Transcending Boundaries

Jessica Nooij (PhD) is Associate Professor at the Centres of Expertise for Future-Proof-Education and for Perspective in Health of Avans University of Applied Sciences. Her current research focuses on transdiciplinary collaborations and Inner Development Goals (IDGs) in Higher Education.Bruno Broucker (PhD) is Head of the Education Office of the Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp, Belgium), Chair of EAIR and President-Elect of the Network for Education in International Health (tropEd). Bruno published internationally on higher education governance, policy and reform.Anne Gannon (PhD) is Staff Wellbeing & Development Manager in University College Cork (UCC). Her main research interest is on the impact of Government Policy in the Irish University. She is a member of the EAIR Executive Committee and was on the organising committee for the 2024 Cork Forum.Mark O’Hara (Prof) is a National Teaching Fellow and winner of the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence. He has over 30 years’ experience in a variety of roles including Associate Dean and Associate PVC (Education). Mark is Vice-Chair of EAIR.Silke Preymann (PhD) is head of the Master's programme in Human Resource Management and scientific head of the Diversity Management department at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Her research focuses on change processes and organizational learning in higher education institutions, as well as leadership and leadership effectiveness.Anna Santucci (PhD) is Associate Professor in Teaching & Learning Enhancement at University College Cork, Ireland. Her international collaborations and interests include intercultural teaching and learning, participatory arts pedagogies, trans-disciplinarity, and educational development for Higher Education transformation grounded in principles of love, hope, equity, justice, reflection, relational co-creation, and dialogue.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Transcending Boundaries—For a Sustainable Future of Higher EducationJessica Nooij, Bruno Broucker, Anna Santucci, Anne Gannon, Mark O’Hara and Silke Preymann1 Strategic Institutional Leadership for Tackling Climate ChangeJouni Kekäle and Rómulo Pinheiro2 A New Instrument to Assess Community Engagement in Universities’ Strategic PlanningFlávia Colus and Ana Maria Carneiro3 AI Learning Communities in the Dutch Higher Education System: Uptake to Structural Configurations?Ben Kokkeler and Erik Fledderus4 Dutch Students’ Engagement and Disengagement with Sustainable Development: Findings from the Global Mind Monitor in Dutch Higher EducationJoris Boonen, Isabelle Grosch and Ankie Hoefnagels5 Innovative Learning Ecosystems for Entrepreneurial Education: A Dual Chinese-Western PerspectiveJean-Yves Le Corre, Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Mingfeng Tang and Jin Zhao6 Harnessing Research and Innovation for Societal, Economic, and Ecological Impact: An Exploratory Analysis of Barriers to Knowledge Valorisation among Applied ResearchersVerena Régent and Brigitte Ecker7 Evaluating the Norwegian National Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning: Situating a Policy InstrumentGerhard Yngve Amundsen and Jon Furholt8 Teaching AI in Higher Education: Insights from the AI Campus 2.0 Project at Humboldt University of BerlinLouise Schubotz and Sandra von Sydow9 (Gen)AI and Its Implementation in German Higher Education Examination Practices: Towards a New (Sustainable) Assessment Culture?Jannica Budde and Jens Tobor10 Implementing Digital Transformation through Development Projects: Comparing Two Digitalisation Initiatives in Higher EducationAndrea Kottmann and Arlette Jappe11 Trajectories for Creating a Dictionary for International Students: The CinderellaNeslihan Onder-Ozdemir, Paweł Bryła and Atul Kr. Ojha12 Geopolitical Tension and International Knowledge CollaborationMargrete Søvik and Bård Drange13 Enhancing Our Understanding of Engaging Persona Theory: Exploring Its Potential in the Research and Design of Learning SpacesKatie Power14 The Enhancement of Students’ Wellbeing and Resilience: Developing and Implementing a Self-Assessment ApproachJulia Mayr, Silke Preymann and Carrie Kovacs