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2026

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Overview

Walter Leal Filho is affiliated with Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany and has contributed to research primarily in Environmental Science, Social Sciences, and Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans a range of subfields, including Education, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The researcher's recent publications include:

  • COVID-19 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Threat to Solidarity or an Opportunity? (2020, Sustainability)
  • Impacts of COVID-19 and social isolation on academic staff and students at universities: a cross-sectional study (2021, BMC Public Health)
  • Sustainability Leadership in Higher Education Institutions: An Overview of Challenges (2020, Sustainability)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walter Leal Filho include:

  • Luciana Brandli
  • Tony Wall
  • Anabela Marisa Azul
  • Pınar Gökçin Özuyar
  • Amanda Lange Sálvia

Walter Leal Filho has published extensively in several venues, with a significant number of publications in:

  • Sustainability (33 publications)
  • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (18 publications)
  • Journal of Cleaner Production (16 publications)
  • International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology (13 publications)
  • Discover Sustainability (13 publications)

The researcher's main topics of work cover:

  • Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Quality and Supply Management
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Books authored or edited by Walter Leal Filho have been published predominantly by Springer International Publishing and Springer Nature, among others. Springer International Publishing includes 23 titles such as "Decent Work and Economic Growth" (2020), "Affordable and Clean Energy" (2021), and "Handbook of Best Practices in Sustainable Development at University Level" (2022). Springer Nature includes 11 titles such as "Climate Change, Hazards and Adaptation Options" (2020) and "Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region" (2022).

Additional publishers include Implementing the UN sustainable development goals - regional perspectives, Edward Elgar Publishing, and River Publishers eBooks, contributing several works related to sustainable development and higher education in the context of climate change.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The role of transformation in learning and education for sustainability

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  • A literature-based review on potentials and constraints in the implementation of the sustainable development goals

    Rodrigo Goyannes Gusmão Caiado;Walter Leal Filho;Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas;Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento

  • The future we want: Key issues on sustainable development in higher education after Rio and the UN decade of education for sustainable development

    Walter Leal Filho;Evangelos Manolas;Paul Pace

  • Assessing research trends related to Sustainable Development Goals: local and global issues

    Amanda Lange Salvia;Walter Leal Filho;Walter Leal Filho;Luciana Londero Brandli;Juliane Sapper Griebeler

  • Dealing with misconceptions on the concept of sustainability

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Identifying the green consumer: A segmentation study

    Arminda M Finisterra do Paço;Mário Lino Barata Raposo;Walter Leal Filho

  • Knowledge management in the context of sustainability: Literature review and opportunities for future research

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  • 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

  • An overview of the problems posed by plastic products and the role of extended producer responsibility in Europe

    Walter Leal Filho;Walter Leal Filho;Ulla A. Saari;Mariia Fedoruk;Arvo Iital

  • A review of the socio-economic advantages of textile recycling

    Walter Leal Filho;Dawn Ellams;Sara Han;David Tyler

  • Climate Change and Health Preparedness in Africa: Analysing Trends in Six African Countries

    Samuel Kwasi Opoku;Walter Leal Filho;Fudjumdjum Hubert;Oluwabunmi Adejumo

  • Report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda – “a new global partnership: eradicate poverty and transform economies through sustainable development

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Barriers to innovation and sustainability at universities around the world

    Lucas Veiga Ávila;Walter Leal Filho;Walter Leal Filho;Luciana Brandli;Colin J. Macgregor

  • COVID-19 and the UN sustainable development goals: threat to solidarity or an opportunity?

    Walter Leal Filho;Luciana Londero Brandli;Amanda Lange Salvia;Lez Rayman-Bacchus

  • About the Role of Universities and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Future sustainability scenarios for universities: moving beyond the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

    Ali Beynaghi;Gregory Trencher;Fathollah Moztarzadeh;Masoud Mozafari

  • Understanding human vulnerability to climate change: A global perspective on index validation for adaptation planning.

    Joern Birkmann;Ali Jamshed;Joanna M. McMillan;Daniel Feldmeyer

  • 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

  • Assessing the impacts of climate change in cities and their adaptive capacity: Towards transformative approaches to climate change adaptation and poverty reduction in urban areas in a set of developing countries

    Walter Leal Filho;Walter Leal Filho;Abdul-Lateef Balogun;Olawale Emmanuel Olayide;Ulisses M. Azeiteiro

  • Development of a green consumer behaviour model

    Arminda do Paço;Helena Alves;Chris Shiel;Walter Leal Filho

  • Impacts of COVID-19 and social isolation on academic staff and students at universities: a cross-sectional study.

    Walter Leal Filho;Walter Leal Filho;Tony Wall;Lez Rayman-Bacchus;Mark Mifsud

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro
Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro University of Aveiro
Sandra Caeiro
Sandra Caeiro Universidade Aberta
Arminda do Paço
Arminda do Paço University of Beira Interior
Fernando Gonçalves
Fernando Gonçalves University of Aveiro
Ruth Pereira
Ruth Pereira University of Porto
Konstantinos Evangelinos
Konstantinos Evangelinos University of the Aegean
Ioannis E. Nikolaou
Ioannis E. Nikolaou Athens University of Economics and Business
Justice Nyamangara
Justice Nyamangara Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

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