Undergraduate Research for a Sustainable Future: Moving the World

By Nancy H. Hensel

This timely book presents undergraduate research as a powerful vehicle for engaging students in addressing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Hensel begins with a comprehensive foundation on the SDGs and higher education's evolving role in advancing them and then examines specific goals through detailed case studies and exemplary programs that showcase cross-disciplinary student research in action. These narratives illuminate the complex challenges and innovative solutions that emerge when students engage directly with pressing global issues: from climate action to poverty reduction to health equity. Both a call to action and a playbook for any faculty member involved in undergraduate research, this text also functions as an important resource for administrators and policymakers seeking to support student discovery and innovation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103286060X
• ISBN13: 9781032860602
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages