The development of a sustainable perception index regarding gender and diversity aspects

Sustainable development is getting an increasing importance in different educational programs, due to the fact that on the one hand, it is an interdisciplinary research and teaching field. On the other hand, the complexity of sustainable development as a comprehensive approach, considering the ecological, economic and social dimensions, makes new ways of creating educational programs etc. necessary. Unfortunately, there is less knowledge of the perception of different topics of sustainable development amongst students. Therefore, at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences, a perception index is created concerning issues of sustainable development. The aim is to explore whether certain student groups have a close personal relation to sustainability issues and therefore can be gained as new target groups through educational offers.