Abstract: In this paper we look at two Austrian and two international instruments for promoting sustainable universities (SUs). We present the Austrian webpage on SUs set up by FORUM Umweltbildung, the Austrian Sustainability Award initiated by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Environment, the US-initiated Sustainability Assessment Questionnaire for Colleges and Universities (SAQ) and the Dutch-initiated Audit Instrument for Sustainability in HE (AISHE). At the end of the article we compare these four initiatives from a governance perspective, differentiating between approaches focusing on actual activities versus frameworks which foster possible developments towards sustainability, top-down and bottom-up approaches, as well as differentiating between approaches for external assessment, peer assessment and self-assessment.
Inhaltsverzeichnis :
1. The Destination: A Sustainable University (SU) 2. Two Austrian Measures for Developing SUs 2.1. The webpage on SUsset up by the FORUM Umweltbildung 2.2. The Austrian Sustainability Award for Universities 2.2.1. Common Activities of the four universities in Graz 2.2.2. Innovative mobility concept of the University of Innsbruck 2.2.3. The study programme ″Health Management in Tourism″ of the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Styria 2.2.4. Mentoring programme for women at the University of Vienna 2.2.5. RCE Graz-Styria 3. Two International Monitoring Systems as Means to Promote SUs 3.1. The ULSF Sustainability Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) for Colleges & Universities 3.2. AISHE 2.0 (Audit Instrument for Sustainability in HE) 4. Analysis of the four examples from a governance perspective
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