This book fills an important gap in the literature and presents contributions from scientists
and researchers working in the field of sustainable development who have engaged in dynamic
approaches to implementing sustainability in higher education. It is widely known that
universities are key players in terms of the implementation and further development of
sustainability with some having the potential of acting as living labs in this rapidly growing
field. Yet there are virtually no publications that explore the living labs concept as it
relates to sustainability and in an integrated manner. The aims of this book which is an
outcome of the 4th World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2018)
held in Malaysia in 2018 are as follows: i. to document the experiences of universities from
all around the world in curriculum innovation research activities and practical projects as
they relate to sustainable development at the university level ii. to disseminate information
ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of projects including successful initiatives
and good practice iii. to introduce and discuss methodological approaches and projects that
seek to integrate the topic of sustainable development in the curricula of universities and
iv. to promote the scalability of existing and future models from universities as living labs
for sustainable development. The papers are innovative cross-cutting and many reflect
practice-based experiences some of which may be replicable elsewhere. Also this book
prepared by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the
World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC) reinforces the role
played by universities as living labs for sustainable development.
