IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/enf/proc25/art4.html

Education in the Imperative of Sustainability. A Step towards the Impact of Science and Technology

Author

Listed:
  • Elena-Gabriela Dobre

    (University of Economic Studies, Bucharest)

Abstract

Sustainable Development (SD) heterogeneity outlines the diverse challenges of achieving economic growth. The strategy for the SD is framed within the broader framework of biodiversity ecosystems. This roadmap enhances resource management and education, both fundamental for achieving social progress and ensuring performance. Education in the SD strategy represents a significant challenge to the status quo in the domain of complementary education studies, with implications for employment in science and technology. According to Eurostat, the Human Resources in Science and Technology (HRST) index reported that in 2023, 71.8 million people were employed in science and technology within the European Union (EU). Researchers in this domain signal limitations on the education sector’s ability to plan for the future, particularly regarding the constraints imposed by resource scarcity and economic growth. Highlighting the challenges of inquiry, this paper explores more specifically the key factors that shape HRST potential, considering the common context of all economies, the natural environment, which substantiates the performance equation that entails household economic growth and investments. Therefore, to grasp the trends of HRST, an analysis of Eurostat indicators was performed. The paper's result was regressed in the landscape of statistical information ranging between 2014 and 2023. To properly manage the performance context that biases science and technology, attention was focused on the primary keys of ecosystems, such as environmental protection actions, forestry, construction, and agricultural land. Moreover, the construction investment parameters imprint a significant behavior on science and technology, even if environmental protection activities dont have yet a corresponding impact in statistics, as Türkiye case, unlike Western Europe, which creates an influence between environmental protection activities and science and technology. This framework aims to delineate the scientific and technological potential in achieving sustainable development goals, considering that innovation, science and technology are an imperative for society that connects the educational environment to economic performance.

Suggested Citation

  • Elena-Gabriela Dobre, 2025. "Education in the Imperative of Sustainability. A Step towards the Impact of Science and Technology," Enformation Conference Proceedings Series, , vol. 15, pages 53-74, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:enf:proc25:art4
    DOI: 10.63467/alls15.art4
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://conferinta.e-nformation.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Articol_4_ALLS_15.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.63467/alls15.art4?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Muhammad Wasif Zafar & Muhammad Mansoor Saleem & Mehmet Akif Destek & Abdullah Emre Caglar, 2022. "The dynamic linkage between remittances, export diversification, education, renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and CO2 emissions in top remittance‐receiving countries," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(1), pages 165-175, February.
    2. Blazsek, Szabolcs & Escribano, Álvaro & Licht, Adrián, 2024. "Non-Gaussian score-driven conditionally heteroskedastic models with a macroeconomic application," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(1), pages 32-50, January.
    3. Combes, Jean-Louis & Debrun, Xavier & Minea, Alexandru & Sawadogo, Pegdéwendé Nestor & Vinturis, Cezara, 2025. "On the side effects of fiscal policy: Fiscal rules and income inequality," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 90(PA).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Deniz, Pinar & Stengos, Thanasis, 2025. "Heterogeneity of institutions and model uncertainty in the income inequality nexus," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    2. Fang, Shuya & Fang, Wei, 2023. "How fiscal decentralization and trade diversification influence sustainable development: Moderating role of resources dependency," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    3. Serife Ozsahin & Gulbahar Ucler, 2025. "Are remittances an opportunity or a threat to sustainable environmental quality in India? Evidence from nonlinear smooth transition models," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(2), pages 8867-8886, June.
    4. Hunjra, Ahmed Imran & Hassan, M. Kabir & Zaied, Younes Ben & Managi, Shunsuke, 2023. "Nexus between green finance, environmental degradation, and sustainable development: Evidence from developing countries," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    5. Geng, Yini & Fan, Aijun, 2023. "How trade diversification affects resources sustainability in China: Exploring the role of institutional quality and environmental policies uncertainty," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 86(PB).
    6. Dobre Elena-Gabriela & Teodorescu Dana & Ioanas Corina, 2025. "Business Performability in the Sustainable Development Imperative. Factorial Analysis on the Performance of Asset Utilizations," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Paradigm, vol. 19(1), pages 2587-2600.
    7. Coulibaly, Yacouba & Diallo, Askandarou Cheik, 2025. "Can fiscal rules improve banking system stability in developing countries?," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    8. Alhattali, Noor Alhuda & Saboori, Behnaz & Zekri, Slim & Gulseven, Osman, 2025. "Towards ecological sustainability in GCC countries, the role of trade market diversification, economic growth, energy consumption, and foreign direct investment," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 336(C).
    9. Md. Saiful Islam & Sk Habibur Rahaman & Tahir Akhtar, 2024. "Impact of remittance on economic growth and environmental quality in the purview of energy use, regulatory quality, and financial development," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 48(3), pages 903-924, August.
    10. Liu, Nan & Hong, Cencen, 2024. "How export and import concentration influence natural resources and green growth nexus in OECD countries," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    11. Sun, Yunpeng & Guan, Weimin & Mehmood, Usman & Yang, Xiaodong, 2022. "Asymmetric impacts of natural resources on ecological footprints: Exploring the role of economic growth, FDI and renewable energy in G-11 countries," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    12. Qamruzzaman, Md & Swarna, Sharmin Rahman, 2025. "Innovation Led Renewable Energy Consumption in OECD Nations: Evidence from Fourier Functions," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, vol. 15(5), pages 427-449, August.
    13. Nusrat Farzana & Md Qamruzzaman & Yeasmin Islam & Piana Monsur Mindia, 2023. "Nexus between Personal Remittances, Financial Deepening, Urbanization, and Renewable Energy Consumption in Selected Southeast Asian Countries: Evidence from Linear and Nonlinear Assessment," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, vol. 13(6), pages 270-287, November.
    14. Zhang, Lu & Zhao, Huawei, 2024. "Sustainable development mechanism: The role of natural resources, remittance and policy uncertainty," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    15. Lorente, Daniel Balsalobre & Mohammed, Kamel Si & Cifuentes-Faura, Javier & Shahzad, Umer, 2023. "Dynamic connectedness among climate change index, green financial assets and renewable energy markets: Novel evidence from sustainable development perspective," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 204(C), pages 94-105.
    16. Han, Zhanbing & Heng, Yixin, 2024. "Do fintech and trade diversification discard the natural resource dependency in MENA countries?," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    17. Mehmet Akif Destek & Ä°brahim Halil OÄŸuz & Nuh OkumuÅŸ, 2024. "Do Trade and Financial Cooperation Improve Environmentally Sustainable Development: A Distinction Between de facto and de jure Globalization," Evaluation Review, , vol. 48(2), pages 251-273, April.
    18. Coulibaly, Yacouba, 2024. "Resource-backed loans and ecological efficiency of human development: Evidence from African countries," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
    19. Marei Elbadri & Salah Bsikre & Osama Alamari & Mehmet Balcilar, 2023. "Nexus between renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and CO2 emissions in Algeria: New evidence from the Fourier‐Bootstrap ARDL approach," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 47(3), pages 393-412, August.
    20. Feng, Haiyan & Li, Yan, 2024. "The role of fintech, natural resources, environmental taxes and urbanization on environmental sustainability: Evidence from the novel panel data approaches," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:enf:proc25:art4. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Preda, Claudia-Andreea (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.