Designing Artifacts/Tools for Increasing Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Research on sustainability is developed from an exploratory, descriptive and explanatory perspective to advance knowledge in the area. Complementarily, Design Science and Design Science Research (DSR) can broaden this perspective by inducing research to develop artifacts that bring satisfactory solutions to (field) problems in the area of sustainability, contributing to the production of relevant knowledge for both organizations and society. So, design science research is a method aimed at the design and implementation of artifacts, which can improve sustainability and lead to prescriptive knowledge. Its origins can be traced back to Herbert Simon’s (1996) intents to put theory and practice in touch with each other. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to expose research that brings new artifacts and knowledge that are able to support an effective application for an increase in sustainability in organizations and society.

This Special Issue is focused on but not limited to the following topics:

• DSR in Operations Management;
• DSR in Sustainability;
• DSR in Supply Chain Management;
• DSR in Sustainable Energy;
• DSR in Circular Economy;
• DSR in Sustainable Construction Management.

Dr. Opdenakker Raymond
Dr. Daniel Pacheco Lacerda
Dr. Aline Dresch
Dr. Cuijpers Carin
Guest Editors

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