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Sustainable Transformation with AI in Education for Teaching and Learning Enhancement

edited by Pei-Hsuan Hsieh and

Rehan Akbar

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 770 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable education; education transformation; digital education; digital transformation; EdTech innovation; AI in education; AI-powered education; personalized learning; smart campus; smart classroom; intelligent tutoring systems; education equity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Sustaining Occupant Well-Being: Thermal Comfort and Air Quality in Indoor Environments

edited by

Tea Zakula

and

Arlinda Bresa

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 766 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; indoor air quality; human-centered building control; occupant perception; occupant well-being; multi-sensory comfort; post-occupancy evaluation

Challenges Detection and Mitigation for Sustainable Rural Tourism

edited by

Abdelaziz Elfadaly

and

Beniamino Murgante

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 760 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing techniques; in situ measurements; GIS tools; geospatial statistics; land use changes; nature tourism; agritourism; ecotourism; challenges; rural tourism sustainability

Sustainable Materials and Innovative Techniques for Green and Safe Mining

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open

Keywords: green mining; safe mining; sustainable materials; strata control; backfilling; waste utilization; functional materials; underground structural supporting; heat insulation; grouting

Green and Sustainable Buildings: Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Performance of Buildings

edited by

Mariangela Musolino

Domenico Enrico Massimo

and

Francesco Calabrò

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building strategy; energy valuation; valuation of green buildings; prototype building to enforce sustainability; appraisal; valuation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Application of Spatial Analysis Function of Geographic Information Systems in Sustainable Development Evaluation

edited by

Vincenzo Barrile

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; UAV; digital twin; artificial intelligence in GIS; 3D models; BIM-GIS integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)

Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence: A Marriage Made in Heaven, or Trouble at the Horizon?

edited by Outi Niininen and Clare D'Souza

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 641 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable development goals; sustainable development; artificial intelligence; carbon emission; ethics; energy sustainability; sustainable production and consumption; circular economy

Research on Sustainable Public Transportation System: Behavior, Safety and Planning—2nd Edition

edited by

Sangho Choo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 638 | Submission Open

Keywords: public transportation systems; public transportation planning; travel behavior; multimodal transport systems; safety; mobility as a service; large language models (LLMs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Horticulture: Innovations in Crop Production and Resource Management

edited by

Maria de Fátima Oliveira

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 603 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimization of nutrient cycling; management of pests and diseases; water-use efficiency; circular economy strategies; the socio-economic dimensions of sustainable horticulture

Sustainable Urban Understanding and Planning: Principle and Application of Earth Observation and Geoinformation

edited by Da He,

Qiqi Zhu

, Yang Chen and Yu Su

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; urban scene understanding; urban function zone; urban greenspace; artificial intelligence; urban land use; smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Application of Sustainable Practices in Food Engineering

edited by

Gjore Nakov

and

Alyssa Hidalgo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; waste minimization; circular economy; food safety; food quality; nutritional value

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Creative Evolution of Wired and Wireless Electric Power Transfer Among Renewable Energy Grids and EVs

edited by Amir Shahirinia and Mohammad Tavakoli Bina

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind/solar power integration to the grid; AI in renewable energy; power electronics in renewable energy; power electronics in EV chargers; renewable-penetrated power system optimization; power quality issues in grid-connected devices; smart grids and artificial intelligence; energy policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Green Management and Governance in the Energy Industry

edited by Harun Harun and Yi An

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 469 | Submission Open

Keywords: green management; governance; energy industry; ESG; renewable energy; sustainable development; carbon trading; green finance; environmental compliance

Resilient and Intelligent Control and Optimization of Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by Zhenyong Zhang,

Xuguo Jiao

and Mufeng Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 433 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy system; cybersecurity; machine learning-based control; optimization of the system operation; fault and abnormality detection; distributed control and optimization

Sustainable Energy Trade and Environmental Performance: Technological Innovations and Human Responses

edited by

András Szeberényi

Norbert Bozsik

and Vilmos Vass

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 422 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy trade; environmental performance; artificial intelligence (AI); climate change psychology; behavioral responses; energy policy and governance; low-carbon transition

Advances in Energy Storage Technologies to Meet Future Energy Demands

edited by Yunhui Huang and

Peng Wei

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage; renewable energy; sustainable energy; a low-carbon energy future; battery technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advancing Agricultural Robotics for Sustainable Farming: Innovations, Applications, and Environmental Impact

edited by

Yuanhong Li

, Dong Chen and

Tianyi Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 380 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; precision farming; sustainable agriculture; automation in farming; environmental impact; resource optimization; smart farming technologies; AI in agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainability in the Manufacturing of Composite Material

edited by

Thywill Cephas Dzogbewu

and

Deon De Beer

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: recyclability; composite materials; sustainability; additive manufacturing; waste reduction

Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Management in Hospitality and Tourism

edited by

Asier Baquero

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism and hospitality development; environmental; social; and economic sustainability; sustainable business practices; eco-innovation in tourism and hospitality; sustainability performance measurement; corporate social responsibility (CSR); green hotel operations; stakeholder engagement in sustainability; sustainable value chain management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advancing Sustainable Development Goals Through Biobased Energy Systems: Integrating Technological, Environmental, and Socio-Economic Perspectives

edited by Blake A. Simmons, Xueli Chen, Anagha Krishnamoorthy and Yuxuan Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioenergy; sustainable development goals; biomass; life cycle assessment; circular bioeconomy; energy policy; rural development; sustainability indicators; renewable energy; socio-economic impacts

Advances in Green Hydrogen Production: Electrolysis Technologies and Sustainable Integration

edited by Ulrich Ulmer

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen production; sustainability; life cycle assessment; hydrogen economy; electrolysis; green hydrogen; recycling; critical raw materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)

Green Chemistry, Intelligent Systems and Computing in Environmental Sustainability, Safety, Pollution and Waste Control and Forecasting

edited by

Alexander V. Glushkov

and Olga Y. Khetselius

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: green chemistry principles; environmental sustainability and safety; pollution and waste control and forecasting; intelligence systems and computing; system analysis; mathematical modelling; and data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Ecosystem Sustainability Through Biodiversity Protection and Conservation Strategies

edited by Nikolay D. Natchev

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological management; innovative conservation strategies; endangered species; deterioration of habitats; biological risk assessment; bioresources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Towards Sustainable Metal Technologies: For Future Material Needs

edited by

Gábor Gyarmati

Gábor Lassú

and Gáspár Marcell Gyula

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: metals; alloys; recycling; metallurgy; circularity; metal processing; casting; forming; additive manufacturing; welding; powder metallurgy; hydrometallurgy; physical simulation; structural integrity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Advances in Waste Biomass and Environmental Sustainability: 2nd Edition

edited by

Lucília Graciosa de Sousa Ribeiro

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; wastes; hydrothermal treatment; pyrolysis; catalysis; sustainability

The Role of Smart Grids in Promoting Sustainable Energy Practices

edited by

Zhiqiang Geng

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; green energy transformation; distributed energy transactions; big data analysis; energy storage systems

Sustainable Destination Development: Tourism and Society

edited by

Razaq Raj

Giovanni Ruggieri

and

Adalberto Arrigoni

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable; tourism; society; impacts; development; policies; heritage; destination; benefits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Sustainable Innovation and Management for Green Hotels

edited by Christina Beneki and

Naoum Mylonas

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: green hotels; sustainable innovation; environmental management in hospitality; green technologies; hotel sustainability certification; sustainable service design; eco-friendly operations; digital transformation in hotels; green human resource management; sustainable customer experience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Energy Transition, Sustainable Growth and Economic Development

edited by Lefteris Tsoulfidis

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: green energy transition; economic sustainability; sustainable growth; energy prices; green energy subsidies; competitiveness; empirical economic analysis; country-specific impacts; social economy institutions; forward-looking economic models

The Synergistic Interaction of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin in the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Climate Change Solutions

edited by

Antonietta Varasano

and

Carmen Fattore

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable use of natural resources; artificial intelligence; artificial intelligence of things; digital twin; data-driven planning; environmental sustainability; smart city infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Innovation for Sustainable Growth: Strategies, Systems, and Global Perspectives

edited by

Oana Florina Virlanuta

and Teresa Paiva

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; green innovation; technological change; innovation ecosystems; circular economy; inclusive economic growth; sustainable entrepreneurship; digital innovation; policy and governance for innovation; sustainable development goals (SDGs); resilient economies; innovation and public policy; collaborative innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture: Soil, Water and Crops: 2nd Edition

edited by

Nektarios N. Kourgialas

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil/water and crop management approaches for sustainable agriculture; geoinformatics and decision support systems; precision agriculture and irrigation technologies; climate-related; environmental; and agronomic adaptive practices; hydrological extremes and water/soil erosion in agroecosystems; water/soil pollution and reuse of treated water

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Strategies for Building More Resilient Coastal Communities in a Changing Climate

edited by

Deniz Velioglu Sogut

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate adaptation; ecosystem-based solutions; governance innovation; socio-ecological systems; climate risk management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Climate Change Adaptations: Enhancing Resilience Against Natural Hazards

edited by Jyh-Woei Lin

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: geophysics; green energy; climate change risk management; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Towards Healthy and Low-Carbon Indoor Environments: Innovations in HVAC and Building Design

edited by

Xiaolei Yuan

Yu Wang

and Haizhou Fang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthy buildings; low-carbon HVAC; thermal comfort; indoor air quality; decarbonization; passive design; personalized environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Atmospheric Science Research in the Context of Sustainable Development

edited by

Mounia Tahri

and

Abdelfettah Benchrif

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric science; sustainable development; global change; climate change; air quality; environmental policy; climate modeling; atmospheric physics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)

Digitalization and Circular Sustainability Development

edited by

Wee Meng Eric Lee

and Arif Perdana

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainability; resource efficiency; waste reduction; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things; blockchain; big data analytics; technology; innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Urban Planning and Regional Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Massimiliano Bencardino

, Angela Cresta and Vincenzo Esposito

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; urban– rural disparities; territorial planning; urban planning; spatial inequalities; urban and regional development policies; sustainable development goals (SDGs); urban growth models; land use planning; sustainable development; smart cities; rural– urban linkages; urban regeneration; tourism planning; spatial planning; place-based policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Sustainable Agriculture for a Resilient Future: Integrating Biodiversity, Climate Strategies and Policy Innovations

edited by

Manuel Oliva

and

Santos Leiva-Espinoza

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; biodiversity; climate change; public policies; resource management; Agenda 2030

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Soil Remediation and Restoration for Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Ting Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil amendments; emerging contaminants in soil; saline– alkali soil remediation; machine learning; soil pollutant prediction; heavy metals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil Conservation and Sustainability)

Promote Sustainable Development Through Enhanced Building Energy Performance

edited by

Papadaki Dimitra

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy performance; circular economy; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); sustainable construction; building materials; energy efficiency; material recycling; embodied carbon; green building policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Water Resource Economics and Sustainability

edited by Hui-Cheng Yu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; sustainability; environmental management; water resource economics; water resource management; governance; performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Green Chemistry in Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Lucas Patricio Hernández-Saravia

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; (bio)electrochemical sensor; sustainability; energy storage; nanomaterial; green synthesis; sensors; catalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)

Nature’s Balance: Advancing Sustainability and Stewardship: Rethinking Ecotourism, Agri/Agrotourism and/or Tourism & Hospitality with Nature in Mind

edited by Kimberly Thomas-Francois

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotourism; agritourism; tourism and hospitality; sustainability; sustainable development; regenerative tourism; sustainable tourism technologies; environmental stewardship; nature tourism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Decoding Plastic Behavior in the Environment Through Analytical Characterization: Current Advances and Perspectives

edited by

Tiziano Di Giulio

, Silvia Fraissinet and Elisabetta Mazzotta

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; nanoplastics; XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy); FTIR/Raman spectroscopy; SEM-EDX; pyrolysis– GC– MS; contaminant sorption; plastic degradation; ecological impacts; sustainable remediation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)

Towards a Sustainable Electric Vehicle Ecosystem: Challenges and Innovations

edited by Andrea Pellegrini and Shobhit Saxena

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric vehicle uptake; transport electrification; clean transportation; infrastructure planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Aviation and Urban Air Mobility: Policy, Technology, and Workforce Perspectives

edited by Joseph Sobieralski and

Sarah Hubbard

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable aviation; urban air mobility (UAM); advanced air mobility (AAM); aviation policy; aviation workforce; alternative fuels; safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Road Transport System Planning and Optimization—2nd Edition

edited by

Yusheng Ci

Lina Wu

and

Ming Wei

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; transport planning; public transport; fuel consumption and emission; spatiotemporal analysis; big data; traffic safety; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Low-Carbon/Novel Water-Treatment Technologies and Resource Recovery from Sludge

edited by

Shuai Wang

Qiulai He

, Shaogang Hu and Fuyang Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological wastewater treatment; treatment and resource recovery of environmental waste; advanced oxidation process; electrochemical water treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Blockchain Applications in Sustainable Economic Management and Business Research

edited by Daniel Oliveira Cajueiro and

Benjamin Miranda Tabak

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; sustainability; climate finance; supply chains; ESG; smart contracts; governance; emissions tracking; decentralized finance; traceability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

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