Social Ecology and Sustainability
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Social ecology is an inter- and transdisciplinary field of science concerned with the analysis of society–nature interaction on all relevant organizational, spatial, as well as temporal levels and scales. By combining expertise from social and natural sciences as well as the humanities, and by integrating knowledge from practitioners, social ecology aims at providing the knowledge basis for efforts to move towards sustainability. Transitions between different socioecological regimes—for example, hunter-gatherers, agrarian societies and industrial society—as well as possible socio-ecological transformations toward sustainability represent key areas of inquiry.
Thematically, social ecology includes:
- the analysis of resource use patterns, including materials, energy, water and land;
- the management of these resources;
- their institutional, social, cultural and economic dimensions;
- implications of resource use for climate change, biodiversity, ecosystems and other environmental aspects;
- established and emerging issues, such as food production, circular economy, sharing economy or other concepts for reorganizing physical economies;
- the role of power relations in society;
- trade-offs and synergies of options for moving toward sustainability;
- and leverage points for, as well as barriers to sustainability transformations.
Accordingly, the section “Social Ecology and Sustainability” is interested in:
- research articles,
- conceptual articles,
- review articles,
- and commentaries,
covering the whole breadth of social ecology related to sustainability concerns.
In particular, “Social Ecology and Sustainability” welcomes contributions by early career researchers and propositions for special issues on a single, particular theme in the field of social ecology and sustainability.
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Editorial Board
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Industrial Ecology in Support of Sustainable Urban Development—from Measuring to Decision Support (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Sustainability for Social Community Impact (Deadline: 12 May 2024)
- Peripheries, Social Vulnerabilities, Communities: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Methods and Practices for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Sustainable Social Research (Deadline: 26 May 2024)
- Culture, Landscape and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Cognitive and Information Science: For a Sustainability of Human-Environment Interactions (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Risk Management Challenges for Sustainability and Wellbeing—2nd Edition (Deadline: 2 June 2024)
- Assessing Ecosystem Services Applying Local Perspectives (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Environment, Economy, Society and Policy—Series II (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Sustainability Analysis of Novel Approaches to Organic Waste Valorisation in a Circular Bioeconomy (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advances in Sustainable Rural Tourism: Methods, Strategies and Practice (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Bringing Ecosystem Services into Decision-Making (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Sustainable Innovation Strategies and Capabilities (Deadline: 12 July 2024)
- Value Co-Creation in Sustainable Project Society (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Exploring the Effect of Multi-Method Approaches in Socio-Ecological Systems (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Innovative and Sustainable Technological Solutions for the Agri-Food Sector (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 11 August 2024)
- The Impact of Carbon Emission Control on Economic Costs and Human Health in China—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing: Linking Science, Policy and Practices (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Sustainable Synergies: Integrating Energy, Environmental and Economic Systems (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Immigrants, Food Insecurity and Sustainable Society: The Changing Foodscapes between Culture, Health, and Diet (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Urban Ecology and Sustainability: The Status of Research and Future Directions (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Landscape Ecology and Sustainability—the Interface between Natural Landscape Values and Society 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Land Use/Cover Change and Its Environmental Effects: Second Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Eco-Environmental Effects and Spatio-Temporal Evolution Characteristics of Land Use Change (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Urban Management Based on the Concept of Sustainable Development–Second Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Regional Land Use Dynamics: The Natural Environment and Socioeconomic Perspectives (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: