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Higher Education Interdisciplinarity: Addressing the Complexity of Sustainable Energies and the Green Economy

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  • Giulia Zacchia

    (Department of Statistics and Minerva Lab, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Katiuscia Cipri

    (DIMA—Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Costanza Cucuzzella

    (DIMA—Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Gabriella Calderari

    (DIMA—Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Universities play a strategic role towards a sustainable future, as they address the complex scientific research on green transition and enable students from diverse backgrounds to acquire different skills, integrate multiple perspectives, and handle the sustainability of the ongoing and future renewable energy sector. In this paper, we describe a collaborative project between multiple HEIs (European and African) and local institutions, which promotes an interdisciplinary approach to address climate change and green energy transitions in the curricula of universities, used in the context of the ERASMUS+ program (DALILA-Development of new Academic curricuLa on sustaInabLe energies and green economy in Africa). The project recognizes and values different kinds of knowledge in renewable energy and green economy to address the energy transition in higher education in African countries as a prerequisite for climate change mitigation and sustainable development.

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  • Giulia Zacchia & Katiuscia Cipri & Costanza Cucuzzella & Gabriella Calderari, 2022. "Higher Education Interdisciplinarity: Addressing the Complexity of Sustainable Energies and the Green Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:1998-:d:746012
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    2. Gibellato, Simone & Ballestra, Luca Vincenzo & Fiano, Fabio & Graziano, Domenico & Luca Gregori, Gian, 2023. "The impact of education on the Energy Trilemma Index: A sustainable innovativeness perspective for resilient energy systems," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 330(PB).

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