Special Issue "Collaboration for Sustainability"
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2020) | Viewed by 47304
Special Issue Editor
2. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA
Interests: collaboration; peer review; environmental justice
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Collaborations that extends across academic disciplines and into professions and the organized general public are widely recognized as essential to produce the knowledge and innovation required to address sustainability challenges. However, the best way to organize and conduct such collaborations is not well understood, particularly as differences exist in epistemic cultures, professional practices, political interests, social backgrounds, sustainability challenges, and a lot of other work against effective collaboration. For this Special Issue, we invite papers that analyze the organization and dynamics of sustainability collaborations and that propose new patterns of collaboration to achieve sustainability goals. We welcome empirical work of every variety, including case studies, comparative case studies (that involve different countries, disciplines, or sustainability challenges), and surveys. We also invite conceptual papers that reveal new aspects or dynamics of collaboration, or that propose innovative ways to bring scientists, engineers, members of other professions, and representatives of the public into productive collaboration. We encourage papers of every sort to address cultural differences, power dynamics, social justice, and equity.
Prof. Edward Hackett
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- collaboration
- transdisciplinarity
- interdisciplinarity
- comparative analysis
- public engagement
- justice
- equity