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Call for Papers: Symposium on Greening Campuses at UK
Universities: Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Campuses
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK, Thursday, 4th September
2025
Greening campuses is essential for sustainable development as it
enhances environmental quality, fosters biodiversity, and creates
healthier learning environments. Green spaces improve air quality,
reduce urban heat effects, and promote water conservation through
sustainable landscaping practices. Integrating nature into
educational institutions encourages students and staff to engage
with sustainability, fostering a culture of environmental
stewardship. Additionally, green campuses can serve as living
laboratories for research and innovation, allowing the community
to explore sustainable practices firsthand. By prioritising
eco-friendly initiatives, campuses not only improve their
immediate surroundings but also contribute to global
sustainability goals, promoting a more resilient and responsible
future.
Against this background, the main aim of the Symposium on Greening
Campuses at UK Universities: Innovative Strategies for Sustainable
Campuses, organised by the UK Consortium on Sustainability Resarch
(UK-CSR)
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/research/missions/leading-sustainability/UK-CSR
and Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK, and which will be
held on Thursday, 4th September 2025, is to discuss and introduce
some of the means via which the principles of sustainable
development may be integrated into the operations of higher
education institutions. It will also showcase research and
innovation in sustainable practices, encouraging students and
faculty to engage in projects that contribute to sustainability on
campuses. Finally, the symposium will discuss how best to engage
learners more actively in campus-related sustainability
initiatives and projects, to enhance their understanding and
commitment to SDGs and sustainable practices in their future
professional activities.
The symposium will be of special interest to educators, operations
staff (such as facilities management), researchers and students,
who will discuss and share best practices, innovative approaches,
and findings related to embedding sustainability in campus-related
activities.
Publishing opportunity
Accepted papers will be published in the book Greening Campuses at
Universities: Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Campuses, as
part of the leading peer-reviewed book series on sustainability
issues, Springer Nature’s World Sustainability Series:
https://www.springer.com/series/13384.
The book series is fully indexed and its peer-reviewed nature
means that it has, over the years, been accepted for promotion and
tenure purposes.
How to participate
We kindly request interested colleagues to submit an abstract of
200 to 300 words along with the authors’ names and full contact
details
as soon as possible and before 27th February 2025. Full papers are
due by 20th June 2025. The submission of a paper is not mandatory.
Colleagues may also attend the event without presenting or writing
a paper.
Further details are available
at:
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/detail/symposium-greening-campuses-uk-universities-innovative-strategies.
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