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VRfSustainability: How virtual reality can change our behaviours

Target GroupBachelor, Executive Education, Master, PhDResource TypeArticleDomainGeneral KnowledgeDuration< 1hAuthorSwissnex
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This Swissnex Brazil article explores how immersive VR experiences can shift behaviors toward sustainability by enhancing empathy, awareness, and embodiment of environmental impact. It showcases pilot projects that use VR to simulate pollution, deforestation, or climate scenarios, triggering emotional and cognitive responses that support behavioral change.

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Integrate VR4Sustainability case studies in communication or design courses. Arrange student VR sessions or demo videos. Assign reflections or design challenges to develop new VR interventions. Discuss evaluation metrics for behavior change. Frame VR as part of a broader sustainability engagement toolkit. Encourage collaboration with computer science or creative media students.

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Structure engagement around personal connection and critical reflection. Students should process challenging ideas while relating content to their own experiences and developing perspectives. Use articles to stimulate thinking and encourage deeper engagement with complex topics.

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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
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      • Normative awareness
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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
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      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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    • Critical thinking
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    • Subject area
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      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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      • Normative awareness
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