Commentary

Higher Education as a Force for Sustainable Transformation

EduTrends podcast features UNU-IAS Director on how sustainability can become a core mission of universities.

Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi (Director, UNU-IAS) was featured as a guest on the EduTrends podcast of the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey

In the podcast episode "Universities as Drivers of Sustainable Transformation" released on 31 August 2026, Prof. Yamaguchi outlined what it takes for universities to make sustainability an integral part of university leadership, teaching, research and campus life, and pointed to student engagement as a driver of change.

EduTrends features educators and researchers working on the future of higher education.

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