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PURCELL  \nHarvard University, Boston, MA  \nCARLOS MATAIX  \nUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid Madrid, Spain  \nABSTRACT  \nHigher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly engaged in the urgent and important work involved in the global transition towards sustainable development. They are potentially well suited to address key challenges, being as they are knowledge and talent‘factories’. Beyond their educational mission, HEIs are particularly well placed to convene other actors as well as enable the conscious collision of disciplines in pursuit of solutions. However, academic programs that ostensibly focus on sustainability are in fact too narrow in scope and can stand isolated. The academic custom disciplinary and organizational silos can also exacerbate the intellectual and structural difficulties to fuller immersion in sustainability by the academy. Using a case-study approach, we examine an academic innovation (Master’s Program in Strategies and Technologies for Development), and a structural innovation (Innovation and Technology for Development Centre, itdUPM), two discrete change agency initiatives at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Going on to explore the interactions between the Master’s and itdUPM, the case identifies how the latter structural innovation as a supporting structure enables the development of transformational sustainability at the university-level, generating longterm societal impacts through a transformative learning. Our findings suggest that pan-institutional inter-disciplinary sustainability-oriented programs may serve as a powerful lever for HEIs to contribute to sustainability challenges, representing vehicles for effecting change within an institutional context.  \n2022: VOLUME 10 ISSUE 1 1  \nADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION  \nDriving Transformational Sustainability in a University Through Structural and Academic Innovation: A Case Study of A Public University in Spain  \nNevertheless, academic innovation is considered a necessary condition, but is not sufficient alone. The case shows that the innovation processes must go beyond the borders of educational programs to promote changes in the internal structure of universities and new multi-stakeholder ecosystems. They may furnish learning and research opportunities for students and staff, and income generating activities for universities. However, to keep this “virtuous loop” active at HEIs, innovative intermediate structures such as itdUPM are required to cultivate trust capital and foster value creation.  \nKey words: structural and academic innovation, partnerships, transformative learning.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nUniversities and colleges through their endeavors in teaching, research and service are increasingly engaged in the urgent and important work involved in the global transition towards sustainable development (Purcell et al., 2019) . Academic and sectoral reports describe compelling accounts of impactful outcomes and examples of systemic change driven by higher education institutions (Filho et al., 2017; Flynn et al., 2017; Haertle et al., 2017; Lozano García et al., 2006; Opoku & Guthrie, 2018; Hugar et al., 2015; Dancz et al., 2017; WEF-GULF & ISCN, 2018) . The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have fast become a point of reference, a shared narrative and a catalyst for this work, leading to the emergence of new initiatives and discussions across the global higher education sector (Kang & Xu, 2018; Owens, 2017) .  \nHigher education institutions (HEIs) are potential","cbCaiiqHCXHVzVC1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiqHCXHVzVC1","pdf",2077974,34,"English","# Abstract\n## Introduction\n## Case Study Approach\n## Findings and Implications","[{\"question\":\"Why are higher education institutions considered suitable for advancing sustainable development?\",\"answer\":\"HEIs function as knowledge and talent centers and can convene diverse actors, enabling collaboration across disciplines to pursue sustainability solutions.\"},{\"question\":\"What problem does the study identify with sustainability-focused academic programs?\",\"answer\":\"Programs that claim to focus on sustainability may be too narrow, remain isolated, and be reinforced by disciplinary and organizational silos.\"},{\"question\":\"How does itdUPM support transformational sustainability in the case university?\",\"answer\":\"As a supporting intermediate structural innovation, itdUPM helps cultivate trust capital and value creation, enabling pan-institutional interdisciplinary sustainability-oriented initiatives.\"}]","Driving Transformational Sustainability in a University Through Structural and Academic Innovation - A Case Study of A Public University in Spain | PDF",1792066567,86]