Sustainable Resource Society
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 1658
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable innovation; innovation management; strategic management
Interests: natural resource governance; social impact assessment; mining policy; circular economy
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
We are writing to invite you to submit a research to this Special Issue titled “Sustainable Resource Society” to be published in Sustainability, an international, cross-disciplinary, peer-viewed, and open-access journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability).
The goal of this Special Issue is to showcase multi- and cross-disciplinary studies that address the systemic and strategic transition in the use of natural resources and raw materials from the social sciences perspectives. To achieve the long-term goals for a sustainable future and carbon neutrality, core systems of our societies as well as our governance approaches and business practices will change rapidly and dramatically. In this context, sustainability transitions are processes through which we transform from a resource-intensive to resource-wise carbon neutral society. Circular economy, energy, and raw materials represent examples of the different paths where these transformations take place.
We invite studies that examine sustainability transitions from the perspectives of politological, law, business, social, geographical, and historical studies. The purpose of this Special Issue is to offer an outlet for empirical and conceptual research that examines the possibilities, barriers, and dynamics of the transition to sustainable resource society. We invite papers that discuss topics that include but are not limited to the following:
- Regulatory and governance systems for sustainable and responsible mining;
- Social acceptance and local conflicts of mining and green energy;
- The legal challenges of energy sustainability and renewable energy;
- Possibilities and contradictions on renewable energy production; e.g., wind and solar energy;
- New circular economy networks and ecosystems in sustainable resources, e.g., renewable energy, electric cars, metal mining, battery minerals;
- Circular economy business model innovations;
- The global materials streams of the circular economy from political and legal frameworks;
- International trade and digitalization of sustainable resource society.
Prof. Dr. Hanna Lehtimäki
Prof. Dr. Rauno Sairinen
Dr. Seita Romppanen
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.
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Keywords
- resource
- circular economy
- renewable energy
- sustainable mining
- responsible mining
- law
- business
- environmental policy
- regulation
- sustainability transition
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