Special Issue "Covid-19 Impacts and Recovery: Ethical, Economic, Legal, Societal and Eco-system Issues"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Janette Hartz-Karp
E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Interests: deliberative democracy as it relates to sustainability; governance, ethical, social, cultural, educational aspects of sustainability
Prof. Dr. Dora Marinova
E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
Interests: innovation; sustainability; governance
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Despite decades of warnings about a global pandemic, the world was totally unprepared for COVID-19. The impacts have been severe—exposing the underbelly of the socioeconomic divides within societies across the globe, with the weakest and poorest being disproportionately affected. Concomitantly, however, there has been talk that this dislocation to business-as-usual could provide an opportunity to reset our socioeconomic systems to support a more sustainable and equitable world.

Public debate has unearthed a broad range of issues relating to impacts and recovery, including ethical, economic, societal, legal, political, and ecosystem issues. This Special Issue is interested in practical research outcomes as well as theoretical submissions that focus on how one or more of these issues could help us to transform the disaster of COVID-19 into an opportunity to turn the curve toward more sustainable and regenerative societies. Are there any insights that research on innovation, transitions, sustainability, and governance or any related filed can provide?

Against the background of the impacts of COVID-19, we invite articles which focus on global, national, and local implications as well as the potential redesign and innovation proposed to support a more sustainable future. Submissions addressing how the connections and communications between science and society could be improved would also be welcome. Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches are encouraged.


Prof. Dr. Janette Hartz-Karp
Prof. Dora Marinova
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • governance
  • sustainability
  • innovation
  • development
  • transition
  • transformation
  • economic
  • inequality
  • ecosystem
  • legality
  • democracy

Published Papers (1 paper)

Order results
Result details
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

Article
COVID-19 Impacts and Sustainability Strategies for Regional Recovery in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 8907; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168907 - 09 Aug 2021
Viewed by 388
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis is threatening our progressive social, ecological and economic development toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Studies of its impacts on sustainable development in emerging economies and on fast-growing regional development, such as Southeast Asia or [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis is threatening our progressive social, ecological and economic development toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Studies of its impacts on sustainable development in emerging economies and on fast-growing regional development, such as Southeast Asia or the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), are scarce to date. This paper aims to investigate the COVID-19 impacts and identify challenges and opportunities for possible sustainable recovery solutions with respect to the UN SDGs. We employed a qualitative research method through analytical literature reviews and in-depth interviews with 33 organizations. Our results reveal various pandemic effects, challenges and opportunities for cooperative regional sustainability development and recovery strategies, such as intra-trade strategy, green economy and public–private–people partnerships. The findings provide practical guidance on policy implications for transformative regional sustainability and innovative recovery strategies to achieve the sustainable development agendas (i.e., ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and UN 2030 Agenda). Overall, the paper contributes to advance our limited understanding in this realm and benefits diverse stakeholders toward our sustainable futures. Full article
Show Figures

Figure 1

Back to TopTop