en
Edquist C, Zabala-Iturriagagoitia JM (2012) Public procurement for Innovation as mission-oriented
innovation policy. Res Policy 41(10):1757–1769
Escobedo FJ, Clerici N, Staudhammer CL, Corzo GT (2015) Socio-ecological dynamics and
inequality in Bogotá, Colombia’s public urban forests and their ecosystem services. Urban For
Urban Greening 14(4):1040–1053
Ferrer-Balas D, Buckland H, de Mingo M (2009) Explorations on the University’s role in society
for sustainable development through a systems transition approach. Case-study of the Technical
University of Catalonia (UPC). J Clean Prod 17(12):1075–1085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.
2008.11.006
Ferrer-Balas D, Lozano R, Huisingh D, Buckland H, Ysern P, Zilahy G (2010) Going beyond
the rhetoric: system-wide changes in universities for sustainable societies. J Clean Prod
18(7):607–610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.12.009
Ferrucci D, Levas A, Bagchi S, Gondek D, Mueller ET (2013) Watson: beyond jeopardy! Artif
Intell 199:93–105
Fink LD (2013) Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing
college courses. Wiley
Flückiger Y, Seth N (2016) Sustainable development goals: SDG indicators need crowdsourcing.
Nature 531(7595):448
Giovannini E (2018) L’utopia sostenibile. Laterza, Roma
