Anna Leoncini, Filippo Chiarello, Antonella Martini, Andrea Bonaccorsi
{"title":"How academics at an Italian University respond to the sustainability challenge: a quantitative study of the research-teaching nexus","authors":"Anna Leoncini, Filippo Chiarello, Antonella Martini, Andrea Bonaccorsi","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2025.2523498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2025.2523498","url":null,"abstract":"Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) face a multi-dimensional call to action on Sustainable Development through their core missions: research, education, and societal engagement. This paper focuses on the relationship between sustainability-related research and teaching. Yet, existing literature offers limited insight into how individual academics engage with sustainability, and how the interplay between research and teaching unfolds in response to these global challenges. This study explores the dynamics of academic engagement with sustainability at the individual level for an Italian university, focusing on the extent to which teaching and research reinforce one another or remain compartmentalized activities. We built a longitudinal dataset (2016–2023) detailing the annual teaching and research activities of the university’s academic staff in domains related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We conducted both exploratory and regression analyses. Our findings suggest a gradual and asymmetric pattern of engagement: while sustainability research shows a longer and slower trajectory of adoption, teaching appears as a more recent and rapidly expanding phenomenon. A large share of academics engages in only one of the two domains, suggesting a fragmented response to institutional pressures. However, logistic regression analyses reveal a significant, positive association between prior teaching activity and subsequent research engagement, and vice-versa, supporting the hypothesis of a mutually reinforcing relationship. These results contribute to the literature on the research-teaching nexus by highlighting individual-level trajectories rather than institutional approaches. They also offer valuable insights for policymakers seeking to integrate sustainability more effectively into academia.","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147915935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying differences in STEM self-efficacy, sense of belonging, and STEM professional identity statuses among diverse learners","authors":"Michelle Head, Sarah Beth Wilson","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2025.2505927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2025.2505927","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147886491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dilemmas in professional code-switching for teacher educators in higher education","authors":"Colette Alexander, Melissa Cain, Kathleen Plastow","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2025.2486577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2025.2486577","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"51 3","pages":"699-713"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147898293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender identity and access to higher education","authors":"I. Maupin, Bryan C. McCannon","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2024.2403730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2403730","url":null,"abstract":"Our research examines the potential gender identity discrimination within higher education in the U.S. An audit study was conducted by sending emails to admission counselors, where the messages var...","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142251335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi, Kerttu Kettunen, Rómulo Pinheiro
{"title":"Ideologies shaping university competition","authors":"Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi, Kerttu Kettunen, Rómulo Pinheiro","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2024.2397048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2397048","url":null,"abstract":"This conceptual study explores the dominant ideologies influencing the economic governance of higher education (HE) and shaping competition within the sector and among universities. It delineates a...","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142251337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaborative approaches to embedding academic literacy instruction in the curriculum: examples from UK universities","authors":"Angela Hakim, Ursula Wingate","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2024.2397695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2397695","url":null,"abstract":"The development of academic literacy is fundamental to student success in higher education. Universities offer various types of student support, ranging from generic courses to discipline-specific ...","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teacher education students’ experiences navigating inherent requirements within their courses of study","authors":"Ben Whitburn, Tim Corcoran, Trevor Mccandless","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2024.2395420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2395420","url":null,"abstract":"Inherent requirements define core competencies that all students must demonstrate to be accepted, progress, and successfully complete professionally accredited programmes such as teaching. This pap...","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142251338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roland Bloch, Alexander Mitterle, Tim Seidenschnur
{"title":"How do universities compete? Introduction to the special issue","authors":"Roland Bloch, Alexander Mitterle, Tim Seidenschnur","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2024.2395418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2395418","url":null,"abstract":"Competition in higher education seems ubiquitous. Universities today compete for values such as diversity and internationality in the same way as they compete for innovation, impact and employabili...","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142251339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Administrative positions, research performance, and winning awards","authors":"Xuan Liu, Yuhao Ge","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2024.2393683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2393683","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the effects of administrative positions and research performance on the probability of winning the Outstanding Achievement Award for Research in Institutes of Higher Education (...","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neither state nor market: competitive emulation in higher education","authors":"Emily J. Levine, Mitchell L. Stevens","doi":"10.1080/03075079.2024.2394559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2394559","url":null,"abstract":"For two centuries, academics and their universities have competed for prominence and vied to demonstrate that their institutions are at the center of the scholarly world. Scientific advances in par...","PeriodicalId":38748,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Higher Education","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}