The Role of AI in Sustainable Development and Risk Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 9 May 2026 | Viewed by 32
Special Issue Editors
Interests: web technologies (social networks and virtual communities); human-computer interaction; social sciences; virtual marketing/business and health; risk management
Interests: social computing; artificial intelligence; human-computer interaction; multimodal and natural language processing; user-centered interaction design; knowledge management and social innovation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
(1) Focus, Scope, and Purpose:
This Special Issue focuses on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist sustainable development and enhance risk management. It will explore how AI technologies such as machine learning, predictive analytics, and intelligent decision systems are better able to address global sustainability challenges and aid in anticipating, assessing, and mitigating risks across industries.
Interdisciplinary research is the journal's scope, and it invites submissions from environmental studies, engineering, economics, public policy, and computer science. Theoretical studies, applied studies, case studies, and reviews are invited submissions bridging AI innovation with success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and increased resilience in systems threatened by environmental, economic, or societal causes.
This Special Issue will promote interdisciplinary discourse and provide a platform for research aimed at aligning AI development with ethical, sustainable, and resilient goals.
(2) Contribution to Existing Literature:
This Special Issue will add to the current body of literature through bringing together the fields of AI, sustainability, and risk management—fields that have long been studied in isolation. It offers fresh insights into the ethical application of AI and how to apply it to address real-world sustainability issues, bridge significant knowledge and practice gaps, and motivate theoretical inquiry and real-world application. It will facilitate the development of a more inclusive, impact-centered research agenda on AI.
Dr. Alessia D’Andrea
Dr. Arianna D'Ulizia
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- sustainable development
- risk management
- environmental monitoring
- smart cities
- predictive analytics
- decision support systems
- AI governance
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