Renate Hübner

Prof. Renate Hübner

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Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 March 2022 in Sustainability
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FWFranzisca Weder
Franzisca Weder
JYJennifer E Yarnold
Jennifer E Yarnold
SMStefanie Mertl
Stefanie Mertl
RHRenate Hübner
Renate Hübner
WEWilfried Elmenreich
Wilfried Elmenreich
RSRobert Sposato
Robert Sposato
When people learn from each other and change their behavior accordingly, this is called social learning. COVID-19 not only taught us new habits to limit contagion, imposed restrictions also limited people’s everyday practices and behavior. Our study aims to analyze how (much) the pandemic may have incidentally fostered social learning of sustainability (SLS), representing a shift from rule-based behavior and forced behavior changes to more associative and potentially long-lasting sustainable behavior. To answer this question, we analyzed data from two mixed-method surveys with which we approached two customized samples in a higher education setting in Australia (n = 100) and Austria (n = 264). The findings show that in a higher education and, specifically, a university context, there are less sustainable practices evaluated as stable and “new normal” than assumed. Still, sustainability is more rule-related and less associative, predominantly in Australia. Nevertheless, a certain degree of awareness of what sustainable practices are can be observed mainly in Austria. As a broader implication, the study at hand leads to the conclusion that through COVID-19, sustainability at least became more tangible. Furthermore, universities as a specific institution have the potential to put sustainability higher on their agenda and take responsibility for social change. In the conclusion and outlook of the paper, limitations of the study as well as future research potential on social learning processes for sustainable development are presented and discussed.

1 August 2012
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RHRenate Hübner
Renate Hübner

1 January 2020 in GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
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RHRenate Hübner
Renate Hübner
MWMirjam Weber
Mirjam Weber
TLThomas Lindenthal
Thomas Lindenthal
FRFranz Rauch
Franz Rauch
Um die Sustainable Development Goals umzusetzen, ist es erforderlich, Nachhaltigkeit in alle Bildungsebenen und -formen zu integrieren. Dies gilt nicht zuletzt für die Weiterbildung der Hochschullehrenden. Die Verfasstheit des Nachhaltigkeitskonzepts ‐ sein normativer und transformatorischer Anspruch ohne die gesellschaftliche Entwicklung durch zu enge Vorgaben zu begrenzen ‐ stellt Bildungsprozesse vor besondere Herausforderungen, vor allem wenn man der Komplexität und Dynamik mittels inter- und transdisziplinärer Perspektiven gerecht werden möchte. In einer nach wie vor disziplinär strukturierten Hochschullandschaft keine Kleinigkeit. In Österreich gibt es dafür einen vielfältig strukturierten inner- und interuniversitären Austausch.

31 March 2022 in GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
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FRFilippina Risopoulos-Pichler
Filippina Risopoulos-Pichler
FRFranz Rauch
Franz Rauch
RHRenate Hübner
Renate Hübner
KSKatharina Salicites
Katharina Salicites
JWJulia Wlasak
Julia Wlasak
Nachhaltige Entwicklung ist angesichts der großen und dringenden globalen Herausforderungen eine für die gesamte Gesellschaft mehr denn je fordernde Aufgabe. Bildung ist ein Fundament zur Sensibilisierung, Bewusstseinsbildung und Entwicklung von Kompetenzen, die Menschen zukünftig befähigen, im Sinne einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung aktiv zu agieren. Doch wie kommen die erforderlichen Kompetenzen in das Bildungssystem?

30 December 2018
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RHRenate Hübner
Renate Hübner
MUMartina Ukowitz
Martina Ukowitz

7 April 2018
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RHRenate Hübner
Renate Hübner
MUMartina Ukowitz
Martina Ukowitz
RLRuth Lerchster
Ruth Lerchster