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DOI	10.3390/su13052948
	The sustainability of academic air mobility in finnish universities
	Ahonen V.; Siljander M.; Pellikka P.; Johansson T.; Rask M.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	20711050
卷号	13 期号:5
英文摘要	With the simultaneous rise of concern about the climate crisis and the growing internation-alization of research institutions, academic mobility poses an “academic paradox”: knowledge of the environmental harm of aviation does not necessarily translate into action. Universities must make changes to their mobility habits if they wish to comply with governmental carbon neutrality targets and lead with example. This research looks at Finland’s 14 universities and identifies the patterns and trends of academic mobility from a series of reports provided by the universities and their travel agencies. Moreover, we mapped the travel destinations to understand the scope of Finnish academic travel. The data revealed that Finnish universities are in different states of sustainability: some acting as clear trendsetters and others lagging. The results show that although the universities are performing well in some areas, as in preferring European destinations over intercontinental ones, there are still areas of improvement related to stopover reduction, the number of 1-and 2-day trips, and alternative transport forms to aviation. There is also a need for the standardization of targets and emission calculators. These key development areas are posed as recommendations through which the universities could easily reduce the carbon footprint of their mobility. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
英文关键词	Aviation emissions; Corporate sustainability; Research organizations; Researcher mobility; Sustainable academia; Wicked problems
scopus关键词	academic performance; academic research; carbon emission; carbon footprint; climate effect; emission control; government; knowledge; research work; standardization; sustainability; university sector; Finland
来源期刊	Sustainability (Switzerland)
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/177097
作者单位	Department of Geosciences and Geography, Earth Change Observation Laboratory (ECHOLAB), Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Gustaf Hällströmin Katu 2, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, P.O. Box 21, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Centre for Consumer Society Research (CCSR), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 40, PL 24, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ahonen V.,Siljander M.,Pellikka P.,et al. The sustainability of academic air mobility in finnish universities[J],2021,13(5).
APA	Ahonen V.,Siljander M.,Pellikka P.,Johansson T.,&Rask M..(2021).The sustainability of academic air mobility in finnish universities.Sustainability (Switzerland),13(5).
MLA	Ahonen V.,et al."The sustainability of academic air mobility in finnish universities".Sustainability (Switzerland) 13.5(2021).