Interdisciplinary collaboration for sustainability among students with different disciplinary backgrounds: a scoping review

This paper offers a scoping review of the educational approaches adopted to cultivate interdisciplinary processes in higher education courses and modules concerned with sustainability among students with disciplinary backgrounds. Twenty-two empirical peer-reviewed studies published from 2018–2023 were included and synthesised in the study. The findings revealed a range of pedagogical models and categories of learning activities, learning outcomes and curricula approaches, supporting student-centred patterns. Assessment practices were less clear. The findings pave the way for emerging discussions around how to realise education for sustainable development in the future.

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Higher Education Research & Development
Published
2025-08-18
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https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2514502
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2
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Sustainability in Higher Education
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Interdisciplinary collaboration for sustainability among students with different disciplinary backgrounds: a scoping review

Mia Thyrre Sørensen, Maria Hvid Stenalt
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Higher Education Research & Development
Sustainability in Higher Education
17.85
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Interdisciplinary collaboration for sustainability among students with different disciplinary backgrounds: a scoping review

Mia Thyrre Sørensen, Maria Hvid Stenalt
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This paper offers a scoping review of the educational approaches adopted to cultivate interdisciplinary processes in higher education courses and modules concerned with sustainability among students with disciplinary backgrounds. Twenty-two empirical peer-reviewed studies published from 2018–2023 were included and synthesised in the study. The findings revealed a range of pedagogical models and categories of learning activities, learning outcomes and curricula approaches, supporting student-centred patterns. Assessment practices were less clear. The findings pave the way for emerging discussions around how to realise education for sustainable development in the future.

Higher Education Research & DevelopmentVol. 44(6)
Aalborg University (DK)
Openalex Percentile: Top 1%
Sustainability in Higher Education
17.85
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