Call for papers

The publication, titled “An Agenda for Sustainable Development Research” intends to outline the items to be considered, in designing an agenda for future sustainability research. We are looking for scholarly research, case studies, practical projects and other initiatives which -together- may compose an agenda for the further development of sustainable development research, worldwide. The book will be published in the World Sustainability Series, which is Scopus indexed and is the leading book series on matters related to sustainable development: https://www.springer.com/series/13384. Over 3.000 authors have taken advantage of the publishing opportunity the series offers. Publications as part of it have counted over the years for the promotion and tenure of hundreds of colleagues.

Expressions of interest to contribute to the book, initially consisting of a 200 words abstract describing the concept of the paper, and with the full details of the authors, should be sent to: sdevents@mmu.ac.uk. An online specialist workshop will be organised with the selected authors, who may present and discuss their work.

The deadline for abstracts is 30th September 2023. The deadline for full papers is 20th December 2023. The details on the requirements for full papers, and to attend the workshop, will be shared with the selected authors.

Published by Linda Knight

Linda Knight is an artist and academic who specialises in critical and speculative arts practices and methods. Linda devised ‘Inefficient Mapping’ as a methodological protocol for conducting fieldwork in projects informed by ‘post-‘ theories. In her role as Associate Professor at RMIT University, Australia Linda creates transdisciplinary projects across early childhood, creative practice, and digital media. Together with Jacina Leong, Linda is a founding member of the Guerrilla Knowledge Unit, an artist collective that curates interface jamming performances between the public and AI technologies. Linda has exhibited digitally and physically in Australia, UK, USA, Canada, NZ, and South America and has been awarded arts research grants and prizes with international reach and impact, most recently this includes an Australian Research Council Discovery project that designs novel technologies for framing and enabling young children’s active play.

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