Global initiatives regarding environmental change have increasingly become part of political agendas and of our collective imagination. In order to form sustainable societies, education is considered crucial by organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union. But how is the notion of sustainability imagined and formed in educational practices? What does sustainability make possible, and whom does it involve? These critical questions are not often asked in educational research on sustainability. This study suggests that the absence of critical questions in sustainability education is part of a contemporary post-political framing of environmental issues. In order to re-politicize sustainability in education, this study critically explores how education—as an institution and a practice that is supposed to foster humans—responds to environmental change. The aim is to explore how sustainability is formed in education, and to discuss how these formations relate to ideas of what education is, and whom it is for. This interdisciplinary study uses theories and concepts from cultural studies, feminist theory, political theory, and philosophy of education to study imaginaries of the unknown, nonhuman world in the context of education. The focus of the empirical investigation is on teacher education in Sweden, and more precisely on those responsible for teaching the future generations of teachers – the teacher instructors. With help from empirical findings from focus groups, the study asks questions about the ontological, political, and ethical potential and risk of bringing the unknown Other into education. / Utbildning har globalt fått en central roll i strävanden efter att skapa hållbar utveckling. Initiativ tagna av såväl Förenta Nationerna som Europeiska Unionen, där utbildning och hållbarhet kopplas samman, vittnar om att frågor som rör miljöförändringar har blivit allt viktigare både på de politiska agendorna och i våra kollektiva, kulturella föreställningsvärldar. Men hur formas begreppet hållbar utveckling när det ska göras undervisningsbart? Vilka framtider möjliggör hållbar utveckling i utbildningssammanhang och vem inkluderas i begreppet? Frågor av kritisk karaktär är ofta frånvarande i tidigare utbildningsforskning som rör hållbar utveckling. Denna avhandling tar sin utgångspunkt i att frånvaron av kritiska frågor kan ses som del i en samtida postpolitisk inramning av miljöfrågor i såväl utbildningssammanhang som i samhället i stort. Studien undersöker hur utbildningsväsendet, som är en central institution i fostrandet av framtidens medborgare, tar sig an frågor som rör miljöförändringar. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur hållbar utveckling formas genom utbildning samt att diskutera hur dessa formationer relateras till idéer om vad utbildning är och vem som ska utbildas. På så vis söker studien också efter sätt att re-politisera hållbar utveckling i utbildningssammanhang. Avhandlingen är tvärvetenskaplig och använder teorier och begrepp från kulturstudier, feministisk teori, politisk teori och utbildningsfilosofi för att studera vad utbildning som relaterar till natur- och miljöfrågor möjliggör. Empiriskt undersöks svenska lärarutbildare, som ansvarar för att utbilda framtidens lärare. Studien ställer frågor om ontologiska, politiska och etiska aspekter av att öppna upp utbildningen för det som ligger bortom mänsklig kontroll och kunskap. / Sustainable development as an area of knowledge

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2018-04-06T18:03:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TADEU COELHO GON?ALVES DE SOUZA.pdf: 7896670 bytes, checksum: 16675da62ff8734c193931e7c3b6713e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-06T18:03:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TADEU COELHO GON?ALVES DE SOUZA.pdf: 7896670 bytes, checksum: 16675da62ff8734c193931e7c3b6713e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-07 / Sustainability has become an important tool in relation to market competitiveness. As in all areas, sustainability must also be seen as a strategy for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).Therefore, the relevance of sustainability reports, which disseminate information about the impacts of a given HEI on the environment, the economy and society. The reports give tangible and concrete form to the abstract questions, helping to better understand and manage the effects of the development of sustainability on its activities and strategies. This new idea of integrating strategic information on sustainability with other financial and material data represents a significant and positive development. The big impasse is how to kick-start? How to start sustainability reporting in a simpler and easier way, so that organizations or HEIs are more interested in creating their reports? This study is anchored in the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), considered the main instrument of communication of environmental, economic and social performance of organizations. For GRI, sustainability can only be achieved through a balance between environmental, economic and social needs, as long as it doesn?t compromise its future development. The present work has the objective of carrying out a case study in a nonprofit oriented Communal IES, located in the interior of the state of S?o Paulo, to verify the possibility of elaboration and implementation of a sustainability report, based on the guidelines developed by GRI. Sustainability indicators related to the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability were divided into: factors extracted from the University's PDI; factors adopted by the University that are not included in the PDI and factors included in the GRI booklet - not adopted by th University. The data collected allow us to state that the guidelines of a sustainability report, as they are included in the GRI booklet, can be applied in the HEI studied, since they are universally applicable to companies of all sizes, types and sectors of the market. However, in order to be able to produce its own sustainability report, the HEI studied needs to take some actions, such as: the decision making to produce its own sustainability report; organization of the information, reporting on its deliberate and emerging strategic actions in documents, as mentioned previously; training of people to organize information and report production; awareness and mobilization of the academic community for engagement in sustainable actions; publication of the sustainability report; adoption of strategies so that the sustainable actions are inserted and practiced more and more, becoming part of the culture in the campuses of the institution, and; annual sustainability targets so that, each year, the sustainability report is expanded and improved according to the instructions of the GRI booklet. The elaboration of its own sustainability report will allow the studied University benefits that add up to positive values, increase the chances of loyalty to the market, and also allow the periodic analysis of the data to compare performance with other organizations. / A sustentabilidade tem se tornado uma importante ferramenta frente ? competitividade de mercado. Assim como em todas as ?reas, a sustentabilidade tamb?m deve ser vista como uma estrat?gia para as Institui??es de Ensino Superior (IES). Da?, ent?o, a relev?ncia dos relat?rios de sustentabilidade, os quais divulgam informa??es sobre os impactos de uma determinada IES no meio ambiente, na economia e na sociedade. Os relat?rios d?o forma tang?vel e concreta ?s quest?es abstratas, ajudando a compreender e gerir melhor os efeitos do desenvolvimento da sustentabilidade sobre suas atividades e estrat?gias. Essa nova ideia de integrar informa??es estrat?gicas sobre sustentabilidade a outros dados financeiros e materiais representa uma evolu??o significativa e positiva. O grande impasse ?: como dar o pontap? inicial? Como iniciar os relatos de sustentabilidade de uma maneira mais simples e f?cil, de forma que as organiza??es ou IES tenham maior interesse em criar seus respectivos relat?rios? Este estudo est? ancorado nas diretrizes da Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), considerada como o principal instrumento de comunica??o do desempenho ambiental, econ?mico e social das organiza??es. Para a GRI, a sustentabilidade s? pode ser alcan?ada por meio de um equil?brio entre as necessidades ambientais, econ?micas e sociais, desde que n?o comprometa o seu desenvolvimento futuro. O presente trabalho tem o objetivo realizar de um estudo de caso em uma IES Comunit?ria, sem fins lucrativos, situada no interior do estado de S?o Paulo, para verificar a possibilidade de elabora??o e implanta??o de um relat?rio de sustentabilidade, baseado nas diretrizes desenvolvidas pela GRI. Foram elencados indicadores de sustentabilidade voltados ?s dimens?es econ?mica, social e ambiental da sustentabilidade, divididos em: Fatores extra?dos do PDI da Universidade; Fatores adotados pela Universidade que n?o constam no PDI e Fatores constantes da cartilha GRI - n?o adotados pela Universidade. Os dados coletados permitem afirmar que as diretrizes de um relat?rio de sustentabilidade, conforme constam na cartilha GRI, podem ser aplicados na IES estudada, uma vez que s?o universalmente aplic?veis a empresas de todos os tamanhos, tipos e setores do mercado. Entretanto, para estar em condi??o de produzir o seu pr?prio relat?rio de sustentabilidade, a IES estudada precisa realizar algumas a??es, tais como: tomada de decis?o para produzir o seu pr?prio relat?rio de sustentabilidade; organiza??o das informa??es relatando as suas a??es estrat?gicas, deliberadas e emergentes, em documentos, conforme j? mencionado anteriormente; treinamento de pessoas para organiza??o das informa??es e produ??o do relat?rio; conscientiza??o e mobiliza??o da comunidade acad?mica para o engajamento em a??es sustent?veis; publica??o do relat?rio de sustentabilidade; ado??o de estrat?gias para que as a??es sustent?veis sejam inseridas e praticadas cada vez mais, tornando-se parte da cultura nos campi da institui??o, e; estabelecimento de metas sustent?veis anuais para que, a cada ano, o relat?rio de sustentabilidade seja ampliado e aprimorado, de acordo com as instru??es da cartilha GRI. A elabora??o do seu pr?prio relat?rio de sustentabilidade permitir? ? Universidade estudada auferir benef?cios que somam valores positivos, proporcionam o aumento das chances de fideliza??o junto ao mercado e, tamb?m, possibilitam a an?lise peri?dica dos dados para compara??o de desempenho junto ? outras organiza??es.

Das Thema der Nachhaltigkeit hat in dem letzten Jahrzehnt einen spürbaren gesellschaftlichen Aufschwung erfahren. Doch trotz dessen zeigt sich immer noch eine deutliche Diskrepanz zwischen dem Bewusstsein der KonsumentInnen und dem tatsächlichen nachhaltigen Handeln (Pufé 2014). Diesbezüglich wird in dieser Arbeit dem sog. Framing-Effekt von Daniel Kahneman eine entscheidende Rolle zugeschrieben. Er beschreibt eine Möglichkeit, das Entscheidungsverhalten von VerbraucherInnen durch die unterschiedliche Darstellung gleicher Informationen zu steuern (Kahneman 2012). Bisher wurden diese beiden Themenkomplexe kaum in Verbindung gebracht, sodass Framing selten einen Beitrag zur Förderung nachhaltiger KonsumentInnenentscheidungen zugesprochen wird. Die Arbeit versucht mit folgender Forschungsfrage genau diesen Zusammenhang zu ergründen: Wie lässt sich Nachhaltigkeit in ökonomischen Kontexten bei Kaufentscheidungen durch Framing realisieren? Durch ein deduktives Ableiten aus der Theorie sowie einer Analogiebildung mittels einer Beispielstudie, konnten handlungsleitende Schlüsse für das Framing von nachhaltigem Konsum gezogen werden. Die Resultate zeigen auf, dass eine Modifizierung der klassischen Nachhaltigkeitsdimensionen notwendig erscheint. Branchen- und zielgruppenübergreifend sollte die ökonomische Dimension beim Framing ausgeklammert werden, um den vorherrschenden „Bias“ der Kosten zu entkräften. Zudem wurde eine neue Dimension „Individuum“ deduktiv abgeleitet, welche die individuellen Konsum- und Lebensstile und damit eine Differenzierung von Zielgruppen und Branchen beim Nachhaltigkeits-Frame einschließt. Des Weiteren wurde festgestellt, dass sowohl Unternehmen, KonsumentInnen als auch die Wissenschaft jeweils einen Beitrag zur Förderung des nachhaltigen Konsums mittels Framing leisten können.

This cumulative dissertation captures the sharing economy’s sustainability dynamics by applying a macro-, meso-, and micro-level analysis to investigate the actors and elements involved in constituting the field. On a macro-level, the first study examines the social, political, and economic context that shapes (non-)sustainable sharing entrepreneurs’ behavior. The second study's meso-level analysis investigates how sharing entrepreneurs affect other organizations and communities to act more sustainable. Lastly, the third study adopts a micro-level analysis that focuses on entrepreneurs’ identity formation in the contested sharing economy. Overall, this dissertation contributes to a more fine-grained understanding of sustainability in the sharing economy and the various actors and elements involved in constituting the field. Moreover, the dissertation highlights the actions and interventions necessary for the sharing economy’s sustainability path.:List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations CHAPTER 1: Background and Research Gap 1.1 Theoretical Framework 1.1.1 The Evolution of the Sharing Economy 1.1.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 1.1.3 Theoretical Perspectives on Organizational Identity Work 1.2 Research Purpose and Scientific Contribution 1.2.1 Research Article I 1.2.2 Research Article II 1.2.3 Research Article III References CHAPTER 2: Research Article I CHAPTER 3: Research Article II 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Theoretical Background 3.2.1 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 3.2.2 Sustainability in the Sharing Economy 3.3 Data and Method 3.3.1 Research Context 3.3.2 Sampling Logic and Data Collection 3.3.3 Data Analysis 3.4 Findings 3.4.1 Building a Supportive Environment 3.4.2 Disrupting Normative Standards 3.4.3 Reframing the Sustainability Paradigm 3.5 Discussion 3.5.1 Implications for Theory 3.5.2 Implications for Practice 3.5.3 Limitations and Future Research References CHAPTER 4: Research Article III 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theoretical Background 4.2.1 Identity Narratives in Contested Fields 4.2.2 Label Work and Collective Identity 4.3 Methodology 4.3.1 Research Setting: The Sharing Economy as a Contested Field 4.3.2 Data Sources and Collection 4.3.3 Data Analysis 4.4 Findings 4.4.1 Embracing the Label for Configuring Local Identity and Field Aspirations 4.4.2 Fixing the Label to Signal Distinctiveness 4.4.3 Unfixing the Label to Embrace Tensions and Ambiguities 4.4.4 Re-Fixing the Label to Consolidate a Collective Identity 4.5 Discussion 4.6 Conclusion References

The aim of this thesis is to evaluate to what extent Canada and Alberta have been fulfilling the principles of sustainable development as they have adopted in the 1990s from the essential U.N. documents - the Brundtland Report and the Rio Declaration- and to what extent both governments failed in providing and enforcing efficient environmental law protection as it is the basic premise for achieving sustainability. I assessed this level of sustainability in Canada and Alberta on the basis of a stronger and weaker sustainability theoretical framework. Author's presumption was that Canada, as it defined sustainable development in its legislation, acted according to stronger sustainability, which emphasizes stronger protective environmental measures. Given a very large scope of environmental impacts of oil extraction on different ecosystems, the sector of water resources was selected to serve as a case study to compare and analyze government and alternative reports assessing the sustainability of water management. Thus, the author follows how the oil industry in Alberta affects the water resources and how both governments of Canada and Alberta provide environmental protection to the water resources. In this respect the author illustrates how the government is reluctant towards the implementation of...

Das Thema der Nachhaltigkeit hat in dem letzten Jahrzehnt einen spürbaren gesellschaftlichen Aufschwung erfahren. Doch trotz dessen zeigt sich immer noch eine deutliche Diskrepanz zwischen dem Bewusstsein der KonsumentInnen und dem tatsächlichen nachhaltigen Handeln (Pufé 2014). Diesbezüglich wird in dieser Arbeit dem sog. Framing-Effekt von Daniel Kahneman eine entscheidende Rolle zugeschrieben. Er beschreibt eine Möglichkeit, das Entscheidungsverhalten von VerbraucherInnen durch die unterschiedliche Darstellung gleicher Informationen zu steuern (Kahneman 2012). Bisher wurden diese beiden Themenkomplexe kaum in Verbindung gebracht, sodass Framing selten einen Beitrag zur Förderung nachhaltiger KonsumentInnenentscheidungen zugesprochen wird. Die Arbeit versucht mit folgender Forschungsfrage genau diesen Zusammenhang zu ergründen: Wie lässt sich Nachhaltigkeit in ökonomischen Kontexten bei Kaufentscheidungen durch Framing realisieren? Durch ein deduktives Ableiten aus der Theorie sowie einer Analogiebildung mittels einer Beispielstudie, konnten handlungsleitende Schlüsse für das Framing von nachhaltigem Konsum gezogen werden. Die Resultate zeigen auf, dass eine Modifizierung der klassischen Nachhaltigkeitsdimensionen notwendig erscheint. Branchen- und zielgruppenübergreifend sollte die ökonomische Dimension beim Framing ausgeklammert werden, um den vorherrschenden „Bias“ der Kosten zu entkräften. Zudem wurde eine neue Dimension „Individuum“ deduktiv abgeleitet, welche die individuellen Konsum- und Lebensstile und damit eine Differenzierung von Zielgruppen und Branchen beim Nachhaltigkeits-Frame einschließt. Des Weiteren wurde festgestellt, dass sowohl Unternehmen, KonsumentInnen als auch die Wissenschaft jeweils einen Beitrag zur Förderung des nachhaltigen Konsums mittels Framing leisten können.

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An ontology describing the constructs and their inter-relationships for business models has recently been built and evaluated: the Business Model Ontology (BMO). This ontology has been used to conceptually power a popular practitioner visual design tool: the Business Model Canvas (BMC). However, implicitly these works assume that designers of business models all have a singular normative goal: the creation of businesses that are financially profitable. These works perpetuate beliefs and businesses that do not create outcomes aligned with current natural and social science knowledge about long term individual human, societal and ecological flourishing, i.e. outcomes are not strongly sustainable. This limits the applicability and utility of these works. This exploratory research starts to overcome these limitations: creating knowledge of what is required of businesses for strongly sustainable outcomes to emerge and helping business model designers efficiently create high quality (reliable, consistent, effective) strongly sustainable business models. Based on criticism and review, this research project extends the BMO artefact to enable the description all the constructs and their inter-relationships related to a strongly sustainable business model. This results in the Strongly Sustainable Business Model Ontology (SSBMO). To help evaluate the SSBMO a practitioner visual design tool is also developed: the Strongly Sustainable Business Model Canvas (SSBMC). Ontological engineering (from Artificial Intelligence), Design Science and Systems Thinking methodological approaches were combined in a novel manner to create the Systemic Design Science approach used to build and evaluate the SSBMO. Comparative analysis, interviews and case study techniques were used to evaluate the utility of the designed artefacts. Formal 3rd party evaluation with 7 experts and 2 case study companies resulted in validation of the overall approaches used and the utility of the SSBMO. A number of opportunities for improvement, as well as areas for future work, are identified. This thesis includes a number of supplementary graphics included in separate (electronic) files. See “List of Supplementary Materials” for details.