Going green all the way – an empirical study about inculcating sustainable and responsible behavior in the students of University of Debrecen

Murtaza Shah Ali and Molnár Edina (2021) Going green all the way – an empirical study about inculcating sustainable and responsible behavior in the students of University of Debrecen. In: Innovative Solutions for Sustainability - Day of Hungarian Science 2021 Conference Proceeding. Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem, Budapest, Magyarország, pp. 138-149. ISBN 978-615-6342-20-1 (In Press)

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.29180/9786156342201_10

Abstract

Universities in a country play a pivotal role in the development of society. It serves as a beacon for people attending the university. Universities, these days are focusing on several areas which have become the need of the hour. One of them which tops the list is campus sustainability. The study will be conducted at the University of Debrecen and measures the impact of university’s role in sustainable development on campus sustainability with moderating role of student’s sustainability involvement and responsible behavior. The study emphasizes on the importance of sustainability at university and what factors are necessary to enhance it. No matter how much effort and infrastructure a university builds to maintain and build sustainability at campus, it cannot be successful until the entire campus community shows intent and strives to practice it. The findings of the study are expected to establish the fact that responsible behavior and student involvement will bring fruitful results in achieving sustainability at campus. The aim of the study is to inculcate the sense of responsibility and to emphasize that sustainability is everyone’s business. Random convenience sampling will be used and data will be collected quantitatively from students of University of Debrecen and will be analyzed statistically. The findings of the research can be generalized for other institutions across Europe.