University teaching staff and sustainable development: an assessment of competences

Walter Leal Filho1, Vanessa R. Levesque2, Amanda Lange Salvia1, Arminda do Paço3, Bárbara Fritzen4, Fernanda Frankenberger5, Luana Inês Damke6, Luciana Londero Brandli4, Lucas Veiga Ávila7, Mark C. Mifsud8, Markus Will9, Paul Pace8, Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro10, Violeta Orlović Lovren11
1European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, 21033, Hamburg, Germany
2Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Southern Maine, 106 Bailey Hall, Gorham, ME, USA
3Universidade da Beira Interior, NECE-UBI (Research Centre for Business Sciences), Rua Marquês D'Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001, Covilhã, Portugal
4Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, Campus I-BR 285, São José, Passo Fundo, RS, 99052-900, Brazil
5Business School, Pontifical Catholic University – PUCPR, R. Imac. Conceição 1155, Curitiba-PR, 80215-901, Brazil
6Federal University of Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000-Camobi, Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900, Brazil
7Graduate Program in Accounting and Graduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria-UFSM, Avenida Roraima, 1000, Camobi, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
8Centre for Environmental Education and Research, University of Malta, Msida, 2080, MSD, Malta
9University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Theodor-Körner-Allee 16, 02763, Zittau, Germany
10Department of Biology and CESAM, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
11Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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