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Sandra Caeiro is affiliated with Universidade Aberta in Portugal. Their research focuses primarily on sustainability, with an emphasis on higher education, environmental science, and business management. The interdisciplinary nature of their work spans environmental science, business, management and accounting, and social sciences.

The main fields of study in Sandra Caeiro's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Social Sciences

Subfields of research cover topics such as:

  • Education
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Strategy and Management
  • Marketing
  • Building and Construction

Their work addresses key topics which include:

  • Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Higher Education and Sustainability
  • Environmental Sustainability and Education

Key recent publications authored or co-authored by Sandra Caeiro are:

  • "Sustainability Assessment and Benchmarking in Higher Education Institutions-A Critical Reflection," 2020, Sustainability

Other highly cited papers in related fields include:

  • "What Is the Relation between Circular Economy and Sustainability? Answers from Frontrunner Companies Engaged with Circular Economy Practices," 2021, Circular Economy and Sustainability
  • "Circular economy in corporate sustainability reporting: A review of organisational approaches," 2021, Business Strategy and the Environment
  • "COVID-19: the impact of a global crisis on sustainable development teaching," 2021, Environment Development and Sustainability
  • "Circular economy disclosure in corporate sustainability reports: The case of European companies in sustainability rankings," 2022, Sustainable Production and Consumption

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sandra Caeiro include:

  • André Luiz Romano
  • Roberta Salomone
  • Luís Miguel D. F. Ferreira
  • João Simão
  • Mahsa Mapar

Publication venues commonly chosen for their research are:

  • Sustainability
  • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Business Strategy and the Environment
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Circular Economy and Sustainability

Sandra Caeiro has also contributed to book publications through Universidade Aberta, including:

  • "E-Sustainability 2020: atas do Seminário Doutoral | Universidade Aberta (Portugal) | Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Universidade de Brasília (Brasil)," 2020
  • "Guia ser sustentável: sugestões para viver de forma sustentável no campus...e fora dele...", 2021

Best Publications

  • Assessing heavy metal contamination in Sado Estuary sediment: An index analysis approach

    Sandra Caeiro;Maria Helena Costa;Tomás B. Ramos;Fontainhas B. Fernandes

  • Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack?

    Walter Leal Filho;Walter Leal Filho;Chris Shiel;Arminda Paço;Mark Mifsud

  • Reinvigorating the sustainable development research agenda: the role of the sustainable development goals (SDG)

    Walter Leal Filho;Ulisses Azeiteiro;Fatima Alves;Paul J. Pace

  • Sustainable universities – a study of critical success factors for participatory approaches

    Antje Disterheft;Antje Disterheft;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Ulisses M. Azeiteiro;Ulisses M. Azeiteiro;Walter Leal Filho

  • Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in european higher education institutions: top-down versus participatory approaches

    Antje Disterheft;Antje Disterheft;Sandra Sofia Ferreira da Silva Caeiro;Sandra Sofia Ferreira da Silva Caeiro;Maria Rosário Ramos;Maria Rosário Ramos;Ulisses Manuel de Miranda Azeiteiro;Ulisses Manuel de Miranda Azeiteiro

  • Experiences from the implementation of sustainable development in higher education institutions: Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities

    Tomás B. Ramos;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Bart van Hoof;Rodrigo Lozano

  • Education for sustainable development through e-learning in higher education: experiences from Portugal

    Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro;Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro;Paula Bacelar-Nicolau;Paula Bacelar-Nicolau;Fernando J.P. Caetano;Fernando J.P. Caetano;Sandra Caeiro

  • Identifying and overcoming obstacles to the implementation of sustainable development at universities

    Walter Leal Filho;Yen Chun Jim Wu;Luciana Londero Brandli;Lucas Veiga Avila

  • Meta-performance evaluation of sustainability indicators

    Tomás B. Ramos;Sandra Caeiro

  • Histological biomarkers in liver and gills of juvenile Solea senegalensis exposed to contaminated estuarine sediments: A weighted indices approach

    Pedro M. Costa;Mário S. Diniz;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Jorge Lobo

  • Sustainability Science and Education for Sustainable Development in Universities: A Way for Transition

    Antje Disterheft;Antje Disterheft;Sandra Caeiro;Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro;Walter Leal Filho

  • Development of histopathological indices in a commercial marine bivalve (Ruditapes decussatus) to determine environmental quality.

    Pedro M. Costa;Sara Carreira;Maria Helena Ferrão Ribeiro da Costa;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro

  • Sustainability Assessment and Benchmarking in Higher Education Institutions—A Critical Reflection

    Sandra Caeiro;Leyla Angélica Sandoval Hamón;Rute Martins;Cecilia Elizabeth Bayas Aldaz

  • Assessing and managing sediment contamination in transitional waters.

    Peter M. Chapman;Feiyue Wang;Sandra Sofia Caeiro;Sandra Sofia Caeiro

  • What Is the Relation between Circular Economy and Sustainability? Answers from Frontrunner Companies Engaged with Circular Economy Practices

    Anna M. Walker;Katelin Opferkuch;Katelin Opferkuch;Erik Roos Lindgreen;Andrea Raggi

  • Circular economy in corporate sustainability reporting: A review of organisational approaches

    Katelin Opferkuch;Katelin Opferkuch;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Roberta Salomone;Tomás B. Ramos

  • Procedures and criteria to develop and evaluate household sustainable consumption indicators

    Sandra Caeiro;Tomás B. Ramos;Donald Huisingh

  • Environmental indicator frameworks to design and assess environmental monitoring programs

    Tomás Augusto Barros Ramos;Sandra Caeiro;João Joanaz de Melo

  • Genotoxic damage in Solea senegalensis exposed to sediments from the Sado Estuary (Portugal): Effects of metallic and organic contaminants

    Pedro M. Costa;Jorge Lobo;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Martins Martins

  • Sustainability assessment tools in higher education institutions : mapping trends and good practices around the world

    Sandra Caeiro;Walter Leal Filho;Charbel Jabbour;Ulisses M. Azeiteiro

  • Assessment of the genotoxic potential of contaminated estuarine sediments in fish peripheral blood: laboratory versus in situ studies.

    Pedro M. Costa;Teresa S. Neuparth;Sandra Caeiro;Sandra Caeiro;Jorge Lobo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro
Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro University of Aveiro
Walter Leal Filho
Walter Leal Filho Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Tomás B. Ramos
Tomás B. Ramos Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Marta Martins
Marta Martins Trinity College Dublin
Carlos Vale
Carlos Vale University of Porto
Miguel Caetano
Miguel Caetano Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Mário Diniz
Mário Diniz Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Donald Huisingh
Donald Huisingh University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Rodrigo Lozano
Rodrigo Lozano University of A Coruña
Peter M. Chapman
Peter M. Chapman Golder Associates (Canada)

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