Hundreds of sustainability programs have emerged at universities and colleges around the world over the past 2 decades. A prime question for employers, students, educators, and program administrators is what competencies these programs develop in students. This study explores convergence on competencies for sustainability programs. We conducted a Delphi study with 14 international experts in sustainability education on the framework of key competencies in sustainability by Wiek et al. (Sustain Sci 6: 203–218, 2011), the most frequently cited framework to date. While experts generally agreed with the framework, they propose two additional competencies, suggest a hierarchy of competencies, and specify learning objectives for students interested in a career as sustainability researcher. The refined framework can inform program development, implementation, and evaluation to enhance employability of graduates and facilitate comparison of sustainability programs worldwide.

在过去的20年中，世界各地的大学和学院都涌现出数百项可持续发展计划。对于雇主，学生，教育者和计划管理员来说，一个主要问题是这些计划在学生中发展出什么能力。这项研究探索了可持续性计划能力的融合。我们与14位国际可持续发展教育专家在Delek研究中进行了Wiek等人关于可持续发展关键能力框架的研究。（Sustain Sci 6：203-218，2011年），是迄今为止最常引用的框架。尽管专家们普遍同意该框架，但他们又提出了两个额外的胜任力，提出了胜任力层次结构，并为有兴趣从事可持续性研究事业的学生指定了学习目标。完善的框架可以为程序开发提供信息，