Reducing Air Travel Emissions in Academia: An Exploration of Universities' Manoeuvring Room

Autor/inn/en	Schreuer, Anna; Thaller, Annina Elisa; Posch, Alfred
Titel	Reducing Air Travel Emissions in Academia: An Exploration of Universities' Manoeuvring Room
Quelle	In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 24 (2023) 9, S.102-117 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-6370
DOI	10.1108/IJSHE-03-2022-0070
Schlagwörter	Air Transportation; Conservation (Environment); College Faculty; Higher Education; College Administration; Case Studies; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Universities; Ethics; School Policy; Compliance (Psychology); Guidelines; Governance; Barriers; Organizational Culture; Foreign Countries; Austria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Fakultät; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrerverhalten; University; Universität; Ethik; Schulpolitik; Richtlinien; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Unternehmenskultur; Ausland; Österreich
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to explore the manoeuvring room of higher education institutions to take action to reduce emissions from academic flying. In particular, this study investigates how university staff and central actors in university management evaluate potential measures in this area. Design/methodology/approach: The authors applied a single case study design encompassing an online survey directed at staff (N = 338) and 11 semi-structured interviews with key actors from management at an Austrian university. The authors used descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis to examine the data. Findings: This study found considerable support among university staff in principle for implementing measures to reduce academic flying, but also serious concerns about the fairness and viability of some restrictive measures, especially disincentives and caps on flying. However, bans on short-haul flights were largely supported. Actors from university management saw their manoeuvring room limited by the potential resistance and non-compliance of staff, as well as by framework conditions external to the university. Practical implications: Dedicated leadership is needed to facilitate broad commitment within the university and to avoid shifting the responsibility between different governance levels. Restrictive measures to reduce academic air travel will be more readily accepted if perceived as fair and viable. Originality/value: Although several papers have addressed the behavioural and institutional factors that sustain extensive flying in academia, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this is one of the first contributions to investigate the potentials and challenges of introducing measures to reduce air travel in higher education institutions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01