Sustainable Well-Being: Reconciling Research on Well-Being with Sustainability Science
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 5741
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on Subjective Well-Being (SWB) has grown considerably in the last decades and challenged conventional paradigms, especially in Economics. At the same time, Sustainability Science has been warning that humankind’s quest for a better quality of life should have limits: It must not be brought about by excessive pollution, or come at the expense of the planet’s biodiversity. The two growingly important research fields of SWB and sustainability, however, have largely operated in separate spheres, and the important task of fully understanding the links between the two is yet to be done. Moreover, we do not yet understand whether and how people seek to bring about political change towards sustainability and/or well-being through their voting behaviour. In this context, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a useful tool attempting to move the world towards improved societal well-being in a sustainable manner. This Special Issue therefore collects insightful contributions that incorporate a much-needed perspective of intergenerational justice into research on SWB, as well as studies that strengthen our understanding of the concept of sustainability, e.g. by applying insights from SWB research to Sustainability Science. A final goal of the Special Issue is to better understand how people vote in relation to issues of sustainability and human well-being.
Dr. Christian Kroll
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- well-being
- sustainability
- sustainable development
- happiness
- life satisfaction
- voting behaviour
- political economy
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Agenda 2030
