"SustainE Journal purports to advance scientific understanding of environmental preservation and contribute to a more equitable and just global society."
Dr. Jason McSparren
Editor-In-Chief
Our vision is to be the world's leading hub for advancing sustainability research and innovation for a sustainable earth.
Our mission is to accelerate the impact of sustainability research across our global society by increasing the accessibility and openness of cutting-edge knowledge. Doing so will encourage researchers and inspire the next generation of sustainability professionals.
Aim & Scope
- Energy:
- Renewable energy technologies and policies.
- Energy efficiency and conservation.
- Decarbonization strategies for energy systems.
- Integration of energy storage and smart grids.
- Sustainable transportation systems.
- Energy access and affordability in developing countries.
- Environment:
- Climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation.
- Sustainable land use and water resource management.
- Sustainable waste management and circular economy practices.
- Environmental justice and human rights in sustainability.
- Sustainable agriculture and agroecology practices.
- Food systems, supply chains, and climate-smart agriculture.
- Food waste reduction and sustainable seafood management.
- Plant-based and alternative protein sources for sustainability.
- Soil health and nutrient management for sustainable agriculture.
- Food and nutrition security in developing countries.
- Impact of agriculture on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem health.
- Sustainable food packaging and waste reduction strategies.
- Economics:
- Sustainable finance and investment.
- Sustainable business practices and corporate social responsibility.
- Green job creation and workforce development.
- Economic modeling and analysis of sustainable development policies.
- The role of public-private partnerships in sustainability.
- The social and economic impacts of sustainability policies and practices.
- Equity:
- Social justice and equity in sustainable development.Gender equality and empowerment in sustainability.
- Indigenous knowledge and perspectives on sustainability.
- Human rights and sustainability.
- Inclusive and participatory approaches to sustainable development.
- Addressing inequalities and vulnerabilities in sustainability planning and policy.
- Education:
- Sustainability education in schools and universities.
- Pedagogical approaches to teaching sustainability.
- Experiential and place-based learning in sustainability.
- Sustainability literacy and public education.
- Professional development and training for sustainability practitioners.
- Science communication and public engagement in sustainability issues.
Our Objectives
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Discovering better and more creative approaches to disseminate research knowledge to the wider society:
We want to find better and more creative ways to make the latest research knowledge widely available to academic and sustainability professionals. We will achieve this by providing an open-access, high-quality peer-reviewed research journal to academics and innovatively and creatively disseminating research findings to policymakers, civil society organizations and students in useful and accessible ways. -
Growing sustainability research leaders and empowering the next generation of researchers:
Encourage and enable the next generation of early-career researchers with the right tools and opportunities, funding and training to develop into accomplished sustainability researchers . -
Building multi-disciplinary collaborations and working in partnership with different stakeholders:
Because sustainability is multi-disciplinary at its core, and requires building consensus between several partners, we work with organizations, businesses and governments in co-creating solutions to societal issues using cutting-edge research knowledge. -
Making sustainability research more valuable and impactful:
We seek discovery through experimentation for ways individuals and institutions may act more sustainably thus adding value to our shared future. -
Shaping the future of sustainability research through experimentation and an entrepreneurial spirit:
We want to be pioneers and push the frontiers of sustainability research and shape its future and that will require that we take risks and experiment with audacious, bold and novel ideas and be willing to fail. We want to take a much more entrepreneurial approach to research.
Our Ethos
Our Ethos promotes the culture of sustainability within the research community. We encourage collaboration between a range of researchers and teams to offer quality and valuable information to our community and the public.
Specifically, SustainE:
- promotes evidence-based research that challenges the norm and contributes to more informed decision-making for the greater good of society. Our partnership with the research community encourages fresh thinking and supports our authors to grow and develop knowledge through evidence-based research.
- publishes authors who produce credible content with a balanced viewpoint. The journal favors novel ideas that support the attainment of the UN SDGs across both the developing and advanced societies.
- is open to authors and topics that contribute to social, economic, and environmental sustainability knowledge.
Our values at SustainE
- SustainE Journal focuses on providing Open-Source Access for research so that academics, professionals, and students from around the world can gain access despite their financial situation. The rationale is that the broader the audience is that can access this empirically based information the more impact the innovative ideas and policy prescriptions may be in reaching the aims of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
- SustainE journal upholds the standards of ethical research practices. The editorial team hopes to encourage collaboration among members of the forward-focused research community working to address issues where human economic, social, and political activities impact the Earth’s natural systems of resource provision and renewal.
- Such efforts shall foster and enhance innovation through idea sharing and the creation of a shared stockpile of actionable knowledge geared toward improving the health of our planet and the interdependent relationship between human society and the Earth’s natural systems.
- The journal publishes high-quality original research and avails this knowledge to the engaged global public. This is possible through our community-centric approach that champions authenticity of the research through well-defined peer-review quality assurance processes and iterative improvements.