Entangled Accountability: Rethinking University Sustainability Reporting Through Posthumanism
University sustainability reporting has traditionally been framed within anthropocentric paradigms, emphasizing human-driven accountability, economic performance, and institutional responsibility. However, in an era of ecological crisis and technological entanglement, sustainability must be reimagined beyond human-centered frameworks. This study critically examines contemporary trends, opportunities, and challenges in university sustainability reporting through a posthumanist lens, arguing for a shift toward more-than-human accountability. By analyzing recent Scopus-indexed literature, we reveal how sustainability reporting is often limited by rigid frameworks, resource constraints, and a disproportionate focus on environmental metrics at the expense of social and technological dimensions. A posthumanist approach challenges these limitations by advocating for relational, dynamic, and multi-agential forms of sustainability reporting that recognize the agency of ecosystems, technologies, and non-human entities. Moving beyond static documentation, this paper proposes an alternative paradigm where universities function as posthuman institutions—co-evolving with planetary systems, artificial intelligence, and non-human stakeholders. Such an approach does not merely enhance sustainability reporting but reconfigures the university’s role in shaping regenerative, post-anthropocentric futures.
Authors
- Dian Anita Nuswantara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7124-3099)
- Indra Bastian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4658-8690)
Institutions
- Universitas Gadjah Mada (ID)
- Universitas Negeri Surabaya (ID)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Posthumanism
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.63332/joph.v5i1.1393
- Primary Topic
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00