Sustainability

Climate Change and the Future of Occupational Safety and Health: Emerging Risks, Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Pathways

edited by

Delfina Gabriela Garrido Ramos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat stress and thermal strain in the workplace; climate-sensitive occupational diseases; mental health and psychosocial risks; vulnerable worker groups and environmental justice; novel risk assessment frameworks and tools; organizational and regulatory adaptation; sector-specific case studies; extreme weather events and occupational safety; green transition and new occupational risks; intersections with climate mitigation

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

Sustainability in Environmental, Material Acoustics and Noise Control Engineering

edited by

Tomas Astrauskas

,

Robert Ružickij

and Raimondas Grubliauskas

submission deadline 1 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled acoustic materials; environmental noise; noise control; material acoustics; building acoustics and indoor acoustic performance; life cycle assessment (LCA) of materials and products; sustainable urban development; resource recovery

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

Enabling Sustainable Road Infrastructure: AI‑Empowered Innovation in Pavement Construction, Operation and Maintenance

edited by

Fusong Wang

,

Heyu Zhou

, Weijie Wang and Zenggang Zhao

submission deadline 3 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrastructure sustainability; pavement construction; AI-based analysis; intelligent maintenance; environmental impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Solar Thermal and Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Performance, Durability and Reliability

edited by

Xingchao Wang

and Lizhi Zhao

submission deadline 8 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar thermal energy; high temperature thermal energy storage; renewable energy integration; energy conversion; damage identification; reliability assessment; remaining service life prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Multicriteria Decision-Making for Sustainable Development

edited by

Lei Chen

and Xu Guo

submission deadline 9 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; multicriteria decision analysis; impact evaluation; decision support

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

Advanced Analytical Methods in Sustainable Transport: Spatial Modeling and Energy Efficiency

edited by

Marcin Kłos

and

Grzegorz Sierpiński

submission deadline 14 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial analysis; traffic engineering; sustainable transport; energy efficiency; sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMP); GIS; spatial decision support systems; active mobility; 15-minute city; urban transport modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence Applications for Public Transportation in Smart and Sustainable Cities

edited by

Luciano Alessandro Ipsaro Palesi

, Marco Fanfani and

Mana Dastoum

submission deadline 15 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban mobility; public transportation; artificial intelligence; digital twins; demand forecasting; route optimization; multimodal integration; smart cities

Firm-Level Strategic Responses to Sustainability Innovation Policies: Digital, AI and Geopolitical Perspectives

edited by Wei Liu,

Haochen Yu

and

Xin Qi

submission deadline 15 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability innovation policies; firm-level strategic responses; sustainability transitions; digital transformation; artificial intelligence; geopolitical risk; ESG regulation; circular economy; corporate sustainability strategy; policy uncertainty; green technology investment; comparative policy analysis; organizational adaptation

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

Advancing Integrated Systems Approaches for Sustainable Digital Innovation and Organizational Transformation

edited by

Wei-Hung Chen

and

Chun-Tai Wang

submission deadline 19 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable digital innovation; organizational transformation; system simulation; system dynamics; systems thinking; TRIZ; systematic innovation methods; sustainability assessment; model validation; sustainable development

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

Recent Advances in Soil Remediation, Sustainable Management, and Soil Health

edited by

Paloma Campos

and

Jose Antonio Galán-Pérez

submission deadline 21 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; adsorption; immmovilization; soil monitoring; pollutant dynamics; soil indicators; soil functioning; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Advancing Sustainable Wellbeing Through Education and Psychology

edited by

Jesús N. García

,

Judit García-Martín

and

María Lourdes Álvarez Fernández

submission deadline 28 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: education and psychology; artificial intelligence; sustainable wellbeing; digital applications; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)

Intelligent Equipment for Sustainable Farming

edited by Ioan Țenu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agricultural machinery; sustainable agriculture; precision agriculture; agricultural robotics; artificial intelligence; autonomous agricultural systems; smart farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advancing Sustainable Technologies for Metals Recovery from Waste

edited by Violeta-Monica Radu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste; metals; technology; innovation; environment; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Applications of Sustainable Energy and Advanced Air Conditioning Technologies in Building Energy Efficiency

edited by

Yabin Guo

,

Ruixin Li

and Jiayin Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1596 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy; air conditioning; refrigeration systems; data-driven methods; machine learning; energy saving; building environment; smart building; energy conservation; solar photovoltaic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Innovative Materials for Sustainable Water Remediation Technologies

edited by

Raúl Cortés-Martínez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water treatment; advanced functional materials; surface modification; nanostructured adsorbents; contaminant removal; circular economy; water treatment technologies; life cycle assessment

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

Intelligent Control and Robotic Systems for Sustainable Development

edited by

Shaoxin Sun

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 568 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent control; robotic systems; sustainable development; intelligent navigation; reinforcement learning; adaptive dynamic programming; energy efficiency; smart manufacturing; autonomous systems; multi-robot coordination; distributed control; digital twins; sustainable robotics

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

Marine Carbon Capture and Storage for Sustainable Climate Mitigation

edited by

George Mallouppas

,

Ashok Kumar Swaminathan

,

Elias Yfantis

and Nikolaos P. Ventikos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine carbon capture; marine mineralization; blue carbon ecosystems; Life cycle assessment; CO2 transportation; offshore infrastructure; sustainable development

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

Digital Transformation and Smart Villages: A Way to Promote Sustainable Growth in Rural Areas

edited by

Cristina Bianca Pocol

,

Ioana-Delia Pop

and

Tudor Salagean

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; smart villages; sustainable rural development; smart agriculture; IoT; artificial intelligence; rural innovation; teleworking; rural development policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)

Bio-Based Functional Materials for Low-Carbon Building Design and Sustainable Construction

edited by Hongwu Guo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-based materials; low-carbon construction; sustainable building design; biomass-derived composites; green building materials; energy-efficient buildings; circular economy; functional materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable and Resilient Urban Communities: Adapting to Climate Change and Extreme Events

edited by Farzaneh Soflaei and

Mehdi Shokouhian

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and global warming; extreme weather and climate-related events; climate adaptation strategies; sustainable built environments; climate-responsive design; urban resilience; urban heat mitigation; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; environmental justice; flood and sea-level rise adaptation; coastal community resilience

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

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Invasive Alien Species: Ecosystem Disservices Assessment and Intelligent Risk Identification

edited by Enpu Ma

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive alien species; ecosystem disservices; metacoupling framework; geographical detector; machine learning; risk identification; ecological geography

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

Circular Systems, Digital Innovation and Green Skills for Sustainable Transformation

edited by

Saeid Lotfian

and

Sharareh Shahidi Hamedani

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; recycled composites; sustainable manufacturing; offshore renewable energy; digital transformation; sustainability education and ESG

Digital Twins, Structural Monitoring and Decision Support for Sustainable Infrastructure Resilience

edited by

Felice Carlo Ponzo

,

Alfredo Restuccia Garofalo

and

Massimiliano Pepe

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge digital twins; bridge information modelling (BrIM); multi-source monitoring; structural health monitoring; satellite remote sensing; InSAR; FEM-SHM data integration; Python-based decision support; FEM model updating; life-cycle bridge management

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

AI-Driven Optimization and Control for Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Eduardo Mojica-Nava

and

Juan Manuel Rey

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven optimization; intelligent control; microgrids; sustainable energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Agricultural and Forest Biodiversity Conservation for Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Management

edited by

Theodoros I. Stathakis

and

Myrto Barda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity conservation; agroecosystems; forest ecosystems; ecosystem services; sustainable resource management; land-use planning; agroforestry; integrated pest management; landscape ecology; ecological restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Marine Energy Systems and Advanced Technologies: AI, Digitalization, Climate Resilience, and Low-Carbon Solutions

edited by

Ahmed G. Elkafas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable marine energy systems; maritime decarbonization; alternative marine fuels; fuel cells and hybrid propulsion; renewable marine energy; wind-assisted propulsion; onboard carbon capture; artificial intelligence; digitalization and digital twins; climate resilience and sustainability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Infrastructures for Sustainable Innovation

edited by Fernando Ferri, Arianna D’Ulizia and

Maria Chiara Caschera

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: green AI; energy-efficient AI; carbon-aware AI computing; AI-enabled digital twins; edge AI for sustainability; smart energy grids; sustainable digital infrastructures; circular digital infrastructures; AI for social good; socio-technical sustainability; responsible AI governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

ESG Frameworks and Corporate Behavior for Sustainable Economic Systems

edited by

Christian Espinosa-Méndez

and Carlos Maquieira

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG frameworks; corporate behavior; sustainable finance; corporate governance; ESG disclosure; greenwashing; environmental performance; sustainable economic systems

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

Sustainable Food Biotechnologies: Biopreservation for Green Food Systems

edited by

Emma Elizabeth E. Tymczyszyn

and

Bárbara Mercedes Bravo-Ferrada

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: biopreservation; sustainable food biotechnology; food safety; lactic acid bacteria; protective cultures; fermentation; natural antimicrobial compounds; circular bioeconomy; clean-label foods; food preservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Advanced Technologies in Digital and Sustainable Transformation of Teaching and Learning: 2nd Edition

edited by

Chih-Chao Chung

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainable education; artificial intelligence; augmented reality; virtual reality; meta reality; STEAM pedagogies; curriculum design; technology integration; immersive learning

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

Sustainable Rural Development and Agricultural Policy: 2nd Edition

edited by

Changbin Yin

,

Qiang Wang

and

Shu Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; green development; green consumption; rural development; agricultural policy; environmental sustainability; climate change adaptation; sustainable technologies; socio-economic; farm planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Ecology, Environment, and Watershed Management—2nd Edition

edited by Lixin Wang, Lu Wen, Zhiyong Pei and Jifei Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; water cycle; environmental sustainability; forest ecosystem; wetland ecosystem; ecosystem management strategy; pollution reduction; interaction; ecological balance

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

Integrating Disaster Early Warning, Emergency Management, and Environmental Sustainability: A Sustainability Perspective of Deep Mining

edited by

Yubing Liu

,

Wensong Wang

and

Beichen Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep mining; disaster early warning; emergency management; environmental sustainability; high in-situ stress; dynamic disasters; sustainable mining; gas seepage; gas extrction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Energy Transition: A Pathway or Roadblock to Genuine Sustainability?

edited by

Edward Halawa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; climate change; cost blowouts; energy systems; energy technologies; energy transition; energy poverty; energy injustice; energy storage; genuine sustainability; sustainable mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Human Comfort and Well-Being in Low Energy Buildings

edited by Alejandro Prieto and

Claudio Vásquez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centered design; low-energy buildings; comfort and well-being; indoor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Data Management in Marketing of Sustainable Agri-Food Businesses

edited by

Marzia Ingrassia

and

Amparo Baviera-Puig

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: farm sustainability; marketing and digital communication; AI for marketing; agri-food entreprises; sustainable development; quality certifications; AI driven processes

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

Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Infrastructure Management

edited by

Jilu Li

, Guannan Li, Yuting Chen and

Shuai Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering structures; infrastructure; sustainability; service life; service performance; materials; structure; management; carbon emissions; economic and social analysis

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

Advanced Waste Valorization for Renewable Energy and Resource Recovery

edited by

Xiaoyu Zuo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste valorization; resource recovery; waste-to-energy; biomass waste; organic solid waste; anaerobic digestion; biohydrogen; biomethane; thermochemical conversion; catalytic upgrading; renewable fuels; biorefinery; circular bioeconomy; carbon recycling; life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Environmental & Health Risk Assessment of Chemicals: Traditional, Emerging and Sustainable Perspectives

edited by

Javier Terán Baamonde

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; emerging contaminants; micro-nanomaterials; sustainable; fate and transport; chemical hazards; risks assessment; ecotoxicology; human health

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

Transforming Energy Economics for a Sustainable, Resilient and Intelligent Future

edited by Zhilun Jiao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy; energy resilience; intelligent energy systems; energy security; energy equity; artificial intelligence; carbon markets; corporate energy strategy; sustainable supply chains

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Risk-Informed and Sustainable Civil Infrastructure: Assessment, Digital Technologies and Lifecycle Performance

edited by

Romulus Costache

and

Costel Plescan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk-informed infrastructure; sustainable civil infrastructure; infrastructure assessment; infrastructure resilience; digital technologies; artificial intelligence; digital twins; lifecycle performance; infrastructure asset management; sustainable maintenance

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

Advances in the European Union Sustainable Transformation: Economics, Management and Environment

edited by

Athanasios Anastasiou

and

Zacharias Dermatis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic sustainability; governance efficiency; fiscal policy; digital transformation; quality of life; public administration; EU cohesion policy; energy poverty; panel data econometrics; tax administration

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

Research on Green Supply Chain Network Optimization and Its Impacts on Sustainable Development of Circular Economy

edited by

Pyoungsoo Lee

, Donghyun Choi and

Jiho Yoon

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain management; circular economy; supply chain network design; sustainable operations; closed-loop supply chains; reverse logistics; supply chain resilience; multi-tier supply chains; interorganizational collaboration; sustainable performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Environment Sustainability: From Environmental Strategy to Environmental Impact

edited by Rongkui Su and

Yiting Luo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental strategy; dual carbon targets; policy implementation; ecological benefit quantification; environmental pollution control; environmental impact assessment; sustainable governance

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

Framing Education to Sustainability in the Context of STEM Education

edited by

Massimiliano Malgieri

and

Luca Zatti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: STEM education; physics education; chemistry education; engineering education; science education

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

Nanomaterials for Water Remediation: From Intelligent Design to Environmental Applications

edited by

Xiaorong Gan

submission deadline 1 Oct 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2744 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials for water treatment; machine learning for nanomaterials design; MXenes, MOFs, COFs, and porous organic polymers; two-dimensional nanomaterials; emerging pollutants removal; adsorption and catalytic degradation; photocatalysis and electrocatalysis; heavy metal ion recovery; environmental sensors and detection; environmental toxicity of nanomaterials; data-driven materials screening; carbon-based nanomaterials for remediation

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

Advanced Strategic Marketing and Sustainable Development

edited by

Ziad H. Abdelmoety

and

Gomaa Agag

submission deadline 28 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic marketing; sustainable development; sustainable marketing; responsible consumption; artificial intelligence; sustainable tourism; innovation; digital transformation

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

Sustainable Risk Management of Subsurface Geo-Energy Resources and Hazards

edited by

Zhen Liu

and

Sheng Fu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: subsurface geo-energy resources; petroleum geology; oil and gas resources; unconventional reservoirs; shale gas; tight reservoirs; coalbed methane; sustainable risk management; geological hazards; sedimentary basins; reservoir characterization; structural geology; fault reactivation; caprock integrity; induced seismicity; reservoir stability; wellbore integrity; fluid–rock interaction; geothermal energy; carbon capture and storage; underground gas storage; hydrogen storage; geomechanics; hydrogeology; geochemistry; environmental risk assessment; monitoring and early warning; uncertainty analysis; sustainable resource development

Sustainable Biomass Conversion and Wastewater Treatment for Resource Recovery and Circular Economy

edited by

Nikolaos Remmas

and George Tsalidis

submission deadline 31 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; bioeconomy; sustainable wastewater treatment; biomass valorization; resource recovery; water reuse; nutrient recycling; sewage sludge; sustainability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Urban Resilience and Sustainable Development in the Context of Disaster Risk: 2nd Edition

edited by Mónica Amaral Ferreira and Carlos Sousa Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; sustainability; mitigation; prevention; awareness; urban dynamics, tourism, and disaster risk; cultural and natural heritage resilience; sustainable construction and resilient buildings; nature-based solutions; strategic disaster planning; disaster risk reduction; disaster risk insurance; business continuity; new technologies; cascading effects; early warning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)

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