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Designing Artifacts/Tools for Increasing Sustainability

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2022) | Viewed by 5706

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Opdenakker Raymond

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Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600MB Eindhoven , The Netherlands
Interests: Industry 4.0; design science research; virtual work
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Prof. Dr. Daniel Pacheco Lacerda

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Escola Politécnica, Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia de Produção, Unisinos 93022.750, Brazil
Interests: Industry 4.0; digital transformation; design science research; theory of constraints
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Dr. Aline Dresch

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Instituto de Estudos Sistêmicos do Brasil – IESB, Porto Alegre, RS 91340-360, Brazil
Interests: design science research; theory of constraints; business process management; systems thinking
Dr. Cuijpers Carin

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Management Sciences, Open Universiteit, 6419 AT Heerlen, The Netherlands
Interests: design science research; management control and sustainability; innovation

Special Issue Information

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

Manuscript Submission Information

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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 2400 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

  • tools for sustainability
  • artifacts for sustainability
  • design science research

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Developing a Framework to Integrate Circularity into Construction Projects
by Jeanine Többen and Raymond Opdenakker
Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5136; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095136 - 24 Apr 2022
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This study provides the first approach to integrating circularity in the early stages of a construction project by the project manager. The circular ambition of the Dutch government stimulates a different approach in project management compared to a traditionally applied approach in construction [...] Read more.
This study provides the first approach to integrating circularity in the early stages of a construction project by the project manager. The circular ambition of the Dutch government stimulates a different approach in project management compared to a traditionally applied approach in construction projects. Design science research (DSR) was used to develop a framework for project managers to integrate circularity in the initial phases of construction projects, and we divided this research into three steps: (1) investigate the problem, (2) design a solution and (3) validate the design. The performed design cycle and formulated design propositions resulted in a framework consisting of two A3 format pages. The framework explains a successful three-step approach: knowledge of circular economy in the construction sector is needed, circularity has to be integrated into the project preparation, and circularity has to be integrated into project management. Furthermore, the framework incorporates extra background information and a checklist with 27 identified success factors. The framework was validated by expert opinions as effective, is ready to be implemented and is described as useful for the current challenges, demands and questions of the market. Full article
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Projectability and Heritage Management of Design Knowledge: A Grass-Roots Artefact Perspective of a Longitudinal Research Project for Knowledge Management System Innovation
by Ulrich Schmitt
Sustainability 2021, 13(23), 13033; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313033 - 25 Nov 2021
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This article expands on design science-research (DSR) publications which—based on current knowledge management systems (KM/KMS) and practices—are conceptualizing and prototyping a novel more generative and knowledge-worker-centric approach just presented as a desirable sustainable KMS vision. The perspective taken follows up on recent systematic [...] Read more.
This article expands on design science-research (DSR) publications which—based on current knowledge management systems (KM/KMS) and practices—are conceptualizing and prototyping a novel more generative and knowledge-worker-centric approach just presented as a desirable sustainable KMS vision. The perspective taken follows up on recent systematic literature reviews and content analysis studies reporting on the poor knowledge accumulation and evolution in the design, information science, and KM disciplines. Proposed remedies and initiatives are pitched against the novel KMS development case with its longitudinal stream of research output. As the design and creation of complex innovative artefacts facing ‘wicked’ challenges are seldom complemented by concurrent research papers, rare insights are offered of how similar longitudinal DSR or KMS projects may be structured and of how the related domain’s heritage knowledge base and its fitness-for-use-and-evolution may be strengthened. Due to the cycles and progression of its prior publications, this case study is particularly suited to contribute to cumulative research synthesis and, hence, further focusses on the recently proposed notions of projecting and projectability for evaluating distances between actual real-world environments and future possible-world application-ecosystems—a perspective which may become essential acceptance criteria for publishing in DSR-related conferences and journal publishing outlets. Full article
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