Campus interface: creating collaborative spaces to foster education for sustainable development in a multidisciplinary campus in a mexican higher education institution

Abstract

Higher Education Institutions, characterized by multidisciplinary environments, offer meaningful opportunities for education and research on sustainable development. However, the collaborative work to deal with problems on sustainability is not as common as it should. Part of the problem lies in the misunderstanding of the sustainability concept and monodisciplinary approaches. The present study was built upon a diagnosis on education for sustainability at undergraduate level at the largest University in Mexico. Particularly, the interest resides on analyzing perceptions of students and academics on the sustainability concept and the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary practices. The results illustrate two aspects that are fundamental to support education on sustainability, (i) strengthening the conceptual perception, and (ii) stimulating the collaborative interdisciplinary work.