Dancing on a Double Edged Sword: Sustainability within University Corp.

Authors

  • Larch Maxey Department of Geography, School of the Environment and Society Swansea University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v8i3.842

Keywords:

Sustainability, corporatization, academia, neo-liberalism, radical critique

Abstract

This paper explores the two-way relationship between sustainability and the accelerating corporatisation of academia. It shows that ‘sustainability’ is capable of being mobilised to serve neo-liberal interests and further drive this corporatisation. However, the paper also argues that within the discourses and practices of sustainability lies a radical critique of the very neo-liberalism which seeks to exploit it. Moving beyond a binary framing of sustainability vs corporatisation the paper urges a wider and more active engagement with the double edged sword of sustainability within the corporate university.

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How to Cite

Maxey, L. (2015). Dancing on a Double Edged Sword: Sustainability within University Corp. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 8(3), 440–453. https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v8i3.842

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2009): Special Issue: Corporate Involvement in Geography

Section

Research

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