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.

On 31 August 2026, the EduTrends podcast of the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey featured Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi (Director, UNU-IAS). In the episode "Universities as Drivers of Sustainable Transformation", Prof. Yamaguchi outlined what it takes for universities to make sustainability an integral part of university leadership, teaching, research and campus life, pointing to student engagement as a driver of change.

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