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Sustainable Education at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Bibliometric Review Study Field Review
Wadim Strielkowski
Ph.D. (Econ.), Professor, Visiting Professor, University of California (303 Giannini Hall, Berkeley CA 94720, United States), Senior Researcher, Cambridge Institute for Advanced Studies (23 King St., Cambridge CB11AH, United Kingdom), Senior Researcher, Czech University of Life Sciences (129 Kamytska St., Prague 16500, Czech Republic), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6113-3841, Scopus ID: 36620065300, Researcher ID: J-6112-2017, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena N. Korneeva
Cand.Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Mass Communications and Media Business, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (49 Leningradskiy Prospekt, Moscow 125993, Russian Federation), Associate Professor of the Institute of Engineering and Environmental Security, Togliatti State University (14 Belorusskaya St., Togliatti 445020, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2735-6299, Scopus ID: 57190658874, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alexander K. Neshcheret
Cand.Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, Head of the Complex Research Laboratory for Social and Ecological-Economic Development of the Regions, Institute for Regional Economic Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (38 Serpukhovskaya St., Saint Petersburg 190013, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9045-6188, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lyudmila A. Sundeeva
Cand.Sci. (Ped.), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Chair of Pedagogy and Teaching Methods, Togliatti State University (14 Belorusskaya St., Togliatti 445020, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2205-7986, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Introduction. Recent environmental concerns over global warming and climate change together with the calls for sustainable development highlighted the importance of sustainable education aimed at preparing the new generations to come for the universal challenges facing humanity. All of that has been reinforced by the recent COVID-19 pandemic that brought about the digital surge in education. The interest in the topic of sustainable education can be demonstrated by the surge of research publications on this topic indexed in the Web of Science database from merely 22 in 1991 to 4055 in 2022. The main goal of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of scholarly sources related to sustainable education in higher education institutions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials and Methods. The authors analyzed the vast body of recent research literature on sustainable education and conducted a field review. In total, 1115 results for the keywords “sustainable education” and “COVID-19” have been retrieved from the WoS database and subjected to the network analysis using VOSViewer software for identifying dominant trends, interconnectedness, and network visualization in the intersectoral research.
Results. It was found that there has been s a significant increase in interest for sustainable education during the pandemic in the research literature, highlighting the shift in educational focus. Five main thematic clusters of research have been identified, such as university student teaching, health policy services, economic impacts, Sustainable Development Goals, or higher education, with a strong emphasis on the student experience and institutional responses. Additionally, the interdisciplinary nature of research in this area has been proved, covering health, technology, economics, and social policies. It has been confirmed that these recent changes in sustainable education in higher education emphasize the need for multifaceted approaches to address the challenges posed by the pandemic on education sustainability.
Discussion and Conclusion. The challenges posed by the COVID-10 pandemic have made it increasingly clear that the higher education sector must go digital to succeed in a post-COVID world. Universities around the world must be prepared for future changes in industry, or they risk being left behind in an ever-changing landscape. The findings stemming from this study can be useful to ministries of education, various authorities and stakeholders, as well as to universities and higher education institutions themselves, both public and private, in the need to implement new approaches at all levels new bottom-up and on-the-ground approaches.
Keywords: education, higher education institutions, COVID-19 pandemic, bibliometrics, network analysis
Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Strielkowski W., Korneeva E.N., Neshcheret A.K., Sundeeva L.A. Sustainable Education at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Bibliometric Review Study Field Review. Integration of Education. 2024;28(1):22–39. https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.114.028.202401.022-039
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 22.11.2023; revised 15.01.2024;
accepted 22.01.2024.
Authors’ contribution:
W. Strielkowski – scientific management; project management; development of methodology; critical analysis and revision of the text; presentation of data in the text; drawing results and conclusions.
E. N. Korneeva – literature review; critical analysis; data analysis; visualization; preparation of the initial text; computer works.
A. K. Neshcheret – data visualization; selection of statistical information; critical analysis of the sources; working on revisions; improving the paper; drawing implications and conclusions.
L. A. Sundeeva – literature review; assistance in developing the methodology; visualization; presentation of findings and outcomes within the text..
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