Collections and calls for papers

A Sustainable Approach to Socioeconomic Development within The Context of Geopolitical and Environmental Challenges

Today, the world is heading to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. These SDGs stress creating a sustainable environment. Sustainable development is to utilize the availabl...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

20 June 2024

Advanced Greener Technologies in Waste Valorization for Sustainable Environment and Circular Economy

Due to a growing population and industrial expansion, one of the biggest environmental concerns facing the globe today is waste generation and its management. Constant production of hazardous chemicals from ...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 December 2024

Advanced Sustainable Construction Materials: Sustainability and Environmental Impact Evaluation, Reaction Mechanisms and Kinetics of Geopolymers and Geopolymer Composites

Geopolymers are inorganic polymers made of aluminosilicates that are crosslinked and connected through a network structure of amorphous materials that are potential alternatives for ordinary Portland cement ...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 August 2024

Advanced Technologies on Sustainable Building Materials, Structures and Health Monitoring

The field of civil engineering is at the forefront of innovation, as it faces the dual challenges of sustainability and technological advancement. This Collection is dedicated to exploring the latest researc...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 August 2024

Advancements in Renewable Energy Development: Innovations, Policies, and Their Contributions to SDG 7

The Topical Collection aims to highlight the latest advancements in renewable energy development and their contribution to sustainable development goal (SDG) 7 - ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sust...

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Closed

Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Higher Education

In the contemporary era, AI generated education is a matter of debate among the academicians. People are concerned about the dark side of AI usage in higher education; however, the positive side of utilizing...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 April 2025

Advances in Climate Change Research – 200 Years Since Joseph Fourier

The year 2024 marks 200 years since the French mathematician and physicist, Joseph Fourier, hypothesised what is known as the greenhouse effect. To mark the 200th anniversary of Joseph Fourier’s work on the ...

Submission status

Upcoming

Open for submission

01 July 2024 - 01 October 2024

Advances in Computational Intelligence Techniques for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Computational Intelligence Techniques (CITs), which encompasses various artificial intelligence and machine learning methods are changing landscape of human society in a variety of ways. We have witnessed it...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Advances in Internet of Things for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture

The agriculture industry has benefited from technological advancements that have streamlined procedures and made lives easier for people. Today's agriculture is synonymous with cutting-edge machinery and tec...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 September 2024

Advancing Sustainable Chemistry, Materials, Energy, and Waste Management

Climate change poses a global threat to Earth's ecosystem, compelling stakeholders and world leaders to convene annually in COP (Conference of Parties) meetings to strategize combatting it. Achieving environ...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 December 2024

Advocating Carbon-Neutral Construction: Integrating Safety and Sustainability

There is an urgent need for transformative change within the construction sector to prioritize environmental sustainability and safety in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)....

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 July 2024

Agrifood Residues Valorization: Sustainable Development through Environmentally Friendly Approaches

The valorization of agri-food waste is an increasingly important issue and demanded by society. These wastes have a wide potential for application in many different sectors (biocomposites, food packaging, en...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 December 2024

Agroecology, Renewable Energy and Biodiversity Conservation: Promoting Resilient Food Systems in the face of Climate Change

The global population is increasing and estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, with inevitable increase in the demand for food and other resources. Expanding food production to commensurate population growth ...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 October 2024

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning

Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) technology experienced rapid growth and development in recent years. It provides multiple directions to execute sustainable land use/land cover planning...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

01 October 2024

Applied AI for Sustainable Data Science and Machine Learning

In recent times, the rapid growth of data and its diversified applications in several societal problems is really a challenging task. The destruction of the environment and the climate change problem are ext...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 September 2024

Beyond the Crisis of Environmental Sustainability

Environmental sustainability involves making decisions and taking actions that will protect the natural world. All of us, both individual citizens and corporate citizens, regardless of size or industry, can ...

Submission status

Closed

Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review Studies on Sustainable Development

Literature reviews play an essential role in academic research, by identifying existing knowledge and to base the research paths. In this regard, studies on bibliometric analysis and systematic review have b...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Big Picture Sustainability

Sustainability, reverberating with tension across the digital landscape, yet etched in scientific literature, calls us to look beneath ubiquity’s surface. It is not a single thread, but a tapestry woven from...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 May 2025

Biomass Valorization into High-Value Bioproducts

This Topical Collection aims to investigate the valorization of biomass, i.e., biological wastes (biowastes) produced from forestry, agriculture, agroindustry, and wastewater treatment, which are a widely un...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 August 2024

Biostimulants to increase fertilizer efficiency, productivity and quality of agricultural products for global food security

To sustain the growing human population amidst ongoing climate challenges, it is imperative to enhance both the quality and yield of crops to ensure global food security with a focus on sustainability. Moder...

Submission status

Upcoming

Open for submission

01 July 2024 - 31 December 2024

Built Environment Challenges and Opportunities in the Decade of the SDGs

Constructing and operating the built environment has a significant impact on resource use and greenhouse gas emissions. The SDGs were announced in 2015 with the timeframe from 2016-2030. We have now spent th...

Submission status

Closed

Business Solutions for Sustainable Development

According to statistics, the business generates, on average, about 60 per cent of GDP and creates about 90 per cent of jobs and about 80 per cent of capital inflows (OECD) in developing countries. Given the ...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development

In recent years, environmental protection and sustainable development are no longer a national or regional issue, but a shared global responsibility.The realization of carbon neutrality through gradually dec...

Submission status

Closed

Challenges and Opportunities of Business towards Practicing Sustainability

Sustainability practices is a strategic and survival obligation for businesses, society and nations. As a result, in today's environment, businesses' commitment to sustainability is becoming increasingly cru...

Submission status

Closed

Challenges on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Cities for the 21st Century

In the last two decades, strategies and plans for the promotion of sustainable mobility have been implemented in many cities, with uneven results. Some proposals, such as the city 15 minutes from Paris, have...

Submission status

Closed

Charting a Sustainable Future: Pathways to Net Zero and Carbon Neutrality

The pursuit of sustainability in an era of climate change and environmental degradation has never been more critical. As the world grapples with the urgent need for a cleaner and more sustainable future, the...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 July 2024

Circular Economy and Sustainable Development: Endorsing Circularity in the Production System to Achieve the SDGs

The concept of sustainable development is considered an important scientific area of consideration which plays a critical role in organizing modern economies and societies. It is a normative concept which hi...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Circular Economy Approaches for Sustainable Textile Composites: A Focus on Recyclable Materials

This research endeavors to revolutionize sustainable material development by examining the integration of vitrimers, rubber, and dynamic covalent chemistry in textile composites. Vitrimers, as dynamic and re...

Submission status

Closed

Circular Economy for Promoting Energy Recovery

The Circular Economy (CE), or named Resource Circular Economy, is an economic development mode characterized by resource conservation, recycling and harmony with the environment. The main point of CE is orga...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 August 2024

Circular, Sustainable, and Resilient Future: How Energy, Environment, and Informatics Research is Shaping Our Tomorrow?

A circular, sustainable, and resilient future refers to a vision of a future society that operates within the limits of the planet's resources, where waste is minimized and resources are used in a circular m...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Clean and Low-Carbon Development Strategies in the Era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

The intersection of big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and environmental sustainability represents a burgeoning field of research and innovation. This Topical Collection in Discover Sustainability seeks...

Submission status

Closed

Climate Change and Human Behavior: Society’s Challenges towards Sustainable Futures

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges for the society nowadays that requires a response not only from a political perspective, but also from a collective and individual perspective. The society ha...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Climate Change, Uncertainty in the Global Context: Accessing the Mediating Role of Green Innovation and Regulation

Two major global issues have emerged in the 21st century: climate change and uncertainty. These issues have shaped governments' sustainable development and economic growth strategies. Human-caused climate ch...

Submission status

Closed

COVID-19 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals – How the COVID-19 pandemic will influence the achievements of the SDGs

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly been affecting societies all over the world, at all levels. Apart from the significant disruptions to health systems, the high levels of infections and the death toll ...

Submission status

Closed

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development

As a complex phenomenon, climate change has a wide range of impacts on the environment and agriculture. Climatic change-induced abiotic stresses (e.g., drought, salinity, and extreme temperature) are the mai...

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Closed

Current Challenges of the Circular Economy: Change in the Growth Paradigm

GDP, as a magnitude reflecting the economic health of countries, must start to be linked to other parameters that represent the new milestones of humanity. Carbon emissions, resource efficiency, and the ques...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

15 October 2024

Data-driven models for systemic decisions towards circularity

Circularity is a grand challenge across an interdisciplinary field, spanning from materials (e.g. plastics, textiles, etc.) to resources (e.g. energy, water, carbon resources, etc.). The transition embodies ...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 October 2024

Decarbonization of Industries and Transport Sector: Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies and Policies

This Topical Collection aims to delve deeper into opportunities, challenges, and prospects of decarbonisation in Industries and transport sector. Decarbonisation has been receiving increased attention from t...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 December 2024

Digital Green Innovation Economic and Management for Industry 5.0

With the huge impact of the global epidemic outbreak in 2020 on the economic development, industrial chains, and supply chains of countries around the world, the ability of the global industrial system to co...

Submission status

Closed

Digital Tourism in the 21st Century

Digital Tourism integrates digital technologies with the travel industry, presenting many opportunities and obstacles for travelers, service providers, and destinations. Recently, the concept of Digital Well...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2025

Digital Transformation in Business and Education for Sustainable Futures

The intersection of digital transformation, business, and education presents a promising avenue for advancing sustainable development and shaping a more inclusive and resilient future. As technology continue...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

01 September 2024

Discover Sustainability in Food Processing

Sustainability in food processing is of crucial importance. There is great concert of the impact of food loss and waste in the food supply chain. It is important to secure food supply chain, in line with sus...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

01 August 2024

Discover Sustainability in Regional Economics and Tourism Administration

Sustainable development has emerged as a crucial objective for regions all over the world as the global landscape keeps changing. The purpose of this Topical Collection is to examine the complex interactions...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 October 2024

Discover Sustainable Development Technology through Green Innovation

In the present world, anthropogenic activities, including burning fossil fuels (coal and oil), are widely recognized as the primary contributors to global warming. Environmental protection is becoming more c...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 August 2024

E-Mobility Era: A Future Perspective for Sustainable Development

We invite researchers and scholars from around the world to contribute their valuable insights and research findings to our upcoming publication focusing on the 'E-Mobility Era: A Future Perspective for Sust...

Submission status

Closed

Eco-Innovation, CSR, and Beyond: Catalyzing Sustainable Change Through Green Technologies

In the world of burgeoning industrialization, the uncountable sustainability issues have upturned the need for innovative solutions. Climate change and related issues have greatly threatened the agenda of gr...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Educational Leadership for Sustainable Development

This Topical Collection of Discover Sustainability is focused on the role of education leadership in enabling and facilitating sustainability. The editors seek contributions that address bounded rationality,...

Submission status

Closed

Emerging Challenges and Progress in Urban Overheating: Health, Environment, and Energy Implications

With the rapid rate of urbanization and population growth, cities are experiencing unprecedented levels of urban overheating, leading to environmental, societal, and local economic burdens on cities and coun...

Submission status

Closed

Emerging Sustainability Challenges and Progress - A Global Perspective

In a world grappling with a burgeoning global population, the aftermath of one of the most profound pandemics in recent history, and a myriad of pressing sustainability issues, the need for innovative soluti...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 July 2024

Energizing Lives: Addressing Renewable Energy Poverty in the Global South

“Renewable energy poverty” refers to a situation where individuals or communities lack access to affordable and reliable renewable energy sources. It's a concept that combines issues related to energy povert...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

01 February 2025