Advance Research on Product Design and Sustainable Product Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Products and Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2027
Special Issue Editors
Interests: product development and improvement; decision analysis based on big data; information management and decision support systems; business intelligence, e-commerce and behavior decisions
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Interests: product development and improvement; decision analysis based on big data; preference and behavior analysis for users
Interests: sustainable product design; sustainable product development; artificial intelligence (AI) in design; circular economy; generative design; life cycle assessment (LCA); digital twin; multi-objective optimization; circular design; data-driven design; eco-innovation; human-centric design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In an era defined by climate urgency, resource constraints, and evolving societal expectations, sustainability has become the cornerstone of responsible innovation. The integration of sustainability principles into product design and development is no longer a niche consideration but a fundamental imperative for achieving long-term environmental, economic, and social viability. Concurrently, the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents transformative opportunities to reimagine these processes. AI-driven methodologies offer unprecedented capabilities in simulation, optimization, predictive analytics, and generative design, enabling a paradigm shift towards more efficient, circular, and human-centric sustainable solutions.
This Special Issue, titled “Advance Research on Product Design and Sustainable Product Development,” seeks to address the critical intersection of sustainability science, design innovation, and cutting-edge computational intelligence. We aim to curate high-quality research that tackles both the profound challenges and novel opportunities in this domain. Submissions are encouraged to present rigorous theoretical frameworks, innovative methodologies, and insightful case studies that demonstrate tangible impacts.
We welcome original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and short communications. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- AI for sustainable design theory and frameworks;
- AI-driven lifecycle engineering;
- Generative AI for sustainable product design;
- Data-driven sustainable material selection and innovation;
- Human-centric and behavioral sustainability;
- Digital twins for sustainable product development;
- AI-enabled circular economy systems;
- Multi-objective optimization for sustainability;
- Sustainability performance evaluation and decision support;
- Cross-disciplinary perspectives, such as studies integrating social science, economics, and policy analysis with technical design and AI methods for holistic sustainable development.
Prof. Dr. Dun Liu
Dr. Qinxia Chen
Dr. Yinfeng Du
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- sustainable product design
- sustainable product development
- artificial intelligence (AI) in design
- circular economy
- generative design
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
- digital twin
- multi-objective optimization
- circular design
- data-driven design
- eco-innovation
- human-centric design
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